asian swamp eel farming

In the hands of Lenny Huang, the vain vegetable and rotten fruit is a gem. After being processed and then mixed into a pond eel he can boost production up to 2 times the size.

Lenny inserts 20 kg of processed vegetables and rotten fruit into a pond measuring 5 m x 5 m. From 30 kg of seedlings, Lenny Harvester 200 — 300 kg of eel weighs an average of 100 g/tail after 4 months of nourished. The Life Graduation rate (SR) reaches 80% high. Obviously this is an ordinary broad accomplishment. The average farmer gained 5 kg of eel by spreading 1 kg of seedlings. SR value, 50 — 60%.

The vegetables and rotten fruit turned out a special feed source for eel. ' The rotten material is where the plankton and microbes grow, ' says Lenny. Plankton and microbes are natural fodder as is the case when Monopterus Albus is alive in the rice fields. ' Without that slow eel growth and mortality rate reached 100%, ' added Petenak as well as an exporter in Bandung, West Java, that. The feed is given only the Lumbricus SP worm.

Bright dots appear after 7 years of Lenny constantly pursue eel cultivation. ' The key is to keep using natural feed, ' said alumnus of the Faculty of Economics of Parahyangan University. Well, for raw material natural feed was selected vegetables and fruit rotten because it is available abundantly.

Race for Growth

The manufacturing process is simple. At first each ingredient is blender, then mixed with a ratio of 1:1. The mixture then plus the livestock urine is useful to enrich nitrogen and raise other nutrients in the soil. Further added mineral water and Peram for 24 hours. The next day a bucket, equal to 20 L, the solution was sprinkled into a pond that had been stocked with eel seed 3 — 4 days earlier. Within a week the eel will look actively looking for feed. The herb mixture is administered every day.

The reliability of Lenny's production drive formula is evidenced by Ifan Gunawan in mid-2008. Breeder in the village of Sayana, Kuningan, West Java, it spread the solution into 2 ponds each measuring 5 m x 5 m. The result, from 30 kg of seedlings (Sekilo contents 120 tails) Ifan harvesting 300 kg of eel weighs 100 g per tail. Nevertheless, ' the herb is only an addition. The main feed is derived from the Lumbricus SP Worm, ' said the founder of Ciremai Eel Center.

The true giving of additional feed derived from waste has been applied in banding enlargement. Muhidin in Dam village, Cirebon, West Java, for example, uses a mixture of walet dung, vegetables, fruits, and the fish. After the material is mixed and used as a solution then stocked to the pool banding area of 4,000 m2. As a result, ' if usually to raise the water Sekilo 10 — 12 tails Take 5 — 6 months, with the addition of organic solutions enough 43 days, ' said Muhidin.

According to Dr. Hardaningsih, the fisheries lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, the waste grows zooplanton and small animals useful as natural feed. However, ' natural feed will be effective if the eel cultivation is done in a small pond, ' said Hardaningsih. Musababnya, in a small pool the availability of natural feed is more controlled.

Deserving Ade Sumiarti, an enlarger in Salabintana, Sukabumi, West Java, Getol gives small animals a mags to the ponds. Maginering is obtained by wrapping the salted fish bulk in a plastic bag. The plastic bag that has been supported by bamboo is placed in the middle of the pond. The edges of the bag are covered, so the maggot start to enlarge and twitching easily fall into the pond.

Rice field Mud

Sprout eel also depends on the media. The growing Media should mature properly so as not to excrete ammonia. Lenny wears a mixture of straw, mud paddy fields, and NPK fertilizer. Banana rod is not mandatory, because to until actually undergoing fermentation perfect takes 6 months. Similarly cow dung. To ripen the media is mixed with a solution of microorganisms such as EM4 and Dectro as much as 1/4 L. Within a month the media is ready to use.

According to Lenny the most important for the media eel is using mud fields, not sandy soils. That's because mud paddy fields are rich in nutrients such as nitrogen and potassium. Red soil can be worn after the texture is changed like mud. The way, ' soils are mixed with microbes and rotten straw, then silence for a month or feel soft when gripped, ' said Lenny.

Eel growth will be nicer when the pond is conditioned like the original habitat — in the paddy fields or marshes. Therefore Lenny grows rice in every pond that will later function as a place to grow plankton. Do not be crushed by water hyacinth, because it will inhibit the growth of plankton and media hardened.

In addition to the media, seedlings are stocked should be healthy. Therefore for 3 — 4 days before the pencil-sized seedlings were quarantined in a clean water pool. During the period quarantine the seedlings were given a mixture of egg whites and turmeric rhizome every 2 days. The goal is to increase stamina. Every day 100% of water is replaced for wasted dirt.

The pond location also determines the eel growth. ' Preferably near the water source, ' says Lenny. Eel must be able to live in a closed pool aka no water circulation, maximum growth when the pond is given the circulation of water. Musababnya, incoming water pushes dirt and the rest of the feed outside the pond; New water augments dissolved oxygen. It all finally increases the eel appetite.

Sorting

After 2 months kept Eel was sorted to prevent cannibalism. Please mahfum, low eel uniformity level. Sorting can suppress deaths due to cannibalism reaching 40 — 50%. By sorting, ' of 3,000 seedlings are stocked in total deaths until the harvest of 240 — 360 tails equivalent to 8 — 12%, ' said Ifan average spread 120 seedlings/m2

Sorting is also effective for separating the eggs in the pond. Understandably, during maintenance there are only eel clusters. The eggs can then be used as seedlings. By implementing a series of ways that every 4 months Lenny can fulfill the export demand by as much as 5 tons to China and Hongkong. (Lastioro anmi Tambunan)

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