Artikelname: A Practical Guide to Setting Up Your Tropical Freshwater Aquarium
Artikelbeschreibung: If you are setting up a tank for the first time,this is the book for you. Step-by-step photographs guide you clearly through every vital stage in a logical way, explaining exactly how the equipment works, why you need it and how to maintain it.This book covers everything from choosing the right size tank to installing the vital heating, lighting and filtration equipment, adding gravel, rocks plants and fish - everything you need to know is here for a magnificent and enjoyable hobby.

Artikelname: Apple Snails in the Aquarium
Artikelbeschreibung: This title covers all important species of apple snails of the world. It gives taxonomic information, help in distinguishing the species, general apple snail biology, snails in their natural habitat and in the aquarium. The book is primarily writen for those interested in the ecology of Apple Snails.

Artikelname: Aquarium Plants (Interpet)
Artikelbeschreibung: This compact, richly-illustrated guide explores all aspects of growing and displaying plants in a home aquarium. the emphasis is on presenting key facts and essential guidance in short, easy-to-access notes that build into a wealth of practical information.

Contents Include

How plants grow

Water quality

Using substrates

Choosing plants

Planting techniques

Lighting for plants

Feeding plants

Propagating plants

Keeping plants healthy

Choosing suitable fish

Creating a display

Plants for the aquarium

Themed tanks

Putting it all together

Introduction to popular aquarium plants

Background plants

Midground plants

Foreground plants

Floating plants

Artikelname: Aquarium Plants Manual
Artikelbeschreibung: For experienced hobbyists and beginners, here are short profiles on more than 40 different plants combined with details on selecting and maintaining water plants. There's even a section on how plants and fish interact in an aquarium.

Artikelname: Aquarium Sharks & Rays:An Essential Guide to Their Selection,
Artikelbeschreibung: As fascinatinga as they are feared sharks and rays have captivated the human imagination since prehistoric times. In a long-awaited, authoritative guide, expert aquarist and reef naturalist Scott Michael provides the definitive introduction to the biology and behavior of these fishes. "Owning a shark or ray is a great responsibility," says Michael, who has been involved in field research with some of the world's leading shark biologists. "It is your obligation to choose specimens wisely and to provide the system and care it takes to allow them to thrive in your home aquarium.

Contents Include: Natural History of Sharks and Rays

Species Selection and Identification

Aquarium Setup and Maintenance

Feeding, health, and breeding

Avoiding the Common Pitfalls

Artikelname: Breeding Your Tropical Freshwater Fish
Artikelbeschreibung: Breeding your own tropical freshwater fishes is a fascinating part of the hobby. Some fish will breed very readily in a community aquarium, whereas other species need all the skills of a dedicated fishkeeper. This book provides all that vital information for success. The book explains how to breed a wide range of popular tropical freshwater fishes, including cyprinids, characins, livebearers, catfishes, killifishes and cichlids. Full details of spawning and rearing techniques are provided for all the featured fish. Courtship rituals - fascinating insights into the courtship strategies of tropical fishes in the wild. Breeding setups - detailed graphics show the ideal breeding setups for all the fishes in the book. Spawning tips - how to encourage natural spawning behaviour in the breeding aquarium. Practical advice - step-by-step photographs show how to make spawning mops and culture first foods for young fry.

Artikelname: Bristlenoses: Catfish with Character
Artikelbeschreibung: A fascinating introduction to these characterful fish.

Artikelname: Catfish
Artikelbeschreibung: Ranging from the perennially popular and completely inoffensive little Corydoras
species that grace almost every newly set up aquarium to the big-mawed ravening giants like the red-tailed Phractocephalus, from the beautifully polka-dotted Synodontis angelicus to the flatheaded brown blob that is Chaca chaca, the many different catfish families provide an immensely wide range of species. Catfish of all types are becoming increasingly more popular with aquarists, to the point that some experienced hobbyists are specializing in catfish alone, and this book proves an excellent introduction to a fascinating group.In addition to providing very practical advice about setting up an aquarium for catfish and maintaining them in good health, it also contains specific recommendations about which species to get and has a comprehensive species guide. The book's many colourful photos cover both common and rare species and are very useful for identification.

Artikelname: Creating a Koi Pond
Artikelbeschreibung: Suitable for both beginners and more experienced Koi pondkeepers.

