Who the hell does not know with this long slick animal on this one? Eel is one type of freshwater fish is high enough fans. Eels are very good to eat because it has a good nutritional content for the health of our bodies.
Eels Nutrition
Calories (cal) 303
Protein (gr) 14
Fat (gr) 27
Carbohydrates (g) 0
Fospor (mg) 200
Calcium (mg) 20
Iron (mg) 20
Vitamin A (SI) 1600
Vitamin B (mg) 0.1
Vitamin C (mg) 2
Water (gr) 58
Apart from the benefits and nutrient content of eels, because it is a fish that is also quite tasty to consume, the taste of the meat is chewy and tasty to make anyone who enjoys it would be addicted. No wonder the demand for eel fish is increasing. Well this could be a business opportunity for us, we can make the eel as a field to scrape rupaih.
How to Cattle Eels for Beginners
1. Place of Eels
The first thing we must prepare is a means for eel cultivation. There are many choices of eel facilities that we can use. Everything of course has advantages and disadvantages of each.
a. Pond Tarpaulins
The first eel means is to use a tarpaulin pond. For the size of the tarpaulins we use adjusted with the number of eels that we will cultivate. For ideal size is 50-100 tail / m perseginya.
Need to be equally we know, eels usually remove a kind of mucus which is a natural metabolism to survive. If the mucus is piled up and in large quantities will certainly damage the water quality.
Therefore, we should replace the water if the water quality is damaged. We can do a sipon or dispose of the bottom water with a suction pump then fill it with new water.
Well, this tips from me based on personal experience, because it is too much trouble if you have to dispose of water by using a water pump, you can create a sewer in the middle. If in cultivation this term is known as the center drain system.
The pond we make conical to the middle, so the center of the pond deeper than the edge of the pool. For how to make it very easy. Bottom line, the water will be wasted once we discharge the pipe without using a pump.
With the center drain system of water control so very easy. After the water we throw enough and then we add new water.
b. Tong / Drum
In addition to using tarp, barrels or drums can also be a means of eel cultivation. Here's how to make a cask pool for eels:
- Clean the barrel / drum clean especially on the inside
- Make a longitudinal hole in the drum
- Put the drum on the ground flat and also give the booster on the right and left so that the drum is not overturned
- Do not forget to also make the sewer under the barrel
- The latter also make shade from the sun so the eel is not too hot
Eel grown media is one of the keys to success in eel farming. With a composition that fits on this tunbuh media that determines sooner or later eel growth beyond the feed factor. For ponds from used vats using media such as dried mud, compost, rice straw of TSP fertilizer, and stater microorganisms. Here are tips on making a growing eel media for used drum ponds
- The base of the drum is given a layer of straw with a thickness of 50 cm
- Then flush the straw with a stater microorganism. Composition 1 liter per drum
- Furthermore, given a compost layer as high as 5 cm, can also use manure or humus soil
- The last layer is dried mud mixed with 5kg of TSP fertilizer. This last layer is as high as 25 cm.
- Stay the input of clean water into the drum as high as 15 cm and let stand for 2 weeks before the eels are included because it must go through the fermentation process first.
c. Tub Cement
Permanent tub is a means of cultivation of the next eel. Of course permanent ponds require a good amount of capital to bolt it. But of course with many advantages. Well, just as with tarpaulin ponds, you should make a sewage system with a drain sitem center.
d. Bak Fiber
Bak fiber can also be used as a tool for cultivation eel. The cost we spend is of course more expensive for the provision of fiber bathtub.
2. Selection of Eels Seed
Once we have a place that corresponds to the number of eels we will cultivate, the next step is to choose the eel seeds. There are several things to note before we choose the puppies we will grow. Here are the criteria of good eels tillers to be reared:
a. Choose Eel Seeds Wounded Free
The first tip to choose eel seeds is to keep the seeds free of the wounds either due to friction with rough objects or because of disease, because it can be transmitted to others.
b. Not Limp when Holded
Make sure the eel seeds to be reared are not soft, karen eels have a hard body,
c. Choose a Lively Eel
Eels have an aggressive nature and are rarely silent even when we grasp will usually try to escape. If you find any puppies whose flag ceremony (top oak) should be taken apart from the others. A good eel will have a calm but lively character, the eel will take the oxygen up quickly and then back down again.
d. Seed Uniform Seed Size
This is quite important, because with a uniform size there is usually no dominance in eating later. If there are eels that are larger will usually be more dominant later. The big ones are big and small ones are slow to big. You should mensortis eel at least 3 weeks to keep the size uniform.
3. Number of Ideal Eel Stakes
Eels need enough space to grow optimally. When the space or space owned small biasnaya grow eel will not be maximal, can dwarf, slow growth and water quickly damaged. For optimal density of eel seeds should be the size of 10-12 cm length ranges from 50-100 tail / m2.
A few tips on eels, try to spread the seeds in the morning or evening to avoid the stress of fish. For seedlings of natural catches should be quarantined for 1-2 days. Quarantine process is done by putting seeds in clean running water. Give the egg egg whites during the quarantine process. Arrange the water circulation thoroughly. Do not be too heavy (water like puddles of rice fields) is important to occur water circulation. Also set the water depth, it affects the eel posture. Water is too deep will make the eel move a lot to take oxygen from the surface, so the eel will be thinner.
4. Feeding During Eels
If the seeds we have to spread, now is the time we raised the eel seeds. For the percentage of feed, should give 5-20% of body weight / day. Over time usually we will get used to and can use the feeling when the fish is full or still hungry.
Try to keep the feed is always sufficient for the eel is not cannibal. Feeding can be in the afternoon because eels usually find prey in the afternoon and evening. To feed can be worm lor, red worms, lumbricus worms, cere fish, cithol fish, guppy fish, goldfish puppies, tadpoles (tadpoles), frog hulls, snail / rice field, hongkong caterpillars and many others.
5. Eels harvesting process
After about 3 - 4 months of cultivation process, then eels are usually can be harvested. With an average weight of about 3-5 tail / perkilonya, with selling price 32.000 / kg. For harvest size depends on market demand. If 3 -5 tail is too big can be reduced again.
For our own profit we can calculate with selurubuh operational cost and initial capital to buy seeds, feed and supporting equipment and cultivation facilities.
The price of seed itself for the average eel length 6-11cm dipjual market around Rp.55.000 / kg (content 75-110 ekor / kg). Well so we can calculate how much profit we can get.
Nice post
What kind of eels are they?
very interesting, i want to know much about eel cultivation, thanks for sharing