Mudcrab culture/farming, anyone?

**Wh1stl3r2** · March 31st, 2016 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by yebo

ano kinakain nyan? pwede ba yan sa drum? koi pond? yung tipong grow your own ba.

This is something I want to do too, with all the GMO's and growth hormones in our normally sourced food.

Baka malangaw lang and mabaho pag hindi commercial ang feed.

**yebo** · March 31st, 2016 01:17 PM

ako naman not because of gmo. sayang kasi yung tinatapon namin na food everyday. we cook too much tapos ako lang kumakain ng re-heated food. next day tapon na. if i can grind it and feed it to alimango ...

2nd question is, pwede sa fresh water? or brackish water lang?
3rd question, how long to culture?

**lowslowbenz** · March 31st, 2016 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by badsekktor

Newbie lang sir sa crab. Just tried it last year. Shrimps, bangus and tilapia usually laman ng farm.

Mahal daw ngayon sir. Parang 11.50 per piece. Ga-langaw na size.

Right now sir palay lahat. After harvest pa kami makakapag-lagay ng crab.

I see. Estuarine environment pala talaga ang pwesto mo, maganda yan.

Actually first venture ko rin into crabbing, kaya I'm just setting up a 500 sg/m trial pond, will stock way below stocking density to lessen cannibalism. If everything goes well, I might fix the remaining ponds within the property and go into crabbing fulltime.

Saan ang 11.50 per piece na price? Bulacan area?

**crazy_boy** · March 31st, 2016 02:14 PM

mahirap ba mag alimango?

madalas ko makita is aquaponics. nagaalaga ng tilapya then yung ipot ng tilapya is used as fertilizer sa lettuce.

**badsekktor** · March 31st, 2016 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by lowslowbenz

I see. Estuarine environment pala talaga ang pwesto mo, maganda yan.

Actually first venture ko rin into crabbing, kaya I'm just setting up a 500 sg/m trial pond, will stock way below stocking density to lessen cannibalism. If everything goes well, I might fix the remaining ponds within the property and go into crabbing fulltime.

Saan ang 11.50 per piece na price? Bulacan area?

Yes sir. Paombong area as per our supplier. Not sure though baka bumaba pagpasok ng rainy season.

last year 3.50 per piece kuha namin. After 3months os na. Pumalo ng mahigit 1 kilo per piece. 1200 pa benta na inabutan ko sa exporter

**lowslowbenz** · March 31st, 2016 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by yebo

ako naman not because of gmo. sayang kasi yung tinatapon namin na food everyday. we cook too much tapos ako lang kumakain ng re-heated food. next day tapon na. if i can grind it and feed it to alimango ...

2nd question is, pwede sa fresh water? or brackish water lang?
3rd question, how long to culture?

See here:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/ba0110e/ba0110e.pdf

All you need to know.

**lowslowbenz** · March 31st, 2016 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by badsekktor

Yes sir. Paombong area as per our supplier. Not sure though baka bumaba pagpasok ng rainy season.

last year 3.50 per piece kuha namin. After 3months os na. Pumalo ng mahigit 1 kilo per piece. 1200 pa benta na inabutan ko sa exporter

Wow!

Hopefully by end of this month maka-start na ako.

**lowslowbenz** · March 31st, 2016 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by crazy_boy

mahirap ba mag alimango?

You will be needing clean estuarine environment, and a bit of luck.

**badsekktor** · March 31st, 2016 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by yebo

ako naman not because of gmo. sayang kasi yung tinatapon namin na food everyday. we cook too much tapos ako lang kumakain ng re-heated food. next day tapon na. if i can grind it and feed it to alimango ...

2nd question is, pwede sa fresh water? or brackish water lang?
3rd question, how long to culture?

Mahirap siguro sir kasi territorial ang mudcrab. Mataas mortality kapag siksikan. They do tend to stray away sa ponds kapag
Kulang pakain.

Abundant kasi ang shellfish sa bukid pati mga trash fish. Ok din ang kamoteng kahoy.

Bihira naman nagpapakain ng feeds. Usually mga malalaking farms lang. Mahal kasi ang feeds. Maraming natural feeds sa mga bukid kaso mahirap palakihin ng husto sa madaling panahon kapag hindi feeds.

Brakishwater sir if you want na mapalaki sa magandang size.

kung tagakain lang ng tirang pagkain sir. Try nyo native na chicken. Pumapalo 300 per kilo sa buhay. Or pabo. 1400 / kilo yata yan dressed na sa mga supermarket. Maganda pa bantay sa property. Parang aso mag-ingay kapag may tao. Yun barako nanghahabol ng tao. Hehe!

**badsekktor** · March 31st, 2016 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by crazy_boy

mahirap ba mag alimango?

madalas ko makita is aquaponics. nagaalaga ng tilapya then yung ipot ng tilapya is used as fertilizer sa lettuce.

Yep actually sir yun farm namin may cycle. Not because gusto namin but yun pasok kasi ng tubig ng irrigation. So dec to april freshwater. That is time na nakakapag-palay kami. May to oct eh brakish na so palaisdaan siya. So laging mataba ang lupa. Kelangan mo lang kabisaduhin yun season na umaalat ang tubig. Pumapangit kasi harvest ng palay kapag naabutan ng alat. Maraming tulyapis kesa sa palay. And yun pinag-giikan, soak mo lang sa tubig magdedecompose na. Yan ang pakain sa hipon at alimango kapag fry pa lang. Usually after 2 months saka mo pa lang augment ng pakain whether feeds, trashfish, tinapay etc...