Adrian Tappin first started keeping aquarium fish in 1967 and has kept most of the usual freshwater species eventually specialising in Cichlids and Catfish. He is an experienced breeder, having bred more than 350 species of freshwater fishes. During the mid 1970s he started collecting and keeping rainbowfishes and has successfully maintained and bred more than 80 different species or varieties.
In addition to 10 years of aquarium retail experience, Adrian has been involved in the organised hobby for most of his fishkeeping years and has held a number of administrative positions with various aquarium societies. He was instrumental in the formation of the Australia New Guinea Fishes Association (ANGFA) and the Queensland Federation of Aquarium Societies. As an aquarium writer, he has had numerous articles published in both Australian and International hobby publications and is the current editor of "In-Stream", a publication of ANGFA (Qld).
He also maintains an award winning website called 'Home of the Rainbowfish', which first appeared in 1996 as Rainbowfish On-Line. The website was selected for inclusion in the National Library of Australia digital archive of Australian online publications in January 1998.
Adrian sent us the following information about the book itself:
"'Rainbowfishes - Their Care & Keeping in Captivity' is a comprehensive and illustrated guide to the remarkable rainbowfishes found in Australia and New Guinea.
It's an indispensable reference manual for anyone interested in keeping rainbowfishes in captivity. The book provides a tremendous amount of information for anyone from beginner to experienced keeper on just about everything needed to keep and breed rainbowfishes. Detailed easy to follow sections guide the reader through all aspects of their care and keeping in captivity. The information provided covers topics such as distribution, habitats, collecting, shipping, keeping and caring, how to successfully breed and raise rainbowfishes, foods and feeding, disease treatment and prevention, and much more. A comprehensive illustrated species section is also provided.
In this book the aquariculturist is provided with proven, practical methods for the successful management and propagation of most of the known species of rainbowfishes to ensure they can maintain long-term self-sustainable populations. It is the authors' hope that this book will assist rainbowfish keepers in achieving this goal. No other publication currently exists that brings together all the methods and techniques for successfully keeping rainbowfishes in captivity.
The book combines the authors' years of experience with scientifically researched information from around the globe. This information and excellent photographs from recognised rainbowfish hobbyists world-wide have contributed to make this a truly international rainbowfish reference book."
In our opinion the book sets new standard in aquarium literature regarding this fascinating group of fishes. Production quality is excellent with superb colour photos of both fishes and habitats throughout plus unobtrusive yet well thought-out layout and design. The work is a credit to Adrian and his generosity as unbelievably it's available as a free download from the following link: Rainbowfishes - Their Care & Keeping in Captivity
![[b]The feeding chapter includes sections on culturing live foods.[/b]](/images/Rainbowfish Book 2.jpeg )
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