Angelfish

by Goldstein, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9780764116612
• ISBN10: 0764116614
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

These tropical reef-dwellers make beautiful additions to any tank, but manyre aggressive to other species. Barron's comprehensive list of Pet Owner'sanuals continues to grow with seven brand new titles for Fall 2001. Heavilyllustrated and filled with useful information, these books instruct ownersn how to care for their dogs, cats, birds, fish, and other animals. Booksive advice on purchasing and acquiring, health care, feeding, and much more.lear, straightforward texts are accompanied by high-quality full-colorhotos and anatomically accurate line art as well as helpful tables andharts.

Table of Contents

The Ideal Fish	p. 5
Pterophyllum Scalare	p. 5
Cichlids	p. 5
The Geological Record	p. 6
The Biological Record	p. 6
Total Evidence Analysis	p. 6
Wild Angelfish	p. 13
How Fish Are Named	p. 13
Names of Angelfish Species	p. 13
How To Tell Them Apart	p. 15
Care of Angelfish	p. 25
Aquarium	p. 25
Light	p. 25
Temperature	p. 26
Filters	p. 26
HOW-TO: Maintaining Water Quality	p. 30
Purchasing Angelfish	p. 33
Making the Selection	p. 33
Foods and Feeding	p. 35
Genetics	p. 41
Inheritance	p. 41
Mitosis and Meiosis	p. 41
Dominant or Recessive?	p. 41
Punnet Squares	p. 42
Fancy Strains of Angelfish	p. 49
Mutations	p. 49
Interactions	p. 54
Induced Phenotypes	p. 54
Diseases	p. 57
The Host-Parasite Relationship	p. 57
Pathology	p. 57
Noninfectious Pathology	p. 59
Infectious Diseases	p. 62
Breeding Pterophyllum Scalare	p. 73
Getting Started	p. 73
Breeding Behavior	p. 74
Spawning	p. 74
Caring for the Eggs	p. 75
From Embryos to Fry	p. 77
HOW-TO: The Grow-Out Tank	p. 82
Pterophyllum altum Pellegrin, 1903	p. 85
Origin	p. 85
Altum Angels	p. 86
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