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GENERAL INDEX 395

colors cont. digestive system 18 external filters cont. fluorescent lighting 32, 33, 206, 207
koi 345 goldfish 337 tanks 35, 211 food see feeding
sexing fish 230 koi 350 eye-lobes, loricariid catfish 129 fossils 20, 186
signs of disease 56, 226 vegetarian fish 95 eyes 16, 19 fountains, ponds 306, 310, 319, 320
specialist foods 317 discus 15, 142–143 Blind Cavefish 103 foxfaces 277
squirrelfish 263 breeding 62, 63, 64, 66 camouflage 19 freeze-dried food 219
tannins 97 color forms and genetics 70–71 cichlids 152 freshwater fish 24–189
color vision 152 discus milk 63, 143 diseases 56, 226 breeding 59–71
combtails 112 exhibiting 28 Four-Eyes 157 choosing 44
commensalism 245 parasites 58 loaches 181 diversity 15
communication 19 water requirements 27, 52 squirrelfish 262 evolution 20
doradid catfish 119 diseases eyespots, false 18, 19 feeding 48–49
interspecies 267 freshwater fish 53–58 illness 54–58
community aquariums 28, 204 human safety 308 F introducing to tank 44–45, 52
conditioning fish, breeding 65–66 marine fish 224–228 preparing tanks 38–42
Condrichthyes 20, 21 pond fish 321–324 families, classification 21 frogs, in ponds 326
conservation 23, 203 disinfectant 39, 40 fats, feeding fish 48, 49, 316 frozen food 219
convection currents 41–42 disruptive camouflage 255 feather stars 296 fry
copper, in water 215, 225 dither fish 44, 155 feeding cannibalism 84
corals 288–289 diversity 14–15 conditioning fish 65–66 commercial breeding 329
calcium deficiency 224 DNA 21 freshwater fish 48–49 feeding 49, 67–68, 69, 233
health problems 225 doradid catfish 41, 119 fry 67–68, 69, 233 hatching 61, 232–233
in marine tanks 215 dorsal fins 17 marine fish 204, 218–219 livebearers 66–67
in reef tanks 206–207 defensive rays 134 overfeeding 316, 322 marine fish 230–231
reefs 14, 203 rainbowfish 177 pond fish 316–317 mouth-brooders 62, 63, 67,
reproduction 231, 289 dorsal spines 248 predators 27 231, 232
skeletons 212–213 dropsy 322 feelers, cirri 276 parental care 62–63, 155, 231
coral sand 46, 208, 209, 212 drugs 55, 225, 323 fertilization, eggs 60–61, 156, 230, 327 pond fish 327
corydoras catfish 17, 54, 122–125 dry food 219 fertilizers, for plants 37 rearing 67, 68–69
courtship 60, 61, 64, 66, 230 dwarf cichlids 144–145 fiber, feeding fish 48, 316 removing from tank 232–233
crabs 290–291 dyed gravel, substrate 39 fights, territorial disputes 69, 230 yolk sac 61, 62, 66
cross-breeding 69 filefish 248–249 fun furnishings 41, 212
crustaceans 290–293 E filters fungal diseases
ctenoid scales 16 freshwater tanks 34–35, 37, 67 freshwater fish 54, 57, 69
cucumber, feeding fish 49 echinoderms 296–297 marine tanks 203, 208, 209, marine fish 224, 228
Cumberland stone, rockwork 40 ectothermic animals 16, 317 210–211, 214 pond fish 322, 324
cuttlefish 16 edging materials, ponds 304, 305, 310 nitrate filters 215
cycloid scales 16 eels 218, 225, 283 ponds 301, 306–307, 318 G
cyprinids 74–87, 332–357 egg fungus 57 reverse osmosis (RO) filters 215
barbels 75 eggs 28 filtration sand 38 garlic, feeding koi 317
breeding 62 annual killifish 172, 174 fin rot 57, 228, 322, 324 gas-exchange, and stocking density 30
mouthparts 80 brine shrimp 68, 233 fins 16–17, 18 gastropods 294
bubble nesters 109 adaptations 17, 261 genetically modified fish 70
D cannibalism 84 diseases 56, 226 genetics 70–71
genitals 60, 61
evolution 20
clones 168
damselfish 216, 240–243 corals 289 fin-nipping 83 genus, classification 21
aggression 243 fertilization 60–1, 156, 230, 327 split fins 177, 248 geographical separation, and evolution 14
parental care 231 freshwater fish 60, 61–62 fish gestation times 66
shoaling 241 hand-stripping 326 anatomy 16–19 gill flukes 58, 227, 323, 324
danios 76–77 marine fish 230–231 catching 45, 216 gill rakers 19
breeding 62 mouth-brooders 61–62, 147, 148, classification 21 gills 16, 17, 18–19
fin-nipping 83 231, 232 diversity 14–15 signs of illness 52
markings 76 parental care 231 evolution 20–21 glass beads, substrate 39
parasites 58 pond fish 326, 328 history of fishkeeping 22–23 glass tanks 30, 31
daphnia 49, 68 removing from tank 232–233 transporting 45 Glofish 70
dartfish 260 spawning 230–231 water position and buoyancy 18 gobies 260–261
daylight, simulating 207 spawning tanks 65 see also freshwater fish; marine fish; breeding 230, 231
dechlorinators 215 electrical fields 19, 186 pond fish suckerlike device 261
defenses 18, 19 electricity fish houses 27 goldfish 74, 332–343
crustaceans 291 pumps 306 fish lice 322, 323, 324 breeding 326, 327, 328, 341
marine fish 204 safety 32, 33, 209 flakes designing ponds for 300
porcupinefish 250, 251 electronic meters, testing water 46, 52 feeding fish 49, 219, 224, 233, diseases 324
rays 134 elephant fish 186 316, 317 feeding 316, 337
scutes 121 environmental problems 58, 228 feeding fry 68 hand-stripping 326
shoaling 241 evolution 14, 20–21 flatfish 15, 19 indoor tanks 312, 313
spines 17, 119, 237 exhibiting fish 28, 329 floating plants 36, 42, 192–193, 308, origins and ancestry 22, 334
stingrays 183 external filters 372–373 pigmentation and sheen 333
diet see feeding ponds 306, 310 flukes 58, 227, 323, 324 scales 16

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