Artikelname: Creating a Natural Aquarium
Artikelbeschreibung: A fascinating world tour of natural biotopes and how to recreate them in the aquarium.Using clear text, location views and photographs of the ingredients and the finished results, the book explains how to put together aquarium displays that reflect twelve different natural environments, ranging from a mountain stream to a mangrove swamp. Each chapter also presents et selection of fishes suitable for that aquarium.The book provides practical guidance on all aspects of aquascaping, from choosing substrates, rocks and wood to selection and positioning aquarium plants.

The book is divided into 12 biotope sections: A Mountain stream, A Central American stream, A Central American river, An Australian river, A European river, The Flooded forest, An Amazon acid pool, A Southeast Asian swamp, Lake Malawi, A Darkened cave, A Brackish estuary, A Mangrove swamp,

Each of these sections is further divided into four sub-sections.

Artikelname: Discus (Degen)
Artikelbeschreibung: Discus are often said to be the most difficult cichlids to keep, but anyone who takes a serious interest in them will soon discover that looking after and breeding them is quite easy provided the basic rules of aquarium care are observed. This beautifully illustrated book explains these rules clearly and includes many other interesting features on the care of discus.

Artikelname: Discus (Sweeney)
Artikelbeschreibung: Long among the most sought after of all tropical fishes because of their undeniable good looks, the various species and subspecies of the genus Symphysodon bask in an aura of majesty and mystery.Generally regarded as the royalty among aquarium fishes, discus assume a sedately regal bearing in keeping with their exalted status in the aquarium world. But as author Mary Sweeney points out in her straightforward and eminently readable text, discus are much easier to keep and enjoy-and even to breed successfully-than many hobbyists have been led to believe. The key to keeping these colourful and fascinating fishes is to know what they must be given and what has to be avoided, and this book provides readers with exactly that information-accompanied by a wide assemblage of gloriously colourful photos of many discus colour varieties.

Artikelname: Discus Breeding for Beginners
Artikelbeschreibung:

The achievement of getting the exotic, expensive, and much-in-demand Symphysodon species, the discusfishes, to reproduce successfully in the home aquarium has long been considered the pinnacle of success in breeding fresh water aquarium fishes. Reproducing successfully of course involves a lot more than just getting the parent discus to spawn; that is indeed an accomplishment in itself, but it falls far short of the ultimate goal of converting discus eggs into a new generation of beautiful adult discus.In this book world-renowned discus breeder Jack Wattley provides a blueprint for success that can be followed even by people who have had no experience in keeping these magnificent fishes. In addition to his thoughtful coverage of such important topics as feeding and water quality, he provides a thorough discussion of breeding strategies and raising the babies by both the natural method (whereby the parents care for the fry and let them eat off their own bodies) and the artificial method (whereby the eggs are hatched away from the parents and the fry fed a substitute for the parents' nutritive skin slime).

Artikelname: Discus Fish (Barrons)
Artikelbeschreibung: One of the superb Barron's aquarists manuals. This one as the title suggests is an introduction to keeping this magnificent species in the home aquarium.

Artikelname: Discus: A Reference Book
Artikelbeschreibung: This is one of many books written on Discus by Bernd Degen, a very experienced discus breeder. The book is particularly suitable for the novice Discus keeper and has excellent chapters covering all aspects discus care and selection. There is also n rather good introduction to breeding too, showing thechniques in some detail.

Artikelname: Dwarf Cichlids
Artikelbeschreibung: The cichlids are among the most interesting of all tropical freshwater aquarium fish, and some of them are among the most colourful as well. That is why many beginning aquarium hobbyists are attracted to them and why many long-time aquarists specialize in keeping cichlids exclusively. Although some cichlids are simply too big for owners of only relatively small tanks, it would be a shame for those owners to be deprived of the special pleasures-most especially the fascinating parental behavior that characterizes cichlids in general-that cichlids provide. Solution: keep the smaller cichlid species, the ones called dwarf cichlids in the aquarium trade. This book beautifully outlines the care that dwarf cichlids require and lays out a very sensible program for their keeping, at the same time offering a wide range of full-calor photos of value in their identification. Covering both New World and African species.

Artikelname: Fancy Goldfish
Artikelbeschreibung: Whether kept indoors in aquariums or outdoors in ponds, goldfish have charmed us with their colors and their forms, their graceful movements and their fascinating habits. This book and its beautiful full-color photos capture that charm and present concrete evidence of why goldfish are the most popular pet fish in the world, and it leads readers into an exploration of how easy it is to enjoy goldfish indoors and out.

Artikelname: Freshwater Stingrays
Artikelbeschreibung: One of the excellant Barron's aquarists manuals. This one covering the keeping of the exotic freshwater stingrays in home aquaria.

