Welcome To Our Cost-Saving Tropical And Catfish Farming Ideas Mini Site Ask Questions/Share Your Opinions On FACEBOOK This mini site is a precursor of the Farm Research/ Extension Advisory Services Center which the Self-Development Academy Limited intends to establish in the future.
Rather than wait till all is in place, we decided to launch the mini site and share/develop the ideas we have. One key objective of the SDAc's Integrated Fish Farm (IFF) - and by extension this mini site - will be to continuously investigate, document and publish best practice ways of rearing food and ornamental fish cost-effectively for higher yields using locally sourced materials and indigenous knowledge/skills – in conjunction with consistent implementation of Best Practice Process Management Techniques.
Think You Know All There Is To Know About Aquariums? Click HERE. The IFF’s ideas/mini-scale operation level discoveries will be offered to interested startups and existing fish farm business owners initially via this site. However, as our followership/credibility grows, and/or by the time our farm center operations fully take off, we will organise workshops and seminars designed to encourage more people to go into low startup capital ventures like fish farming by following tested and proven methods(process records documentation/ spreadsheet data analysis for decision making, workplace organization etc) which increase their chances of success at first attempt. Natural Self-Cleaning Aquarium Systems The SDAc's Natural PLANTED Aquarium Systems which - due to their unique biological Self-Cleaning ability - maintain amazing water clarity without ANY electric water pumps/filtration systems, also feature here, and we explain how you can easily build and maintain your own balanced systems with surprisingly VERY little effort and money. My 12 gallon size aquarium system, built in July 2002 is now over three and a half years old and still a delight to behold. See an actual picture of it (bottom left of this page) with kids in foreground - notice that the fluorescent light is off, yet the water clarity is such that the fish in it are clearly captured from a distance by the camera lenses. That picture of the three and a half year old tank is on this site thanks to Stephen Akinola who loaned me his digital camera in November 2005. The pictures at the top/bottom/right of this page, of the same tank(and a 6 gallon one I had just built back then), were taken 2 years ago, by a professional photographer who I paid to shoot the insides, and out. I had planned to do the same thing to the three and a half year tank for the launch of this site, but my amateur photography skills were not up to taking underwater shots that would do justice to the aquarium! So I settled for the one at the bottom left. Watch out however for the photos that will be done by a pro, in the near future. You can of course book an appointment ANYTIME to visit and see the real-life aquarium. Click here now to do so.
Despite deliberate effort NOT to beautify it with denser growth, mixture and arrangement of aquatic plants(I use it to test my ideas), it still catches the eyes of anyone that sees it. Apart from about 5 minutes every 2 to 3 days spent feeding the fish(at zero cost, due to use of live feed that I rear myself) the aquarium is hardly tended to more than once in two months! You can learn more about why this is possible and how you can do the same for yourself on this site. Book An Appointment To See It If you would like to see this aquarium live and verify the foregoing claims, please click here to book an appointment. What Is The Difference Between A Natural Aquarium And An Artificial One? To learn how our Natural Aquariums differ from Artificial ones, read our January 2006 feature. However, to learn even more "Google" this string : "What is the difference between a Natural, Planted Aquarium and an Artificial Aquarium". Vary the key words in the string with repeat searches, and you should eventually find enough websites with details that give you a better understanding. That's what I did many, many times to learn how to control the changes that i found taking place in my natural aquariums from 2002. Over time I gradually deviated from some of the rules given on the sites I found, to arrive at what I now describe on these pages. (e.g. many insisted satisfactory clarity would be better maintained for the long term by using powered filters to "support" the natural system). I could make it easier by giving you ALL the links I have, BUT I am a Self-Development/Performance Enhancement Specialist who seeks to empower his target audience to learn how to learn, so they can take better control of the challenges they face in pursuing their goals. It is my desire to help you learn to be proficient at purpose-driven self-education, so that over time, you will need me less and less, and eventually be able to help others become as productive as you would have become. Sorry about the lecture, but that's why the supply of direct links may not be as forthcoming on this site. Instead, like I did with the Google string above, I use a variant of the Socratic technique, to get you to think of different ways to find what you want, till you arrive at the most suitable. :-)
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write. They will be those who cannot learn, un-learn or re-learn" - Alain Tofle. We look forward to having you visit us over the years to come. Tayo Solagbade Learn
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6 gallon size wooden framed Aquarium Tank Capacity = 6 gallons. Glass Tank Dimensions: 9 x 10 x 19 inches(W x L x H) |
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| 12 gallon size wooden framed Aquarium Glass Tank Dimensions: 8 x 24 x 16 inches(W x L x H). Tank Capacity(Volume) = 12 gallons |
