What Types of Freshwater Grouper Are There? A Detailed Guide to Farming Techniques and Market Prices

Do you know about grouper? Have you ever eaten grouper? This fish is very popular right now, did you know? This has also become the focus of many people raising grouper, so how do you raise grouper? What is the market price, and are the profits high? Let's take a look together.

Freshwater grouper farming techniques: First, the fish pond must be disinfected. Before stocking the fry, drain the pond water and thoroughly disinfect the pond with quicklime. Second, plan the stocking density. When freshwater grouper is mixed-cultured in small numbers in a pond, about 22 to 50 fish are mixed per mu of water surface. Third, the amount of feed. The daily feeding amount for freshwater grouper is about 20% of the fish's body weight, usually fed 3 times a day.

The market price of freshwater grouper is 70 yuan per kilogram. However, in different places, the price of freshwater grouper will vary to some extent. In some places, the price of freshwater grouper is between 50-60 yuan, and if it is dead freshwater grouper, the price is mostly between 40-50 yuan. The price of wild grouper is basically around 80 yuan per jin, while the price of generally farmed freshwater grouper is mostly 35 yuan per jin.

What types of freshwater grouper are there? The blue spotted grouper, this fish is native to Southeast Asia, its skin is relatively thick, oily, smooth and springy, and its flesh is relatively tender. The white spotted grouper, its snow-white body has a few grayish-brown spots, which is very distinctive. The white-edged grouper is listed by the IUCN as a secondary conservation animal and is distributed in the Western Indian Ocean region.