Artikelname: Guide to Community Fishes
Artikelbeschreibung: To ensure a successful start in the fascinating hobby of fishkeeping, this superbly illustrated guide features a detailed survey of 60 freshwater tropical fishes that will live in harmony with one another and can be selected with confidence for a community aquarium. Other sections offer advice on setting up the tank and breeding techniques.

Artikelname: Guide to Fancy Goldfishes
Artikelbeschreibung: The Goldfish continues to capture the fascination of fishkeepers the world over, from beginners to committed enthusiasts. This detailed guide explores all the practical aspects of keeping and breeding a wide range of Goldfishes in the home, plus a full-colour photographic survey of the major fancy forms

Artikelname: Guide to Fish Breeding (Interpet)
Artikelbeschreibung: Learning how to breed fishes successfully in the aquarium is the ambition of all dedicated fishkeepers, beginners and experts alike. This colourful guide provides the ideal first steps in this fascinating pursuit, with full practical advice on breeding and rearing a wide selection of popular aquarium fishes.

Contents Include: General considerations Water quality for breeding Feeding for breeding Diseases, pests and problems

Practical breeding advice for a wide selection of aquarium fishes. Introducing cichlids Dwarf cichlids Gouramis and their relatives Popular characins Barbs, danios and rasboras Catfishes Common livebearers Coldwater fishes

Artikelname: Guide to Tropical Cichlids _1
Artikelbeschreibung: This fully illustrated guide covers all aspects of keeping and breeding cichlids; a major group which today dominate the aquaria of fish keepers around the world. Three acknowledged experts give detailed information and advice on maintenance, cate and breeding, and provide a detailed survey of 117 different species from Africa and Central and South America.

Contents Include:
General Introduction*Natural Habitats: African Cichlids* Central American Cichlids*South American Cichlids* Aquarium Selection*Water Requirements and Filtration*Heating and Lighting* Aquascaping*Maintenance*Feeding*Health*Breeding: African Cichlids*Central American Cichlids*South American Cichlids*Species Section *African cichlid species*Central American cichlid species*South American cichlid species.

Artikelname: How to Keep Koi: An Essential Guide
Artikelbeschreibung: An invaluable guide for all aspiring koi keepers keen to accept the challenge of maintaining and displaying these beautiful fish in their own pond. Using clear text, colour photographs and stunning graphics, this book provides a practical introduction to all aspects of keeping koi, from pond building options and filtration methods to breeding and showing. Other sections provide advice on siting a koi pond in the garden and the vital aspects of feeding and health care. The book closes with a helpful glossary, which includes clear descriptions of the variety names and Japanese terms used throughout the hobby

Artikelname: Interpet Encyclopedia of Koi
Artikelbeschreibung: A comprehensive introduction to keeping and displaying these magnificent ornamental fish, from choosing healthy stock to installing a fully equipped koi pond. Plus a full-colour survey of all the major varieties.

Artikelname: Introducing Cichlids
Artikelbeschreibung: Full of practical advice, amusing anecdotes, and fishkeeping wisdom, Introducing Cichlids contains a sampling of the best-loved cichlids from around the world illustrated in full-color photographs. Information is provided about the fishes' individual habits, compatibility with other species, and spawning behavior.

Artikelname: Jurrassic Fishes
Artikelbeschreibung: Not a one of them is cute, not a one of them is cuddly. In fact, many of them are big and ugly and downright mean. They all have one big asset in common, though: they're interesting. No: they're fascinating. That is their charm, the hold they have on aquarium hobbyists. Despite their relatively high cost, despite the fact that most simply can't be trusted not to kill or swallow their tankmates, and despite the special demands they make or their keepers in terms of providing really big tanks and (sometimes) hard-to-get living foods, the fishes discussed and shown in this book keep their viewers entertained for hours on end. People never seem to tire of watching them. Whether they're preparing to engulf a luckless food fish or launching a perhaps-unprovoked attack or some unsuspecting tankmate-maybe one even more homicidally inclined than themselves,whether they just up to their usual serpentine sneaking or bullying blustering, or whether they're just going through the immensely peculiar but literally age-old motions that had served their kind well for hundreds of millions of years before there was an upstart Man to confine and confound them, they absolutely compel your attention They can't be ignored. Ancient in their lineage and purely primitive in their anatomy and behavior, the fascinating fishes in this book definitely qualify as members of the Jurassic Fishes Gang.

