Singhi / Sing
Feed for Singhi, a fish you cannot see.
Singhi, the stinging catfish, is an air-breathing species. That is why it can be farmed in water that would stress most fish, and it is also why feeding it is a different problem from feeding carp.
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You are feeding a pond you cannot see into
Singhi spend their time near the bottom and in cover, and the ponds they are farmed in are rarely clear. You cannot count fish or watch them rise the way you can with a surface feeder. What you can do is watch the feed.
Every grade except the hatchery mash is an extruded floating pellet. Put out a measured quantity, come back, and what is left on the surface tells you whether you fed too much — the one honest signal available in a pond you cannot see into. Feed that sinks uneaten tells you nothing until the water quality does.
See all six grades- A high-value fishSinghi sells well above carp, so feed cost per kilogram of fish is worth working out rather than guessing.
- Mash through 2 mmSinghi finish at 80–100 g, which is the 2 mm band; the 3 mm grade is for larger fish.
- 42% protein through the early stagesHatchery, nursery and early fingerling all hold the same specification.
- Batch-testedProtein, fat, fibre, moisture, ash and pellet quality checked before release.
Feeding stage guide
Which grade, at which stage.
The same progression covers Pabda and Tengra, which harvest in the same weight band. If your pond sits between two stages, send us the details rather than split the difference.
- Hatchery / fry Aqua Mash Mash
- Nursery Aqua Plus 0.5–0.6 mm · 10 kg
- Early fingerling Aqua Shakti 1 mm · 10 kg
- Fingerling Aqua Shakti 1 mm · 20 kg
- Grower Aqua Pro 2 mm · 35 kg
Common questions
What Singhi farmers ask us.
Does a floating pellet suit a bottom-dwelling fish?
Singhi will come up for feed. The reason we make a floating pellet is not that the fish prefers the surface — it is that you can see what is left. In a dense, coloured pond that is the only direct reading you get on whether the ration is right.
Which grade do I start on?
Aqua Mash in the hatchery and earliest nursery days, then Aqua Plus at 0.5–0.6 mm once the fry can take a formed particle, then Aqua Shakti at 1 mm. Both early grades hold the same 42% protein specification.
Singhi tolerates poor water. Does feed quality still matter?
Tolerating water is not the same as growing well in it. An air-breathing fish survives low oxygen, but uneaten feed still breaks down and still loads the pond. Feeding a measured ration you can actually observe is what keeps that under control.
Do you guarantee a growth rate?
No, and we would not trust anyone who did. Pond conditions, stocking density, water quality and management all move the result. What we hold to is the specification: every batch is checked against it before release.