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 Types and Construction of Fishponds

Dugout Excavated Type

Digging the soil of the desire area (20 x 10 meters and 1-1.5 meters deep). The dugout soil is utilized as
dikes. Provide a water pipe 7.5 cm in diameter to serve as overflow.

Barrage pond
This type of pond is constructed along the main path of
flow of stream or river water. Both up-stream and down-
stream are barricaded with inlet and outlet respectively.
The advantage of this pond is its low construction cost and
sufficient amount of water all through the culture period.
The failure associated with this kind of pond is the
likelihood of flooding during the rainy season and the
whole pond system can be washed away including the
stocks.

Diversion or Contour pond

This type of pond is constructed in the by-pass of a stream
or river. A water supply channel is built for this purpose
with sluice or inlet gate at the entrance to control the
volume of water coming in or going out of the pond and
also to the influx of extraneous materials. In this case,
flood effect is minimal compared to barrage type.
Dugout Concrete Type
The steps are the same as the dugout excavated type except that the walling of the pond is made of
concrete or of hollow blocks.

Stagnant concrete pond

In the stagnant concrete pond, water in the pond is
seldom replaced. No water flow out channel is provided
during construction. Water replacement is based on
when it is polluted and a pumping machine is employed
for the purpose. The pond is cheaper to construct with
limitation in quantity of fish stocking capacity. A pond of
2m x 5m capacity may not stock more than 600 fish.
Fish growth may not be fast as expected due to poor
water condition. It could elongate to up to nine months
to reach the desired table size of 1.0kg.

Free flow concrete pond

This type of pond is suitable for quick response grow-out
fish and the scope of this work will be centered on this
system of pond. The construction includes water flow-
out channel. Water flow is regulated and continuous at
stipulated period. This ensures water freshness and
turbulent that makes the fish agile for improved feeding
rate. A free flow concrete pond of 2mx5m capacity may
stock between 1,000 and 1,800 fishes given space
requirement of between 0.005m2 to 0.01m2 per adult
catfish.
The major problem of the pond is that water wastage
may be on the high side. This will be feasible where
constant water supply is guaranteed.