A very rare and much sought after volume

Artikelname: Keeping Fancy Goldfish
Artikelbeschreibung: This compact, richly-illustrated guide explores all asepcts of keeping goldfish in a home aquarium. The emphasis is on presenting key facts and essential guidance in short, easy-to-access notes that build into a wealth of practical information. Harnessing the experience of real experts, the Aquamaster Guides combine stylish design with rock-solid advice.

Contents Include: The history of goldfish, The goldfish hobby, Popular varieties Colour and scales, How goldfish swim, Vital systems, Sensory systems, Setting up an aquarium, Routine maintenance, Feeding goldfish, Breeding goldfish, Health care, Introduction to goldfish varieties, Common, Comets, Shubunkins, Fantails, Veiltails, Ryukins, Orandas, Globe-eyes & Moor, Panda & Red Butterfly, Moor Ranchu & Lionhead, Pompons, Hama Nishiki & Crown, Pearlscale, Celestials, Bubble-eyes.

Artikelname: Koi (Barrons)
Artikelbeschreibung: In Japan, breeding Koi?a colourful fish in the carp family?is regarded as an art form. This book shows its increased popularity in the rest of the world with information on maintaining a garden pond and proper care of the fish. Heavily illustrated with vivid colour photos and instructive line drawings.

Contents Include: Varities of Koi, Planning and Installing a Pond, Aquatic Plants & Algae Control, Filtration, Water Quality, Pond Care & Maintainance, Nutrition, Quarantine, Common Koi Diseases & Treatment.

Artikelname: Koi Appreciation - The First Step
Artikelbeschreibung: Koi Appreciation ? the first step is a detailed look at the appreciation and classification of Nishikigoi [koi or brocaded carp]. It explains how to look at koi and appreciate the intricate meld of colour and form that gives every fish its individuality, dignity and charm.

Topics covered: basic information about classification and appreciation of the thirteen varieties of koi; lists of the koi within a variety for ?show? purposes; and an explanation of Japanese terms used to identify a variety?s features.

Lavishly illustrated with 250 photographs supporting each variety, this is a book for all koi lovers particularly those who wish to progress beyond simple enjoyment of their koi.

Artikelname: Koi Colour Varieties: An Essential Guide to Choosing Your Koi
Artikelbeschreibung: Ornamental Koi Carp display more than 100 different colour patterns. This superbly illustrated survey explores all major Koi colour varieties present in their show groupings, and includes expert guidance on how to build up a collection of these fish.

Artikelname: Lake Malawi Cichlids (Aqua Guide)
Artikelbeschreibung: Lake Malawi cichlids have become the most popular and well-known group of freshwater aquarium fish. The reason for this is simple: they are colourful ornamental fish that are easy to care for and they display many interesting patterns of behaviour. Aquarists soon become enthusiastic about these magnificent fish and the number of people keeping them is steadily growing. It comes as no surprise that these fish, which are highly developed on the evolutionary scale, are among the most popular in the aquarium hobby

Artikelname: Lake Tanganyika Cichlid Aquarium
Artikelbeschreibung: One of the excellant Barron's aquarists manuals. The one covers the setting up and care of a aquarium for cichlids from lake Tangantika.

Artikelname: Lake Tanganyika Cichlids (Bredell)
Artikelbeschreibung: The cichlids of Lake Tanganyika are in many ways exceptional fish and they have been favourites of aquarists for many years. The key to keeping them successfully is an in-depth knowledge of the conditions of their natural habitat, and their patterns of behaviour and breeding. With this book, all this key knowledge is put in your hands. Contents Include; Special cichlids The many facets of reproduction The aquarium Getting started Looking after your cichlids Your fish collection Breeding Lake Tanganyika cichlids Selected species

Artikelname: Lake Victoria Cichlids
Artikelbeschreibung: Lake Victoria Cichlids covers all aspects of caring for this fascinating group of fish. Guidance is given on choosing the right species, and providing the best environment.Tips are given on the special needs of particular cichlids, and there is detailed information on courtship and breeding.Written by ichthyologist and cichlid breeder Nick J ames, this is an invaluable guide for those wishing to learn more about these intriguing fish.

