EcloFish · Fingerling division
A poorly graded or weak fingerling costs you six months later, at harvest. We produce our own in our hatchery, and we raise them ourselves to market size — that is the best guarantee we can give.
The species
Choosing a species is not a matter of taste, it is a technical decision: it depends on your water, your facility and your market. Here is what sets them apart.
Oreochromis niloticus
The most farmed species in West Africa: hardy, tolerant of changes in temperature and oxygen, and accepted on every market. It is the starting species for most projects.
Clarias gariepinus
The fish for difficult water: it breathes air, withstands high densities and oxygen-poor water. It is the species that forgives the most management mistakes — so it is the one we often recommend to beginners in above-ground ponds.
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
Fast growth and white flesh that sells well as fillets. It needs a large volume of water and closer management: it is a species for floating cages and structured projects, not for a first pond.
The hatchery
Everything starts here. Monitored, renewed breeders kept in separate batches: this is what prevents the degeneration seen on farms that endlessly breed their own stock.
Eggs are incubated in tanks, protected from predators and from the temperature swings that can wipe out a spawn overnight.
Larvae move to nursery tanks, fed and monitored until delivery size. It is the most fragile phase of the whole cycle.
Fingerlings are sorted by size before they leave. A poorly graded batch means cannibalism and an uneven harvest six months later.
Our hatchery tanks. The same setup is the one we install for clients who want to produce their own fingerlings.
Availability and orders
Tell us the species, the quantity and the date you want. We confirm availability and lead time — and if it is not the right species for your facility, we say so before selling.
Tilapia, catfish and pangasius: our hatchery runs continuously, there is no off season during which we stop delivering.
They depend on current spawns and on batches already reserved. That is why you will not find any stock figure here: a number written on a website is wrong the following week, and we prefer to tell you the truth of the day.
Give us the species and the volume: we confirm the quantity actually available, the size of the current batch and the date it will be ready.
Both are possible. We transport the fingerlings to your site, or you collect them from us. Either way, moving a live batch needs preparation: we tell you how, and it is not a detail — that is where fingerlings are lost.