After 10 volumes of "Fishes of Sahul" and the associated Bulletins we have
amassed a considerable body of useful information to supplement that
available in the few books and it is great to see that in this country at
least a few displays in public aquaria are good examples of that
information being put to good use.
Bruce Hansen
ANGFA
email: bhansen at ozemail.com.au
Don't miss the ANGFA web pages at -
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
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From: Christopher Benes <beneschr at pilot.msu.edu>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
Subject: Re: [RML] Display Suggestions
Date: Thursday, 27 February 1997 15:35
I don't really know that you can get formal training in
keeping fish in little glass boxes. The closest that you can come is to
study aquaculture, but this only teaches you to keep and grow lots of fish,
it teaches you little to nothing about where they come from, what they live
in, etc. As far as I see it, most people who have degrees and work at
zoos, aquariums, etc have degrees in biology, marine biology, maybe
limnology, and some fisheries managers thrown in for good measure. And
then you've got your vets and such. The only way to know where fish come
from, what a biotope looks like, etc., is to read books and talk to people,
and get lots of experience. Nobody will formally teach this stuff to you.