Artikelname: Malawi Cichlids; Keeping and Breeding in Captivity
Artikelbeschreibung: The cichlids of Africa's Lake Malawi-many of which are generally referred to as mbuna-have much to recommend them as aquarium fish. Many are highly colourful,arrayed in an assortment of vibrant colours that form a piscatorial palette unequalled elsewhere in the study in a type of breeding behaviour, mouthbrooding, that is not only fascinating to observe but also makes rearing the young much easier than with most other egglaying species. To top it all off, the mbuna also are remarkably hardy fish, very easy to accommodate if requirements are provided. This excellently detailed text tells readers the best ways to set up aquariums designed to house Malawi cichlids, how to feed them, how to breed them, and how to keep them healthy-illustrated with a wealth of full-colour photos that are valuable identification guides to the many different species they portray.

Artikelname: Mini Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants
Artikelbeschreibung: This mini-encyclopedia is packed with sensible advice and practical guidance. The first part explores all aspects of growing plants in the aquarium, from choosing healthy specimens and using the right substrate to providing the best lighting and feeding systems. This is followed by advice on setting up planted displays based on natural environments. Part two presents a wide-ranging selection of popular aquarium plants, including details of their mature size, optimum growing conditions, suitable aquarium zone and propagation techniques.

Artikelname: Mini Encyclopedia of Keeping Koi
Artikelbeschreibung: This mini encyclopedia is packed with sensible advice and practical guidance. Part one examines the equipment and systems used to create and sustain the water quality that koi need to flourish. Part two looks in detail at how to build a koi pond, with plans and step-by-step sequences for both a liner and a brick-built rendered pond. Part three focuses on koi as fish and prized exhibits, from their anatomy and nutritional needs to health care, breeding and showing. Part four presents a full, richly illustrated guide to koi colour varieties.

Artikelname: Mini Encyclopedia of the Tropical Aquarium
Artikelbeschreibung: This mini encyclopedia is packed with sensible advice and practical guidance. The first part shows how to set up a freshwater tropical aquarium in the home. Part two explores further aspects of fishkeeping, including how to choose and use aquarium plants plus advice on feeding, breeding, health care and routine maintenance. Part three presents a wide-ranging selection of suitable fish, including details of their origin, ideal aquarium conditions, compatibility and breeding.

Artikelname: Oscars (TFH)
Artikelbeschreibung: Combining very interesting behavior with good looks and hardiness under aquarium conditions, oscars have long been among the favorites of tropical fish hobbyists. They exhibit the devoted (and highly interesting to observe) parental care behavior associated with most other fishes of their family, the Cichlidae, and they are relatively intelligent fish-to the point, as author Stratton relates, that they can even be taught to do simple tricks. This book provides all of the information anyone,even a beginner, needs to set up an oscar aquarium and maintain-possibly even breed- them successfully, all presented in an enjoyably easy-to-learn-from style and coupled with excellent full colour photos of both wild-type oscars and the newer colour varieties.

Artikelname: Piranhas (Barrons)
Artikelbeschreibung:

The author answers your questions about keeping piranhas in an aquarium:
purchasing, feeding, maintaining a healthful environment, differant species, breeding, etc.

Contents Include
The Piranha in Nature
The Piranha Aquarium
Obtaining Piranhas
Health
Care & Feeding
Breeding
A Guide to Piranha Species

Artikelname: Piranhas (TFH)
Artikelbeschreibung: Feared, yes; hated, yes;lied about, yes. But people keep piranhas anyway and they enjoy doing it. This book tells how to keep them best,providing information in depth about such important practical concerns as the proper setup and maintenance of the piranha aquarium as well as fascinating accounts of piranha spawning behavior and piranha feeding activities. The generously illustrated section dealing with the numerous piranha species is an excellent identification guide, and the text carefully dispels a good deal of the fiction surrounding these potentially dangerous but much sought-after fishes.

Contents Include

What are Piranhas?

Aquaria, Filters, Lights, and Heat

Understanding Water Properties

Feeding Piranhas

The Substrate, Decorations & Setting Up

The Truth About Wild Piranhas

Breeding Piranhas

The Piranha Species

Keeping Piranhas Healthy

Artikelname: Pond Plants (Lambert)
Artikelbeschreibung: This compact, richly illustrated guide explores all aspects of growing and using plants in and around a garden pond. The emphasis is on presenting key facts and essential guidance in short, easy-to-access notes that build into a wealth of practical information. Harnessing the experience of real experts, the Aquamaster Guides combine stylish design with rock-solid advice. Contents include; Using pond plants Planting zones Planting strategy How many plants? Buying pond plants Baskets and mixes Potting up oxygenators The role of floating plants Potting up marginals Potting up water lilies Deep water aquatics The bog garden Propagating plants Colour-themed planting Spring plant care Summer plant care Autumn plant care Winter plant care Pests and diseases Intro to popular pond plant Oxygenating plants Floating plants Marginal plants Pygmy water lilies Small water lilies Medium-sized water lilies Large water lilies Tropical water lilies Deep water aquatics Bog garden plants

Artikelname: Ponds and Water Gardens
Artikelbeschreibung: A practical guide to all aspects of pond making and maintainence. Covering design and construction through to planting aquatics and marginals, stocking with fish and keeping them healthy, it provides an introduction for newcomers to pond and water gardening.

