Synopses & Reviews
Featuring the
- Best Information
- Best Resources
- Best Photos
- The best advice for taking care of your Freshwater Aquarium
This all-in-one answer book will help both beginning hobbyists and experienced fish keepers to maintain an ideal community aquarium. Practical, easy-to-use information tells you everything you need to know so that you can spend more time enjoying your aquarium. Setting Up a Freshwater Aquarium offers:
- Completely up-to-date resources, including top Web sites of interest to aquarists
- Firsthand advice from an expert marine biologist
- A guide to the best ? and worst ? fish to keep in your aquarium
- Easy access to everything you need to know about the care of your aquarium and fish
- Fundamentals to keep your fish in optimum health
- Full-color photographs of a variety of freshwater, aquarium fish
Synopsis
Greg Skomal is a fish expert who works on Martha's Vineyard. Co-author of the goldfish book in this series, here he tells readers how to set up, maintain and raise beautiful freshwater fish.
Synopsis
The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographsnow revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly!
A freshwater aquarium offers an endlessly fascinating pageant of movement and color. But how do you set up a tank and select the right fish? And how do you maintain an aquarium to keep your fish happy and healthy? This updated guide delivers the answers, providing all the facts and advice you need, including:
- Tips on setting up and designing your aquarium
- An illustrated guide to popular tropical fish
- Pointers on selecting the right mix of fish
- The lowdown on maintaining your aquarium
- Guidance on keeping your fish healthy
- The scoop on how to breed your fish
Synopsis
The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs--now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly!
A freshwater aquarium offers an endlessly fascinating pageant of movement and color. But how do you set up a tank and select the right fish? And how do you maintain an aquarium to keep your fish happy and healthy? This updated guide delivers the answers, providing all the facts and advice you need, including:
* Tips on setting up and designing your aquarium
* An illustrated guide to popular tropical fish
* Pointers on selecting the right mix of fish
* The lowdown on maintaining your aquarium
* Guidance on keeping your fish healthy
* The scoop on how to breed your fish
About the Author
GREGORY SKOMALhas been a fisheries biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries since 1987 and currently heads up the Massachusetts Shark Research Program. An avid aquarist, he has written seven books on aquarium keeping and fish, including Saltwater Aquariumin the Your Happy Healthy Pet series.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: Welcome to the World of the Freshwater Aquarium.
1. About Freshwater Fish.
2. Setting Up the Tank: Inside and Out.
3. Setting Up the Aquarium.
PART TWO: Freshwater Aquarium Fish.
4. Common Freshwater Fish Families.
5. Choosing the Right Fish for Your Aquarium.
PART THREE: Caring for Your Freshwater Aquarium.
6. Feeding Your Fish.
7. Maintaining Your Aquarium.
8. Keeping Your Fish Healthy.
9. Breeding Your Freshwater Fish.
PART FOUR: Beyond the Basics.
10. Resources.