Aquarium Fish

From the front jacket: "Divided into two sections, the book explains in practical terms how to set up your aquarium, how to select the type of fishes you want, and how to maintain a healthy tank. The introduction explores the rewards and responsibilities of fishkeeping, including aspects of conversation. The comprehensive first section deals with all aspects of getting started and maintaining your aquarium: the equipment needed, foods and feeding, water chemistry and quality, adding new fishes, keeping the fishes healthy, and breeding. A separate sub-section is devoted to accommodating the special requirements of marine fishes and each topic is treated with a hands-on approach, including step-by-step photographs of setting up, decorating the tank and adding the fishes. The second part of the book looks at the fishes themselves, discussing the general merits, demerits, habitats, feeding and breeding requirements of many hundreds of fishes in each of the eight major fish groups. This in-depth approach will enable aquarists to decide immediately whether any fish they are likely to encounter are suitable for their aquaria.