The Illustrated Guide to Tropical Aquarium Fishes

by IvanPetrovicky (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $4.84

  Keeping aquarium fish is an absorbing and popular pastime. This guide provides detailed information on the optimum requirements for breeding success, with 100 species described, according to their region of origin - South, Central and North America, Africa, tropical Asia and Australia. Each fish is described, with details supplied of the main coloration and varieties of each species. The text provides details of conditions for keeping the fish, their breeding and feeding requirements and information concerning their habits, particularly where these affect their suitability for the aquarium. Also included are chapters on the origin of the major tropical fish species, the correct choice of water, how to set up an aquarium and the nutrition and diseases of fish.