>> Quite honestly, I don't really know that you can get formal training in
>> keeping fish in little glass boxes.
IMHO the only way to learn is to get your hands wet, read some books, get
your hands even wetter, talk to people, read more, and get saturated.
Provided one is capable of learning and modifying their behaviour (unlike
Roy) then they _should_ be a good fishkeeper in about 5-10 years. That is
certainly not something you typically get taught in academia though I
have seen one course taught in Tasmania that covers nitty gritty stuff
like mass production of live foods, vetinarian type stuff etc that
seemed pretty good.
> As far as I see it, if you've kept fish for a while and
> been successful, bred fish and been successful, and generally feel
> confident in your aquarium skills, then you've got formal training. That's
Absolutely.
Actually, the funniest thing that I see from time to time is academics
doing experiments with fish in aquariums. That really should be outlawed
as most of them don't have a clue and then they call it science!
Frank Glennon from the Steinhart Aquarium (in the ButtArea) was
complaining that the place went down hill when they could no longer
employ someone who didn't have a degree in their fishroom!
Tootles
Peter J Unmack peter.unmack at asu.edu
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