A practical guide to keeping freshwater aquarium fishesA complete guide to setting up, stocking and maintaining a freshwater aquarium. |
Contents
FISH BIOLOGY AND THE AQUARIST | 11 |
THE AQUARIUM | 33 |
THE FISH | 59 |
Copyright | |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION aeration aggressive algae alkaline water Amazon anal fin aquaria aquarists aquarium aquarium spawnings aquatic auratus Belontiidae Black Body length BREEDING bubblenest Carassius carbon dioxide Carp Catfish caudal fin Characin Cichlid coldwater coldwater range colour COMMON NAMES Corydoras Cyprinidae Danio DESIGNATION Despite developed DIET Discus dorsal fin Eggs are laid FAMILY females fertilised fine-leaved vegetation fishkeepers freshwater genus GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION Golden Goldfish gonopodium Goodeid Gourami gravel Guppies hard hatch Hatchetfish hobby Hyphessobrycon Labyrinth Fishes lights Limia live livebearers Loach long-finned males medium Mouthbrooder Neon oxygen Paradise Fish particularly livefoods peaceful Pencilfish plants Platy Poecilia Poeciliid Rainbow Rasbora require roots SCIENTIFIC NAME shoal shoalers slightly acid water Soft species specimens Spiny Eel subfamily subspecies substrate Sunfish surface Swordtail Synodontis SYNONYM tank Temperature range Tetra Tropical Not critical types typical undergravel filter usually smaller variatus varieties vegetable component water conditions WATER PREFERENCES wide range wild-type