Ornamental Fish Farming

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. Although the name doesn't suggest it, a lot of this section is also of potential interest to hobbyist breeders, notably such topics as culturing infusoria and other live foods, making glass fish tanks, hatching brine shrimp, making artificial spawning media, how to make peat extract, methods for encouraging or inducing spawning (including hormone injection), biological filtration etc. Potentially of interest to both hobbyist breeders and commercial breeders.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. Options in choice of markets and marketing strategies. Advice on capturing a market share, establishing selling prices, meeting quality requirements, marketplace security and customer relations etc. Commercial interest only.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. All about pathogenic disease, with some golden rules on health management on fish farms, and descriptions and illustrations of the causative organisms of many common diseases, with treatments. Includes identifying signs and symptoms, and common causes of ill health and disease in fish. Predominantly commercially oriented, but potentially of interest to serious hobbyists.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. Information includes the best water chemistry and temperature for breeding, setting up for spawning, the spawning process, early rearing and grow-out, harvesting and packing, with many important breeding and production characteristics specific to the species. Strongly recommended in conjunction with PART 3, for both hobbyist and commercial breeders.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. PART 3 gives extremely detailed and comprehensive, but understandably written methods for all stages of breeding the egg-scatterers - usable even by beginners! It tells how to hold and condition breeders (including diets), set them up for spawning, detect eggs, look after larvae, give the first feed (with food options), raise fry, maintain water quality, deal with health issues etc. This section is based on the egg-scatterers, but is also used as a technique guide and reference for all other species because there is so much common ground between them. Strongly recommended in conjunction with PART 4, for both hobbyist and commercial breeders.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. Concise breeding methods for over 130 species/varieties of major commercial families. Includes breeding tank size, water chemistry and temperature, breeding style, spawning tank set-up, grouping of breeders, and a general comment on ease or difficulty of breeding and commercial production, and market demand. Probably more of commercial value, but may be of interest to some hobbyist breeders.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. Comprehensive section on essential aspects of fish-oriented water chemistry. Includes methods and chemicals for managing water chemistry on fish farms, and for breeding, with methods for softening, hardening and buffering water, and adjusting pH etc. Predominantly commercially oriented, but with many aspects of interest to serious hobbyists.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. This section gives a detailed background to some important aspects of fish breeding and commercial production. These include: a look at water and how it supports fish life in the natural environment, basic water chemistry from a fish breeding and farming perspective, an overview of production and general breeding methods for different groups (families) of fish, commercial suitability of major families, identifying the sexes, advice on obtaining breeders, and how to quarantine new breeders. Potentially useful to both hobbyist breeders and commercial producers.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. Includes such aspects as water availability and suitability, terrain suitability, energy and communication, statutory considerations, security and predators. A concise checklist of essentials is given at the end of the section. Commercial interest only.

This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. This section gives different options in facility design, and production methods and strategies for different circumstances, with advantages and disadvantages for each. The section includes detailed descriptions and illustrations of 3 production layouts: a small, home-sized production set-up, a medium sized operation in a large insulated shed, and a large farm layout. This section is suited to commercial breeders and producers.