Artikelname: Popular Pond Plants
Artikelbeschreibung: A colourful and practical guide to choosing and using a wide range of pond plants. Specially commissioned step-by-step photographs show planting techniques, essential maintenance, propagation, plus how to recognise and treat common plant pests and diseases. All the popular types of pond plants are featured, including submerged oxygenators, deepwater aquatics, floating plants, waterlilies of all sizes and colours, marginals, plus a selection of moisture-loving bog garden plants.

Artikelname: Professional Book of Koi
Artikelbeschreibung: This is a superb vooume, which outlines all the essentials that you need to know about keeping koi, such as koi care, maintainace and the garden pond. The Japanese names are explained fully, so the novice koi keeper will gain a good grasp of the terminology of these wonderful fish.

Artikelname: Setting Up Themed Aquariums: Fishes and Plants in Harmony
Artikelbeschreibung: Setting up and maintaining a themed aquarium requires careful planning for a correct and aesthetically pleasing balance of fish and plant life. This photo-illustrated book presents detailed instructions and specifications for several different attractive themed aquariums in any of three recommended sizes: 17 gallons (63 liters), 35 gallons (128 liters), and 55 gallons (200 liters). The author advises on selection of tanks, filters, heaters, lighting, plants, substrate, fish families to populate the tank, and miscellaneous decoration. He focuses on several geographically themed aquariums, which include populating a tank with compatible fishes from South America, Southeast Asia, North America, Australia, and Africa. He also advises on setting up tanks for cold-water fishes or for closely related species. All recommendations include water plants that are most appropriate for each fish grouping. The text is enhanced with approximately 70 colour photos plus helpful checklists and attractive sidebars.

Artikelname: Simple Guide to Planted Aquariums
Artikelbeschreibung: Covering basic information as well as more advanced topics, this book gives the hobbyist the information necessary to set up and maintain a beautiful natural looking  aquatic plant paradise.

Artikelname: South American Cichlids
Artikelbeschreibung: The most prevalent of all the many popular representatives of the family of the family Cichlidae, the South American species. African and Central American cichlids, it's true, are now much more popular than they once were-but the South American species are still the favorites.Comprising as they do both large and dwarf species, relatively peaceful and hyper-aggressive species, colorful beauties and nondescript nobodies, cave spawners and mouth brooders,inexpensive staples in the trade and costly specialties, the South American cichlid species offer a wide range of choices to suit many different tastes. In this book author Richard F. Stratton applies his remarkable talent for rendering complicated scientific concepts into text both understandable and easily read while providing valuable and satisfyingly practical advice about setting up a South American cichlid aquarium and enjoying it to the fullest.

Artikelname: Tetras and other Characins
Artikelbeschreibung:

These tropical fish do best in tanks that provide strong lighting. The author identifies many different varieties, and advises on everyday care. Covers aquarium sets ups, feeding, breeding and species.

Contents Include
Setting up the Aquarium
Maintaing the Aquarium
Spawing Tips
Species Guide

Artikelname: The Balanced Aquarium
Artikelbeschreibung: As the author of this highly useful book points out, there is no such thing as a "balanced" aquarium. But sensible use of today's excellent aquarium equipment allows tropical fish hobbyists and other aquarium owners to create a very satisfactory substitute for "balance" once they know how true balances are achieved in nature. The book tells readers exactly how to use that equipment

Artikelname: The Complete Guide to Dwarf Seahorses in the Aquarium
Artikelbeschreibung: The popularity of dwarf sea horses has skyrocketed in the last few years, necessitating a comprehensive yet easy-to-read book.Author Alisa Abbott has taken the reins with The Complete Guide to Dwarf Seahorses in the Aquarium. At last, a fact-filled guide to these beautiful animals is available to anyone who wishes to keep them in their home. In it you will find: ? Proper aquarium selection and size ? Complete feeding instructions ? Care and husbandry tips and techniques ? Extensive resources to aid the seahorse keeper..

