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398 GENERAL INDEX

spawning tanks 65, 66 swim bladder cont. transporting fish 45 water cont.
species lungfish 187 transporting tanks 30 soft water 39, 40
classification 21 swim bladder disorder 57 Trichogaster gouramis 17, 112–113 sterilization 211
evolution 14–15 swimming 16–17 trickle filters 211 testing 215, 216
interspecies communication 267 swordtails 160–161 triggerfish 202, 246–247 waterfalls 306, 320
specific gravity (SG) scale, salinity 215 aggression 161 tropical fish water jets, Archer Fish 185
sperm gravid spot 167 camouflage 19 water lilies 308, 309, 310, 374–379
corals 289 hybrids 69 fishkeeping 22 wavelengths, daylight 207
hand-stripping 326 symbiosis, algae 206 illness 55 wheatgerm, feeding pond fish 317, 337
livebearers 60–61 synodontid catfish 16, 126–127 life span 28 whirling fungus 228
subfetation 63, 69 spawning 230–231 white spot 54, 58, 227, 324
spinefoot 277 T water temperature 210 winter care, ponds 319–320, 353
spines tube anemones 290 wood, petrified 212
defenses 17, 18, 20 tablets, feeding fish 49, 219 tubercles 326–327 worms, intestinal 227
doradid catfish 119 tail rot 324 tuberculosis, piscine 57, 228 Woynárovich’s solution 326
dorsal 248 tangs 236–239 tubers, planting 36–37 wrasse 266–269
loaches 180 aggression 239 tubifex worms 48
marine fish 204 diseases 227 tubular body shapes 15 XYZ
porcupinefish 250, 251 tang turbellarian disease 227 tufa 212
stingrays 183 tank hoods 32, 41 tungsten lighting 32, 207 yolk sac 61, 62, 66
stonefish 282 tanks zeolite 34, 52, 307, 318
surgeonfish 237 adding water 42 U zooxanthellae 206, 288
spirulina, feeding pond fish 317 aeration 34, 35
sponge filters 51, 67, 68 backdrops 40, 209 ultraviolet (UV) light
sponge matting 38 brackish water tanks 43, 188 pond filters 306
sponges 215, 231, 286–287 breeding in 64–69 water sterilization 211
spring viraemia of carp (SVC) 324 calculating volume 214 undergravel filters
squid 294 choosing 27, 30–31 freshwater tanks 34, 35, 38, 39, 67
squirrelfish 204, 262–263 coldwater fish 312–314 marine tanks 208, 209, 211
stands 31, 208 filling 215 upside-down swimming 127
starfish 16, 204, 296–297 filters 34–35, 37, 210–211, 214 uronemosis 227
breeding 231 fish houses 27
feeding 218 heating 33, 41–42, 210 V
starvation 228 introducing fish 44–45, 52, 216
sterilization isolation tanks 54, 55, 224, 225 vacation care 49, 52, 222
coral skeletons 213 lighting 32–33, 206–207 vegetables, feeding pond fish 316
water 211 marine tanks 202–204 vegetable wafers 219
sticklebacks 327 plants 36–37 vegetarian fish 95, 219
stingrays 183 preparation 38–42, 214–216 velvet disease 58
stings, marine fish 204 rearing tanks 67, 68, 233 venoms see poisons
stocking density routine maintenance 50–52 ventral fins 17, 18
freshwater tanks 30, 44, 52 siting 31, 208–209 vertebrates 16, 20–21
marine tanks 202, 216 spawning tanks 65, 66 vibriosis 57, 228
ponds 311, 322 stocking density 30, 44, 52, 202 vinegar test, limestone 39, 40
stomach 18 substrate 209 viral diseases 57, 224, 228, 324
stonefish, spines 282 transporting 30 vision see eyes
streamlining 16, 89, 99 types 31 vitamins 48, 218–219, 224, 316
sturgeons 312, 358 see also aquariums
submersible pumps 306, 307 tannins 40, 97 W
subspecies 21 teeth 17, 204, 247
substrate 38–39, 209 temperature wastes, filtration 34–35, 37
substrate plants 36, 42, 194–199 body 16, 317 water
suckermouth catfish 131 and gestation times 66 adding to tanks 42
suction cups 18 heating tanks 33, 210 aeration 34, 35
suffocation 324 and spawning 326 brackish water 43, 46, 188
sunburn 323, 353 tentacles, anemones 287 calculating volume of tank 214
sunlight, simulating 207 territorial disputes 230 changing 50–51, 221
superfetation 63 tetras 96–103 chemistry 27, 39, 220
surface-dwelling fish breeding 62, 64 coldwater tanks 313
body shapes 15 color 97 conditioners 27, 42, 50, 51, 215
eyes 19 hearing 99 filters 34–35, 37, 67, 210–211, 214
mouths 17 life spans 100 hardness 39, 46, 215
surgeonfish 236–239 mouths 17 marine tanks 15, 202–203, 214
handling 225 streamlining 99 monitoring quality 46, 52
spines 237 thermometers 33, 42, 210 new tank syndrome 52
swim bladder 18, 278 thermostats 33, 42, 210 parasite treatments 225
breathing via 19 toxins 46 pH values 46, 215, 221
evolution 20 trade, marine fish 203 ponds 306

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