Choosing Fish for Your Aquarium: A Complete Guide to Selecting Tropical, Freshwater, Brackish and Marine Fishes - Softcover

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With hundreds of thousands of tropical freshwater and marine fishes to choose from, it is no wonder that aquarium fishkeeping is such an absorbing and popular pastime. Without the right information, however, it can also be a confusing and frustrating one as you discover, too late, that the appealing Chocolate Gourami you have just bought requires different water conditions to that in your aquarium; or that your newly acquired Firemouth quadruples in size, is aggressive and difficult to keep, and may eat smaller tankmates!

This informative book will give you the practical advice you need to choose your fishes with confidence, and provide the right conditions in which they can live and breed successfully. The book takes each of the exotically named major fish groups - cichlids, catfish, cypriniformes, cyprinodonts, characins, anabantids, miscellaneous freshwater, brackish and marine fishes - explains simply what they are, and looks at the general merits, demerits, habitats, feeding and breeding requirements of the many hundreds of fishes in each group. In this way, the reader can quickly ascertain whether the Lake Malawi Cichlid they want is suitable for their aquarium, and if it isn't, which other cichlids would be.

Illustrated with over 330 photographs of fishes, the book offers an in-depth study of the major fish groups, plus plenty of practical tips on how to keep and breed the most popular species in each group successfully. With expert and accessible advice, this is the book that every aquarium owner - beginner or expert - should possess.

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