Artikelname: The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide to Marine Aquarium Fishes
Artikelbeschreibung:

Artikelname: The Encyclopedia of Tropical Aquarium Fishes
Artikelbeschreibung: Discover the fascination of an aquarium with this expertly written, beautifully illustrated introduction to all aspects of keeping tropical freshwater fishes. Featuring 200 of the world's most beautiful tropical freshwater fishes, detailed instructions for setting up a basic freshwater aquarium and over 500 photographs, illustrations and drawings.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Catfish
Artikelbeschreibung: Ranging from the perennially popular and completely inoffensive little Corydoras species that grace almost every newly set up aquarium to the big-mawed ravening giants like the red-tailed Phractocephalus, from the beautifully polka-dotted Synodontis angelicus to the flatheaded brown blob that is Chaca chaca, the many different catfish families provide an immensely wide range of species. Catfish of all types are becoming increasingly more popular with aquarists, to the point that some experienced hobbyists are specializing in catfish alone, and this book proves an excellent introduction to a fascinating group.In addition to providing very practical advice about setting up an aquarium for catfish and maintaining them in good health, it also contains specific recommendations about which species to get and which to avoid. The book's many colourful photos cover both common and rare species and are very useful for identification.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Central American Cichlids
Artikelbeschreibung: The Guide to Owning Central American Cichlids is an excellent read for anyone with an interest in cichlids. The text deals with a representative sampling of small, medium and large Central American (and a number of North American as well) cichlids. Plenty of valuable practical advice about selecting the right species and keeping and breeding them properly.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Cichlids
Artikelbeschreibung: A compact, handy reference in which the varied cichlids are approached from a geographic basis (Central American, South American, West African, Great Lakes), which agrees with how hobbyists purchase and keep them. Emphasis is on survival of cichlids through their aggressive nature and complicated breeding patterns. Dozens of popular species are covered, from keeping to breeding. A must for aquarists with an interest in these popular aquarium fish.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Discus
Artikelbeschreibung: This book shows how even first-time discus owners can succeed in the keeping and breeding of the beautiful and popular discus species and subspecies, including many of the much sought-after (and expensive new color varieties that have come onto the market in recent years). It provides plenty of practical information and valuable experience-based advice about water conditions, selecting specimens, breeding, health care, and more.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Dwarf Cichlids
Artikelbeschreibung: This excellent manual covers the care and breeding of dwarf cichlids for maximum benefit to readers. It provides plenty of practical information in an easy-to-read and interesting style, covering American and African species and paying particular attention to the good points and bad points of individual fishes. Apistogramma and Nanochromis species, dwarf mbunas and shell-dwellers, small Central American species---even dwarf pike cichlids

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Goldfish
Artikelbeschreibung: Designed for beginners, this book leads them by the hand into the joys and rewards of keeping goldfish. It shows many different popular types of goldfish, from the very common to the very fancy, and explains what they need in the way of everyday care and handling, with particular attention paid to selecting and setting up the aquarium and its equipment

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Guppies
Artikelbeschreibung: Guppies offer a lot more than just being colorful, easy to breed, and hardy; they also offer a challenge to anyone who wants to become involved in the demanding but highly interesting (and potentially profitable) avocation of developing a new guppy strain that proves to be popular because of its good looks or other advantages. This book provides information about both the basics of good guppy care and the challenge of breeding them.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Koi
Artikelbeschreibung: This is a well-written book sure to five any beginning koi keeper sufficient background to start up a first pond. Heavy emphasis is given to basic steps in setting up a koi pond, including filtration systems and plantings. Koi information includes varieties, feeding and breeding as well as general maintenance.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Oscars
Artikelbeschreibung: Combining real personality and hardiness under aquarium conditions, oscars (Astronotus ocellatus) are perennially popular.This book provides all of the information anyone, even a beginner, can use to set up an oscar aquarium and maintain---possibly even breed---oscars successfully, all presented in an enjoyably easy-to-learn-from style and coupled wirh excellent full-color photos of both wild-type oscars and the newer color varieties.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Piranhas
Artikelbeschreibung: The reasons behind the fascination in which piranhas have held the world for many years are explored and explained in this interesting and valuably instructive text, but this book offers much more as well: it also gives useful information about the aquarium care of captive piranhas, how to set up their tanks and keep them healthy, how to feed them, identifying the many different species---even how to breed these dangerous but desirable fishes

