Stone frogs raised in the depths of the mountains can be released after three years on the market.

Original title: father Stone Frog in the depths of the Mountain

In Huangchengkeng Village, deep in the mountains of Xinzhai Town, there is a stone frog farm with an area of about 5 mu and more than 10 sheds. Walking into the farm, the reporter saw the person in charge Tang Zhuofeng, who was checking the growth of the stone frog. As soon as they opened the slate, many frogs scrambled to jump into the water. "these are the frogs born just before this year, and they are all very healthy." Tang Zhuofeng pointed to the stone frog and smiled.

Aquaculture water quality is the key

Stone frog farming is not easy. Stone frogs are amphibians that can swim in the water and jump on land. Their young tadpoles breathe on their gills like fish and cannot live without water. Therefore, water is the primary condition for stone frog breeding, and there must be adequate, high-quality and pollution-free water sources near the farm.

Tang Zhuofeng said that he raised stone frogs for five years, and for the first two years he raised them in the ancient bamboo garden, but because the water quality there failed to achieve the desired results, the water flow was not enough and the site was not large, so he chose to move to Huangchengkeng Village. "to raise stone frogs, water quality is very important. I visited this place six years ago, and the water quality here is what I want. There is not too much farmland. Now the water I use for breeding is mountain spring water directly from the mountain. It is clean and pollution-free, and the frogs like it very much. " Tang Zhuofeng said.

In addition, open-air breeding stone frogs, but also need to guard against birds, rats and other natural enemies. Around the shed, Tang Zhuofeng placed mouse traps and other tools. "I also plan to rebuild the shed this winter to prevent birds from entering."

Grope slowly and succeed.

After relocating the site, Tang Zhuofeng continued his Story of raising Frogs. The water quality problem has been solved, and then there is technology. Tang Zhuofeng said frankly that he had not learned professional skills in raising stone frogs. "before raising stone frogs, I raised fish and ducks for 10 years. They were all creatures swimming in the water. I thought the way of raising them should be similar." But in real practice, he realized that it was not easy. If the technology did not pass, the tadpoles would easily get sick, such as eating too much food or eating dirty water. They would easily get gastroenteritis and Gill rot.

"tadpoles need to go through a key 'abnormal barrier' when they become small stone frogs. In the first two years of breeding, the survival rate of tadpoles with long legs was very low, and I lost a lot of money." Tang Zhuofeng, while groping by himself, asked the professionals and slowly found the skill of raising frogs. "now tadpoles become small frogs, and the survival rate has improved a lot." Tang Zhuofeng said that as long as you choose a good environment and master the technology, stone frog farming can still be successful. Although a lot of losses have been lost before, with slowly accumulated experience, the survival of frogs and tadpoles has reached tens of thousands and 50,000 to 60,000 in recent years.

It takes three years to see results.

"raising stone frogs is not like raising pigs. You can enter the market in six or seven months. You have to take your time. The whole process from tadpole to adult frog takes three years. The key to the success of stone frog farming depends on persistence. " Tang Zhuofeng analyzed that the key to the failure of many stone frog farmers is that they did not stick to it. Some people are short-sighted, only see the immediate benefits, want to invest in the second year will be rewarded; some will give up as soon as a large number of tadpoles die, resulting in a loss of capital and business opportunities. "raising stone frogs is actually like raising children. I can't worry about it, so I regard these stone frogs as my own children. As long as it goes through the 'three-year itch', its economic benefits are still quite good. " Tang Zhuofeng said with a smile that he now sells stone frogs at a price of about 100 yuan per jin, which can be a little more expensive during the Spring Festival.

Each of Tang Zhuofeng's stone frog breeding sheds are stone frogs of different ages, the small ones are only a few months old, and the older ones have been raised for a year or two. "basically, these stone frogs only eat the yellow powder insects raised by me. They are very demanding of food. As long as the life signs of the yellow powder insects are weaker, they refuse to eat them." When it comes to the future planning of stone frog farming, Tang Zhuofeng said that since it has already begun, it will not give up easily, and then it will continue to look for high-quality breeding sites and expand the scale of breeding. (reporter Chen Xinlu, correspondent Chen Yangzi)