Gurame Fish Enlargement

Enlargement activity is a continuation of nursery. The seeds of the nursery will be raised until they reach the consumption size with an average weight of 500 g / head. However, there are also certain consumers who want gurami sized at 1 kg / ekor. The enlargement stage starts from seeds of matches or seeds of 7-8 cm to reach consumption size.

Enlargement of Gurame Fish in the Land Pool
The pool used is a pool of land that has walls or soil. Pool size used 100-500 m2 with stocking density of 20 tail / m2. High water in the pond 70 cm with water discharge that goes into pond 15-20 liter / minute.

The size of the pool is one that is very instrumental in the enlargement of carp. If the pond is too small it will cause the inhibition of the process of enlarging the carp. The basic question of beginners in cultivation is how much the size of the carp pond is 1000 head.

1. Prepare the pool

Preparation of the pond begins with drying for three days until the soil looks cracked. That is, the soil is completely dry and free from disease seeds. At the entrance and discharge of water should be fitted with a water filter to prevent the entry of animals that can be a pest for gouramy. Ponds need to be fertilized with manure from dried chicken manure of 500 g / m2, and lime of 25 g / m2.

2. Care and feeding

Daily care at the stage of enlargement is almost the same as the stage of nursery. Artificial feed in the form of pellets containing 25% protein is given every day as much as 1% of the total weight of the seed. Frequency of giving 2-3 times, ie at 07.00, 11.00, and 13.00. Meanwhile, additional feed given in the form of leaves sente. This additional feed is given daily at 5 pm as much as 10% of the total weight of the seed.

3. Long enlargement

To produce a gurami of cigarette packs or 10-12 tail / kilo takes 75-100 days. Gurame of this size can already be harvested and sold or raised again up to 90-100 days to get a consumption gurame of size 500 g / tail.

4. Settings on large pools

When compared to large magnification pools, for example above 500 m2 gouramy density should be reduced to 10 tail / m2. In addition, the water level is also raised to 80 cm, and the water discharge goes 20 liters / minute. Artificial feed is given twice daily, ie at 08.00 and 13.00. In a large pond, the protein content in the pellets provided is enough 20% of the fish weight. Sente leaves are given in the afternoon at 16.00. Permanent gouramy who grew up in a pool of land is done by drying some of the pool water. After that, gouramy is harvested by using a net.