Pet Fish Keeping, Marine, Tropical & Freshwater Fish Care and Behaviour

PBC421

Topics covered in this course include:

Coldwater fishes: Aquaria and Pond
Goldfish
Koi Carp
Orfe and Tench
Minnows and Dace
Specialist fishes
Compatibility
Feeding and diet
Reproductive behaviour
Display management
Marginal and aquatic plants
Aquarium and pond water chemistry
Aquarium and pond filtration
Pond lighting
Transporting
Fish Health: Diseases and treatment (aquaria)
Fish Health Diseases and treatment (large pond fishes)

Major Tropical Community fish groups
Catfishes and Loaches
Cichlids
Characins (tetras)
Livebearers including Guppies, Mollies, Platies and Swordtails
Gouramies
Specialist and specimen fishes
Compatibility - community aquarium fishes
Fish aggression and territorial behaviour - Compatibility

Predatory behaviour
Feeding and diets
Reproductive behaviour
Aquatic plants
Aquarium water chemistry,
Regional tap water types
Temperature, pH and hardness
Aquarium filtration
Lighting
Display management
Transporting
Fish Health: Diseases and treatment

Dr David Sands PhD FCFBA

A course secretary in ichthyology at the Natural History Museum, David published scientific papers, described and named several new fish species. He has lectured on South American related natural history subjects at major events in Europe, Japan, USA and Canada and the Far East. He has made expeditions to Andes and to rainforest rivers of Guyana, Venezuela and the Brazilian Amazon. An Amazon catfish species, Corydoras davidsandsi, was named in his honour.

His hundreds of magazine articles have been published around the world in pet retail and trade magazines and he was appointed the launch editor for Aquarium magazine. David was the first UK contributing editor to Freshwater and Marine Aquarium in the USA.

His books include Ponds for Pleasure, Goldfishes, The Marine Aquarium, The Complete Aquarium, The Healthy Aquarium, Catfishes of the World, (volumes 1-5), Cichlids, South American Catfishes, African and Asian Catfishes, Fish health, Catfishes, (in ten languages), Central American Cichlids, South American Cichlids, Keeping Aquarium Fishes, Caring for Pets - Goldfishes, Cichlids and The Red-tailed Catfish Handbook, The Emperor of the Amazon.

The Cambridge Institute of Pet Behaviour & Care, Applewood House, Ringshall Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 1RN
01442 843187

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