Sunday 22 April 2012



Fish Farming Teaching aids CDs for. Fingerlings, Table fish, Feed production, Earthen Ponds, Fish health care and poultry farming. .Call Dr. Ahmed 0805-644-6401 or 0809-411-5318
Fish-To-Wealth. (CAMS)

Miracle Vocational School, trains would-be Fish- farmers, Poultry Farmers and Feed Mailers .Call Dr. Ahmed 0805-644-6401 or 0809-411-5318

A-1 Quality Products Company has fish and poultry incubators, Fish care products such as Zhivago MX 1,2,3 and 4 for sales. Fish equipment such as Tanks, PH metre, aerators for sale....Call Dr. Ahmed  0805-644-6401 or 0809-411-5318

Warmwater Fish Farms and Hatcheries have fingerlings, post-fingerlings, juveniles , maylunch and table fish for sale. .Call Dr. Ahmed 0805-644-6401 or 0809-411-5318



Wednesday 28 March 2012

Fish- To- Wealth Profile


                    Fish-To-Wealth
Fish farming in Nigeria is a relatively new industry and therefore is faced with many enormous challenges such as sourcing for funds, marketing of fish produced, technical-know-hows etc. This therefore, necessitate forming of a body of fish farmers into a group called “Fish- To- Wealth” Cooperative and Multipurpose Society ( Fish-To-Wealth (CAMS) )

Fish-To-Wealth CAMS was founded in the year 2009, under the able leadership of Dr, Taiwo A. Ahmed, who is the current president of the association.

The association is duly registered with the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and cooperatives and is undergoing the process of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
Our members are from different works of life including engineers, doctors, retired military officers, accountants, young graduates and school leavers interested in farming fish.

Fish-To-Wealth has several different commodities interest groups such as fingerlings production, grow-outs/table-size fish production, Brood-stock, processing which includes Fish smokers, Marketing groups etc. We are also looking and inviting people in different communities in the nation who can form themselves into CIG`s of 8-10 people to join with us, i.e. register their CIG`s with Fish-To -Wealth and there by benefit from our programs. Further inquiries on this should be addressed to our secretariat.

Fish-To-Wealth is involved in various programs of the World Bank such as:
1. Fadama and CADP
2. Federal government agriculture programs through CBN and Ministry of Agriculture
3. Lagos State government agriculture programs
4. International donors and philanthropic foundations or organizations.

Fish-To-Wealth is also undergoing projects in the area of feed production (pelletized and extruded feeds) and in cold-room freezing of catfish.
We have a publication called "Profitable Fish Farming". We are using this opportunity to invite well-meaning and serious fish farmers to join our association, so that together we can make this country great in the area of fish cultivation.
The following is a list of the current executives of Fish -To -Wealth ( CAMS)

Dr. Taiwo A. Ahmed           (President)
Pastor Joseph Molukwu       (Vice President)
Mr. Odunayo Animashaun   (Gen.Secretary)
Mr.Oladele Sadik                 (Asst. Secretary)
Mrs. B.A. Alonge                 (Treasurer)
Mr. Tope Akinola                 (Financial Secretary)
Mr. O. Adepoju                    (Auditor)
Gp.Capt (Rtd) S.A. Disu      (Member, MGT)Comm                                  
Rev.(Mrs) E.O. Popoola       (Member, MGT )Comm.
Deacon J. Ajibola                Member, MGT Comm
Engr. T.A. Salako                Member, MGT Comm

Monday 26 March 2012

FISH FARMING: HISTORICAL FACTS

FISH FARMING: HISTORICAL FACTS: Many of the popular tropical aquarium cat fishes originate from South and Central America, Africa and Asia. Most are rather drably colored...

Saturday 24 March 2012

HISTORICAL FACTS

Cat Fish Many of the popular tropical aquarium cat fishes originate from South and Central America, Africa and Asia. Most are rather drably colored, mainly because they need good camouflage to avoid predation. As they usually frequent the bottom, the ideal colors are brown and black. Many have poor sight, as they are often nocturnal or live in silt-laden waters. To compensate for this, catfishes have developed barbells, which recovered in taste receptors. Barbells may be long and used for hunting, basin the pummeled or, as in the Cordovans catfishes, short and used to burrow and tease their way into the gravel to detect food or insects. Some catfishes scavenge at the bottom for tasty morsels, others amendatory swimmers that feed mainly on insect larvae. Large predatory species hunt for small live fish, a few feed on fruit and seeds and some of the most bizarre species are parasitic - even to the extent of feeding on other catfishes.
Some of these 'cats' have developed large, rubbery, sucker-type mouths with which they remove the algae and any other protein-rich coatings that cover plants, rocks or gravel. Some catfish species cover great distances, both in daylight and during the hours of darkness. They may be specialist feeders, whereas the catfishes that remain hidden in a cave for most of the time will tend to feed on virtually anything, because they have to take what they can, rather than hunt for particular food.
Many cat fish species are quite capable of eating very large fish or other large aquatic creatures. All in all, they represent a very mixed and fascinating group. It is a good idea to have at least one cat fish in every aquarium, as they tend to clear up and eat any waste or leftovers that other fish ignore. Do not look on them just as scavengers, however; they are interesting fish in their own right and appreciate proper feeding, rather than living off the scraps left by other fishes in the community aquarium.
You will get a huge variety in South American cat fishes, some of them are very small in size and some species are very large. African species comprises Electrical fish and Nile fish, their belly is dark but have a white back. In the Pacific Ocean there is no cat fish except white fish. The color of the white fish from sides is blue gray to blue black and it can be spotted. You will get one more species of cat fish in Singapore that is yellow cat fish. They are foreign species from Singapore, China there is nothing Indians in this cat fish species.

Classification of Cat Fish

Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Cypriniformes
Suborder Nematognathi
Phylum Chordata includes those animals which reside in the top of the food chain. A primary common feature of the phylum chordate is notochord it is a rod like structure which extends to the length of the organism. Notochord is necessary and must be present when there is development in the body parts of this cat fish. Subphylum Vertebrata has chordates with backbone