This manual is primarily intended for teachers, Students and researchers interested in a practical approach to fishery science and is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The manual consists of three parts, (i) pisciculture, (ii) aquarium keeping and (ii) consists of various tools and techniques divided in 24 chapters. This manual is sectioned under the heads, ideal fish farm, identification, classification of various fish and plants, fecundity, morphometry, fish scale study, aquatic insects, fish pathogen, aquarium fishes, plants, construction of aquarium, biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity, turbidity, transparency, etc. lastly index is given. There are scattered pieces of information on fishery science and ornamental fish culture in books, research journals, reports and some pamphlets published by Government and other agencies. Thus in the present venture an attempt has been made to put all available information from different sources at one place in the book.

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I have been called in to repair some pond disasters in the past – expensive mistakes that could have easily been avoided when the pond was built.

In this ebook, I discuss the essentials of building ponds with concrete, rendered brick, polyethylene, fibreglass, and liners of rubber, vinyl and polyethylene.

I refer to the necessity for using the right re-inforcing and sealing materials for concrete. I give precautions to take when joining two ponds together to prevent a disaster later down the track. I give warnings about using sealants and building with stone. Lastly, I recommend materials for pipework.

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Garden Ponds – A Practical guide is based on real experiences. The author has been installing and maintaining ponds for number of years, this book is based on real occurrences rather than being just copied from other sources. The pond is covered from the initial digging of the hole, the siting,and the lining and water proofing. Filtration, and pumps are examined. Problems such as green water and blanket weed are covered. Enemies such as herons, pests such as leeches and Dytiscus beetles, parasites and diseases are also covered. The aim is to give the reader as trouble free a garden pond as possible.

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