Nghe An farmers successfully raise crispy carp
(Baonghean.vn)- By feeding fish with broad beans, Mr. Nguyen Trong Phuc in Phuc Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district successfully raised carp and silver carp.
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After 5 months of raising, the grass carp weighed 3.2 kg/fish, the common carp weighed 2 kg/fish. Photo: Thai Hong |
This is a model supported by the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center with seeds, veterinary medicine, science and technology training and nearly 2,000 kg of broad beans for fish feed.
With 350 fingerlings weighing an average of 1kg/fish, after nearly 5 months of raising, the survival rate reached 94%; the weight of grass carp was about 3.2kg/fish, and common carp was 2kg/fish; the total output was estimated at over 1 ton of commercial fish.
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Broad beans are food for raising crispy carp. Photo: Danviet |
The secret to raising crispy carp and grass carp is to feed the fish with high protein broad beans, not using industrial feed and preventing diseases for the fish with vegetables such as banana leaves, purslane, and pennywort...
Crispy carp and grass carp are many times more expensive than normal fish and are sought after by traders, so farmers do not have to worry about output.