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Rainbowfishes
Artikelbeschreibung: The rainbowfishes---fishes of the genera Melanotaenia, Glossolepis, Iriatherina, Telmatherina, Pseudomugil, and some others---are much more available on the hobbby market than they used to be, and this book gives an increasingly popular group first-rate coverage in an interesting and very useful account of their care and breeding---with nots about their conservation in the wild.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Rasboras
Artikelbeschreibung: Authoritiative and taxonomically up to date, this is currently the only book available devoted entirely to the group of cyprinid fishes commonly called rasboras (genus Rasbora). It covers both the commonly available species like the harlequin rasbora and the scissortail rasbora as well as the relatively scarce species like the dwarf rasbora.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Siamese Fighting Fish
Artikelbeschreibung: Beginners especially will appreciate the easy-to-follow instructions and practical advice given in this beautifully illiustrated book about an aquarium favorite, the species known to science as Betta splendens and in the popular mind as the betta, or Siamese fighting fish. The book tells what bettas need in order to do well in the home aquarium and provides a complete guide to their breeding behavior and raising the fry.

Artikelname: The Guide to Owning Tropical Fish
Artikelbeschreibung: Primarily an identification guide to commonly available freshwater fish species, with practical advice about which ones are good for beginners and which ones should be avoided, The Guide to Owning Tropical Fish also provides specific advice that helps readers to head off aquarium troubles before they begin. Also contains a section about the taxonomic classification of fishes that dispels much of the mystery surrounding scientific names.

Artikelname: The Perfect Aquarium: The Complete Guide to Setting Up and Maintaining an Aquarium
Artikelbeschreibung: Everything the first time fish-keeper needs to know to set up a tank. Clear, easy-to-follow instructions help you create and develop your aquarium - whether it's coldwater, tropical or marine. Charts and tables show how to deal with ailments and diseases, and there's a guide to the most common fish.There are profiles of over 100 tropical, marine and coldwater fish, as well as plants and invertebrates.

Artikelname: The Pond Specialist: The Essential Guide to Designing, Building, Improving and Maintaining Ponds and Water Features
Artikelbeschreibung: Ponds and water features have been popular in gardens for thousands of years. This book is aimed at anyone who is thinking of building a pond, anyone who has bought some of the materials but doesn't know how to start or anyone who has a pond and needs to know how to keep it at its best. The book starts with the basics of assessing the garden, checking the site, planning and preparation, tools and materials and electrical wiring and safety. With the basics established the authors introduce the many different types of pond and how they can be created, maintained and enhanced. From split-level ponds to wildlife ponds, plant and fish and adding sculptures, bird houses, stones and bridges, each subject is presented in a clear way with box features, lists and questions and answers. The final chapter looks at water features - a rock pool or stream for a large garden or a small wall mask or trough for a tiny backyard.

Artikelname: The Practical Fishkeeper's Guide to Pufferfish
Artikelbeschreibung: Pufferfish is the indispensable guide to all aspects of caring for freshwater and brackish Puffers, from choosing the right species, providing the right water quality and aquarium decor, feeding, and breeding.Written by top Pufferfish keeper Chris Ralph, a regular contributor to Practical Fishkeeping magazine, this is an invaluable guide for those wishing to learn more about these fascinating fish

Artikelname: Tropical Fish
Artikelbeschreibung: This book contains numerous full-color photos and presents sensible, easy-to-follow recommendations about selecting and caring for tropical fish. It concentrates on providing readers with the information they need and want, all given in an interesting and easy-to read style. Representatives of a number of different popular fish groups are given coverage in the book.

Artikelname: Tropical Fish, a complete manual
Artikelbeschreibung: Aquarium owners will find valuable information on maintaining correct water chemistry and temperature, and creating an optimal environment for tropical fish varieties. A very good beginners guide to the hobby.

Artikelname: Tropical Fishlopaedia: A Complete Guide to Fish Care
Artikelbeschreibung: In a straightforward, accessible format, this book introduces the hobby of tropical fishkeeping, outlining what is required in order to set up the correct environment, and what varieties of tropical fishes will thrive in an aquarium. Detailed information on choosing equipment, setting up a tank, plant selection, and water chemistry is included. You also get comprehensive coverage of how to feed your fish and how to maintain their tank. With special sections devoted to signs and symptoms of disease and first-aid treatments, as well as breeding tropical fish, this book has everything for the beginning hobbyist and the more experienced fishkeeper

Artikelname: Wild-Caught Discus
Artikelbeschreibung: A superb background introduction to the origins and background of the Discus now bred in huge numbers in captivity.