Anyone heard of Joy fish farming or Integrated Farming Solutions Ltd? They have large scale fish ponds in ruai and Kikuyu and the deal with mad fish. You put in 120K per pond, each pond has 1000 fingerlings, then after 10 months you get 70% return on investment. Looking to invest there soon and would like a wazuarians success story before I do.... Anyone here who has a success story on this investment?

They have a fish farming site at Ruai and Kikuyu. I have only visited the one at Ruai and it's a huge project. The terms are you pay 120k then your given a fish pond which holds about 1000-1500 cat fish. The fish weigh btwn 1-1.4kg each when they are ready for sale. The company Joy fish farm buys the fish at 140Ksh or is it 150Ksh per Kg. Alternatively they come and set up the fish pond in your land you pay the 120K and they train your caretaker when the fish areready for harvesting which is btwn 9-10mths you can decide to sell to them or find your own market. Was actually surprised most of the fillet Kenyans eat is cat fish....
Assuming after the fish rearing period you get 1000 fish from your pond weighing 1.4kg average.
You get 1000*1.4*140 = Ksh 196000
I'm working with minimum, it could be more. I'm actually surprised wazuarians don know abt it.

I have been to the Kikuyu farm, amazing stuff. You have to see to believe! The ponds are done in a greenhouse to ensure early maturity. Am also planning to give it a try later in the year.

They also sell finger-lings, fish food, fillets plus offer training sessions.

I can link you with them if you need more info or a tour/visit.

Follow link below.
http://www.the-star.co.k...ouses-for-fish-farming-

Asanteni

@Gathige
The problem is I don't have the time to look for the market myself.
I know there is alot of fish farming but you need to find a mkt. These guys can't meet the demand for cat fish both locally and internationally so I guess thez lots of demand out there. I guess I'll jump in n see if mine will be a success story.

@Mungaits
Before the tour was free now pple pay 1000.
The fish feed on some stuff that has omena in it plus I think algae.

How high is the raised 4 x 2 metre pond so as to hold 1000 fish and what is it made of?
I personally find the 8 months for the fish to mature too long.Does anyone know if the raised ponds can be used to rear say prawns ?
Does anyone here have a photo of this pond?

Can someone tell me about the taste of farmed fish vis-a-vis lake fish?Is it like broiler chicken as compared to kienyeji?

Thought most of the fillet is Nile Perch? Whose quantities are very depleted and demand by the filleting companies high.
Can Nile Perch servive in Fish Ponds? Cause if they can, there is guaranteed demand.

As for the taste, they are quite different, for the expert eaters, but considering that most of it is filleted and refrigirated

This should come with a caveat. I talked to a guy who breeds and sells fingerlings. He told me the Joy fish farm were his customers and after some business with them he visited their farm. Their ponds cannot hold 1000 fish! He immediately stopped supplying them with the fingerlings to save his reputation as he didn't want to be part of the scheme to fleece wannabe fish farmers. This is another 'pyrabbit' scheme as one wazuan likes to say. If you want to keep fish, go to the ministry of fisheries and get good advise on the pond sizes otherwise RUN AWAY.

I have seen a video of the fish farm....interesting...a 1000 fish in a 4x2m raised pond.. this means i can turn my backyard into a fish farm.

I urge wazuans to ignore this freak(mawinder). He has no business of his own just meddle with other and put negative comments. I would ask administration to deactivate such fellows out of wazua website.. They are just a disgrace of our aggressive nation..