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Table Of Contents

  • Contents

  • Preface

  • How to use this book

  • INTRODUCTION TO FISHKEEPING

    • Diversity

    • What is a fish?

    • Evolution and classification

    • The popularity of fishkeeping

  • INTRODUCTION TO FRESHWATER FISH

    • What to consider

    • Setting up the tank

    • Choosing the tank

    • Lighting and heating

    • Filtration and aeration

    • Choosing plants

    • Preparing the tank

    • Brackish water

    • Choosing and introducing fish

    • Checking the water

    • Maintenance

    • Feeding the fish

    • Routine tasks

    • Illness and treatment

    • Health concerns

    • Breeding

    • Reproductive behavior

    • Breeding in aquariums

    • Fish genetics

  • DIRECTORY OF FRESHWATER FISH

    • Cyprinids

    • Danios

    • Rasboras

    • Barbs

    • Characoids

    • Predatory species

    • Larger vegetarian species

    • Tetras

    • Anabantoids

    • Bettas

    • Paradisefish and gouramis

    • Bushfish

    • Catfish

    • Armored catfish

    • Corydoras

    • Synodontids

    • Loricariids

    • Pimelodids

    • Bagrids

    • Cichlids

    • Angelfish

    • Discus

    • Dwarf cichlids

    • Asian and African cichlids

    • Lake Malawi cichlids

    • Lake Tanganyika cichlids

    • Livebearers

    • Swordtails

    • Platies

    • Guppies

    • Mollies

    • Killifish

    • Rainbowfish

    • Melanotaenia species

    • Loaches

    • Other American species

    • Other Asian species

    • Other African species

    • Brackish water species

  • DIRECTORY OF FRESHWATER PLANTS

    • Floating plants

    • Substrate plants

  • INTRODUCTION TO MARINE FISH

    • What to consider

    • Setting up the tank

    • Lighting considerations

    • Siting and substrate

    • Heating and filtration

    • Selecting the décor

    • Preparing the tank

    • Maintenance

    • Food and feeding

    • Monitoring and adjusting

    • Illness and treatment

    • Health concerns

    • Breeding

    • Reproduction and breeding

  • DIRECTORY OF MARINE FISH

    • Surgeonfish and tangs

    • Damselfish

    • Clownfish

    • Triggerfish

    • Filefish

    • Boxfish and porcupinefish

    • Angelfish

    • Butterflyfish

    • Gobies

    • Squirrelfish

    • Lionfish and scorpionfish

    • Wrasse

    • Batfish

    • Groupers and grunts

    • Grammas, dottybacks, and basslets

    • Blennies and mandarinfish

    • Rabbitfish

    • Hawkfish

    • Sea horses

    • Other popular marine fish

  • DIRECTORY OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES

    • Sponges and anemones

    • Corals

    • Crustaceans

    • Molluscs and annelids

    • Echinoderms

  • INTRODUCTION TO POND FISH

    • What to consider

    • Setting up the pond

    • Building a pond

    • Pumps and filters

    • Plants and landscaping

    • Choosing and introducing fish

    • Coldwater fish in the home

    • Maintenance

    • Food and feeding

    • Pond management

    • Illness and treatment

    • Health concerns

    • Breeding

    • Reproductive cycle

    • Breeding

  • DIRECTORY OF POND FISH

    • Goldfish

    • Koi

    • Other coldwater fish

  • DIRECTORY OF POND PLANTS

    • Marginal plants

    • Oxygenators

    • Floating plants

    • Water lilies and lotuses

  • Glossary

  • Useful websites

  • Index of common and scientific names

  • General index

  • Acknowledgments

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