What should I feed fish in a fish pond to make them grow faster?

Fish farming in fish ponds is a common farming method in the aquaculture industry. Fish ponds should be built in places with sufficient water sources, good water quality and convenient drainage. If you want the fish in a fish pond to grow fast and well, you must pay attention to feeding management. So what should you feed the fish in the fish pond to make them grow quickly? Let’s take a look with the editor below.

1. Animal feed

Animal feed is usually high in protein and suitable for some carnivorous or omnivorous fish. Common animal feeds include fish meal, blood meal, silkworm pupae meal, meat and bone meal, zooplankton , maggots, earthworms, insects, etc.

1. Fish meal: a high-quality source of protein, easy to digest and absorb.

2. Blood meal: It is rich in protein and minerals, but you need to feed it in moderation to prevent excessive intake from causing water quality deterioration.

3. Silkworm pupa powder: It has high protein content and contains a variety of essential amino acids, which helps fish growth.

4. Meat and bone meal: Rich in protein and calcium, suitable for fish that need to strengthen their bones.

5. Zooplankton: such as rotifers and cladocerans, are important food sources for fish larvae.

6. Maggots, earthworms, and insects: These are all high-quality animal protein feeds and can be fed directly or processed into powder and then fed.

2. Plant feed

Plant feed is a commonly used feed for fish farming in fish ponds, and there are many types, including energy feed , protein feed, and forage.

1. Energy feed: such as corn, bran, barley, etc., mainly provide the energy needed by fish.

2. Protein feed: such as bean cake, peanut cake, sesame cake, beans, etc., are rich in plant protein.

3. Forage: such as Sudan grass, ryegrass, various forage grasses, etc., suitable for herbivorous fish such as grass carp.

3. Mineral feed

Mineral feed is mainly used to supplement the macro-mineral elements required by fish, such as calcium, phosphorus, etc. Common mineral feeds include calcium hydrogen phosphate, zeolite powder, medical stone and stone powder.

4. Additive feed

Additive feed is used to supplement the trace ingredients needed by fish, such as trace element additives, vitamin additives, complexing agents, attractants, colorants, etc. These additives help improve fish immunity, promote digestion, absorption and growth.

5. Compound feed

In order to improve feeding efficiency, the above-mentioned feeds are usually mixed in a certain proportion to make compound feed. Compound feed should be customized according to factors such as the growth stage of fish, feeding characteristics and water quality.

6. Other feeds

In addition to the common feeds mentioned above, you can also use by-products from food factories (such as waste materials from vermicelli factories and starch factories) and processed saccharified and fermented feeds as supplementary feed for fish.

The above is an introduction to what to feed fish in fish ponds to make them grow faster. Farmers should determine the feeding amount based on the growth stage of the fish, weather, water quality, and the type and quality of feed, and avoid overfeeding to avoid feed waste and water quality deterioration. The number and time of feeding should be fixed every day to avoid fish growth being affected by hunger or overeating.