To get fish to eat garlic, you must starve them for a few days. Then, crush the garlic and put it into the cage. The fish will not suffer from parasitic diseases and intestinal diseases.
After many failed attempts at fish farming in the Hòa Bình hydropower reservoir, Mr. Dinh Van Linh, residing in Trang hamlet, Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district, Hoa Binh province, devised a unique method to treat fish diseases using garlic.
He feeds garlic to his fish twice a month, and the fish not only recover from diseases but also grow quickly. This disease prevention method has been effectively applied by Mr. Linh for the past 3 years.
Born and raised in the mountain hamlet, Mr. Linh, like many other families, primarily relied on farming for a living. For many years, hunger and poverty plagued the mountain hamlet. In 2014, he followed a few households in the hamlet to borrow money and invest in cage fish farming.
Mr. Linh regularly feeds garlic to his fish to prevent skin diseases and intestinal diseases.
In addition to readily available materials like bamboo and luong wood, he spent over 10,000,000 VND to buy grass carp, black carp fingerlings, and nets to set up 2 cages. After a few months of good care, the fish grew incredibly fast. Around early May, when the first seasonal rains fell, water from streams flowed into the river. The water became turbid and contaminated with many impurities, causing all the fish in his cages to die.
Mr. Linh's specific method of treating fish diseases with garlic has helped him succeed in cage fish farming on the Hòa Bình hydropower reservoir.
Undeterred, the following year he continued to borrow money and built more cages, with costs exceeding 30,000,000 VND. Similar to the previous year, after several months of dedicated fish care, at harvest time, the fish died and floated white in the cages. Many fish cages belonging to other households also experienced mass fish deaths. After diligent investigation, Mr. Linh discovered that only the households with cages placed near the shore experienced fish deaths, while many households farming further from the shore were unaffected.
In 2016, he borrowed more capital to invest in 10 additional cages and moved them further from the shore. He stocked grass carp, Hemibagrus catfish, and Bagarius catfish. Although daily care was arduous, involving tasks like transporting feed for the fish and guarding the cages, the fish thrived. By the end of that year, his fish cages yielded nearly 100,000,000 VND. In the past two years, he continued to borrow from the bank to invest in 20 more fish cages. From bamboo and luong wood cages, he boldly invested in iron cages. Each year, he supplies over 4 tons of commercial fish to the market, bringing in several hundred million VND for his family.
One of the most significant challenges in cage fish farming is that the water source during the rainy season often causes fish to go into shock. Additionally, many types of diseases are caused by parasites. In pond farming, disease prevention for fish is easier through water disinfection. However, with a vast water body like a reservoir, this method cannot be applied. Through literature, newspapers, and the fish farming experience he acquired, feeding garlic to fish is the best measure.
To get fish to eat garlic, you must starve them for a few days. Then, crush the garlic and put it into the cage. The fish will not suffer from parasitic diseases and intestinal diseases. “This disease prevention method has been very effective for me for the past 3 years. Compared to cages where fish are not fed garlic, the fish in garlic-fed cages are healthier and grow faster. Another important point is that this method is safe for consumers, even if the fish are sold immediately after feeding,” Mr. Linh stated.
Source: baonghean.vn
