RESTRICTED
FI: DP/NIR/66/524/16
June 1975
NIGERIA
PLANNING OF AQUARIUM FACILITIES AT KAINJI LAKE RESEARCH CENTRE
A report prepared for the Kainji Lake Research Project
by
Edward J.Peterson
Aquarium Consultant

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome,1975

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.   INTRODUCTION

1.1   Terms of Reference

2.   THE AQUARIUM PROJECT

3.   GENERAL SUGGESTION ON AQUARIUN DESIGN

3.1   Water Supply

3.2   Operations Area

3.3   Public Area

Appendix 1   KAINJI LAKE RESEARCH PROJECT - PROPOSED AQUARIUM

Appendix 2   REFERENCES

LIST OF TABLES

1.   Possible Display Fish

2.   Display Specimens

3.   Display Fish

4.   Display Fish

5.   Display Fish

6.   Display Fish and Holding Unit Criteria (Non-Predatory Species)

7.   Display Fish and Holding Unit Criteria (Non-Predatory Species)

8.   Display Fish and Holding Unit Criteria(Predatory Species)

9.   Air Lift Pump from West's Calculation

10.   Determination of Water and Filter Requirements

11.   Glass Thickness in Inches when Used in Aquariums

LIST OF FIGURES

1.   Block Diagram of Water Supply

2.   Air Lift Pump