Fish cultivation has become a worthwhile business activity, as it promotes food
security and poverty eradication in developing countries; however, the feeding processes
are done manually in Nigeria. Therefore, to solve the problem associated with manual
feeding in aquaculture, an automated fish feeder was designed, fabricated and tested that
automatically feed the feeder at a predetermined time. This eliminates the drudgery
associated with manual feeding. The machine was electrically powered and had the
capacity to dispense 420g of feed pellets at 90sec. The maximum shaft speed was 250rpm
