Freshwater Aquarium: Your Happy Healthy Pet
| AUTHOR | Skomal, Gregory |
| PUBLISHER | Howell Books (04/01/2005) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
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:
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
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Product Format
Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780764583773
ISBN-10:
0764583778
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
Edition Number:
0002
More Product Details
Page Count:
128
Carton Quantity:
34
Product Dimensions:
5.60 x 0.53 x 8.40 inches
Weight:
0.69 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Pets | Fish & Aquariums
Dewey Decimal:
639.34
Library of Congress Control Number:
2005002069
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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:
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
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Author:
Skomal, Gregory
Dr. Gregory Skomal is an accomplished marine biologist, underwater explorer, photographer, aquarist, and author. He has been a fisheries biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries since 1987 and currently heads up the Massachusetts Shark Research Program. Greg holds a master's degree in marine biology from the University of Rhode Island and a PhD from the Boston University Marine Program in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. His research has spanned multiple fish habitats around the globe, taking him from the frigid waters of the Arctic Circle to coral reefs in the tropical Central Pacific. He has written numerous scientific research papers and has appeared in a number of film and television documentaries, including programs for the National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, ESPN, and CBS.
Although his research passion for the last 23 years has been sharks, he has been an avid aquarist for more than 30 years and has written nine books on aquarium keeping. His home and laboratory are on the island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts.
Although his research passion for the last 23 years has been sharks, he has been an avid aquarist for more than 30 years and has written nine books on aquarium keeping. His home and laboratory are on the island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts.
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