Murrel farming require people to pay careful attention to the timing of various processes involved in murrel farming. The timing affects the growth of the murrel. The murrel grow quick once they settles into the pond.
However, the time between when they reach the juvenile and adult stage is rather short. Each decision regarding the care for the murrel will impact either the length of time it takes for the murrel to grow or the amount of time they spend growing. Using a growth chart will allow people to take control of the farming process by removing the guesswork.
How to Track Murrel Growth
Using the growth chart, people can determine the weight that a healthy murrel should reach at each stage, and people can detect any problems early rather than at the time of harvesting the murrel. The first stage for farming murrel takes place very quickly. The fertilized egg will take one or two days to hatch under the condition that the water within the pond is warm enough.
The larvae will live off of the yolk sac for a few days. After these few days, the larvae require live feed. If farmers doesnt offer this feed during this first phase, the survival rate of the murrel will decrease.
The growth chart illustrates the growth of these larvae, as it marks the time at which they will hatch. When the murrel reach a few centimeters in length, they will begin to switch to minced trash fish or protein-rich food pellets. These murrel will grow quick at this phase; however, there is a danger since the larger murrel will eat the smaller murrel.
From the second month until the fourth month, the murrel will gain weight in the pond every week. This is illustrated on the growth chart. It is essential that the murrel grow quickly because once they reach a certain size, they will begin to exhibit cannibalism.
Periodically, farmers will grade the murrel to determine their size; those that grow to the largest size, farmers will place into separate tanks from the remainder of the murrel in the farm. Many farmers will neglect this stage of farming, as it requires additional work. However, the growth chart demonstrates the rapid growing abilities of the larger murrel compared to the other within the farm.
During the middle portion of the farming stage for murrel, the feed that is provided to the murrel will begin to convert. When murrel are eating pellets, their daily weight gain becomes more predictable. The growth chart indicates the weight gain between four and seven months of farming.
During this period, the murrel require a steady intake of protein, they require clean water, and they require enough space to swim within the pond. The water temperature is another important factor in the growth of the murrel. Murrel eat most aggressively in the water when the temperature is between 28 and 32 degrees.
If the pond is too cool for this range, the murrel will stall in their growth. Another variable that some farmers often ignore is the quality of the water within the pond. Unlike many other fish species that are farmed, murrel can breathe air.
Thus, they can survive in water with low levels of oxygen. Because murrel can survive in water with low amounts of dissolved oxygen, many farmers skip provide aerators for the pond or exchanging the ponds water. The growth chart does not show the parameters of the ponds water quality.
However, if the murrel stop gaining the weight that the growth chart illustrates, it is important for the farmers to check the amount of dissolved oxygen or the amount of ammonia within the pond. Improving the management of the pond water will likely result in an increase to the final weight of the murrel that are harvested from the ponds. When the farming stage for the murrel is nearly complete, the focus of the farms change to the process of harvesting the murrel.
At this final stage of murrel farming, the growth chart will show when the majority of the murrel reach 800 grams in weight. At this 800-gram mark, the market price for the murrel increases. Farmers can choose to either allow the murrel to grow to the weight of one kilogram, which takes another month or two, or they can harvest them at the 800-gram mark to prepare the pond for the next cycle of farming murrel.
Both options are acceptable as each will work to produce the same results. In order to make this decision, farmers must become aware of their local buyers of murrel and the price of feed for murrel relative to the price of the larger murrel species. By tracking the growth of the murrel each month, the farmers gain knowledge of the actual growth of their murrel farm as compared to the other farms in the area that may report the average growth of murrel.
Each small adjustment to the farm will be reflected in the lines that are represented on the growth chart for those murrel. These adjustments will add up throughout the farming period. Although the murrel will perform the task of growing themselves, farmers wont have to wonder whether or not they are on time with their growth goals because the growth chart will reflect whether or not they are on track in their efforts.
