Tropical Aquarium Fish

General book on fishkeeping, an old version. Most of the information about setup and maintenance was not new to me... Tells about essential equipment and how to set it up, explains the nitrogen cycle, how to introduce fish slowly, the benefits of growing live plants, dealing with vacation absence, identifying major diseases and how to attempt breeding certain species. But the majority of the book- over three quarters of it- is pages of species profiles. More than two hundred fishes are shown here and although the pictures are older and not always of the best clarity, I enjoyed looking through them. There were some fish in there that aren't popular now and I've never actually seen them in shops, some rare ones are mentioned and others show more are interesting because I recognize them even though their common names and appearance have changed through selective breeding, since this book was published.

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