How to farm rice field eels in rural areas? A detailed explanation of farming methods and techniques
SummaryFarming site: choose pond or cement pool farming, ensure the water quality is clear and pollution-free. Source of eel fry: wild capture, market purchase, and artificial breeding of seedlings. Feed selection: animal-based live bait, animal-based leftovers, artificial compound feed, natural insects, etc. Rice field eel farming techniques: plant an appropriate amount of aquatic plants, regularly prevent diseases and strengthen daily management, and keep the water quality clear and the temperature suitable, as well as take good measures to prevent rice field eels from escaping.
I. Farming site
1. Rice field eels have relatively strong adaptability to the environment, and their requirements for water bodies and water quality are not very high . They can be farmed both in ordinary ponds and in cement pools. Rice field eels have the habits of preferring darkness, preferring warmth, living in burrows, and being good at escaping.
2. Therefore, choose a place with warmth at the cave entrance, shade in summer, good soil quality, and convenient drainage and irrigation for farming, ensuring that there is a slight flow of water around the area all year round and that the environment is pollution-free.
II. Source of eel fry
1. In China, the ligament rice field eel varieties from Thailand and Vietnam have the advantages of strong fecundity, omnivorous feeding, and relatively fast growth, but their flesh texture and taste are not good, so their market price is relatively low.
2. For China's native temperate rice field eels, small-sized rice field eel fry can be collected directly from the natural environment, or seedlings can be purchased from local breeding farms to raise eel fry. Because the taste is good, the price is relatively high. Therefore, there are mainly three sources of rice field eel fry: direct capture from the wild, market purchase, and artificial breeding of seedlings.
III. Feed selection
The feed used in domestic artificial farming of rice field eels is mainly divided into three major categories: animal-based live bait, animal-based leftovers, and artificial compound feed. Generally, natural insects can also be used as rice field eel feed. Among them, animal-based live feed is the better choice for rice field eel feed because this kind of feed has a relatively high protein content and conversion rate.
IV. Farming techniques
1. In the early stage, strictly control the selection of seedlings. The quality of the seedlings directly affects the later farming cost and the quality of the rice field eels.
2. During the farming process, create a suitable environment. Aquatic plants can play a very key role in the farming process.
3. During this period, carry out reasonable feeding. The nutrients required by rice field eels play a very important role in their growth and disease prevention and control.
4. It is necessary to regularly prevent diseases and strengthen daily management, and keep the water quality fresh and the temperature suitable, as well as take good measures to prevent rice field eels from escaping.
V. Causes of disease
1. Rice field eels grow in the natural environment and have long evolved and adapted, so their disease resistance is relatively strong, and the probability of infection is also relatively small. Similarly, there are few cases of illness during artificial farming. However, under high-density rearing, if management is poor, it will lead to rapid growth of leeches, making various diseases more likely to occur.
2. The main causes of rice field eel diseases include external and internal factors. The external factor is improper use and cleaning of the rice field eel pond, which then makes the water quality poor and leads to disease occurrence. The internal factor is that the rice field eels themselves have a weak constitution, and incomplete farming conditions, excessively high density, improper feeding, and the entry of harmful substances and other factors trigger various diseases.