4 Gallon Glass Aquarium

Flukes: copper/formalin dips, lower specific gravity.

Warnings: Group is sensitive to malnutrition; have some food available continuously. Some (achilles) require high spg.

Box/Section Three: Symptoms, Treatments

Section 3 involves diseases, observable symptoms and treatments.

Example: Ich; white spot disease, Cryptocaryoniasis

Cause: Ciliated protozoan, always suspect on wild fishes, waiting

to super-infest fish in weakened state. Usually brought on

by poor acclimation and drop in water quality. Som

Here is a first-person work that covers all three in following the life and career of David Powell. A span of some five decades spent pursuing and enjoying building out exhibits, collecting specimens and dealing with the "human" sides of our interest.

Contents:

This is a personal narrative of Davids time as an adventurous diving youth (in the days when gear was quite "experimental") to many years designing, helping run some prominent west coast (US) public aquariums (M

A handy table of Universities offering aquatic science graduate degrees is offered. Involvement in "extra-curricular activities" (computers, art, boating, horticulture, diving, photography) are discussed and encouraged.

Chapter 2 covers private sector jobs; working in retail shops and wholesale in various positions, the service end, possibilities in manufacturing, distribution, collecting, breeding, publishing, consulting. As in the rest of the book, Jay shows good humor and personal insight as to what the trade is like.

Chapter 3 goes over the myriad of public aquarium jobs, including an exemplary effort at describing the various hie

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