PROCEDURES FOR FISH FEED FORMULATION

The micro and macronutrients are weighed and gathered accordingly. The weighed nutrients is poured into  the storage device  -weighing or  measuring beam – conveyor  -hammer  mill- storage device – screw  conveyor  – bucket conveyor- mass flow unit  – preconditioned where water and steam  are added  – extruder where different dices of different sizes eg   6mm,  3mm, 2mlm  etc are slotted – belt conveyor – dryer where excess steam is supplied  to the materials  for  easy  drying – belt conveyor – screw  conveyor- bucket or cup conveyor –

vibrating or separating  device where the pieces or  broken ones   are separated from   the whole   ones  – storage  beam- bagging or discharging unit – sealing machine.

The nutrients and its quantity used   during   the feed formulation exercise are illustrated in our next post.