Choosing Fish for Your Aquarium

by Sandford, Gina; Bailey, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781844767489
• ISBN10: 1844767485
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-16
• Publisher: Southwater

Summary

This exciting new book takes each of the exotically named major fish groups, explains simply what they are, and looks at the general merits, demerits, habitats, feeding and breeding requirements of the many hundreds of fishes in each group. In this way, the reader can quickly ascertain whether the cichlid they want is suitable for their aquarium, and if it isn't, which other cichlids would be. Beautiful photography and expert text combine to offer an in-depth study of the major fish groups, a helpful species identifier, plus plenty of practical information on how to keep and breed the most popular species in each group successfully.

Author Biography

Mary Bailey has kept fishes for many years and joined the British Cichlid Association in 1972, serving on the committee since 1982, initially as Technical Editor, and as Treasurer since 1990. She began writing professionally in 1986 and regularly contributes to Cichlid News, Practical Fishkeeping and Aquarist and Pondkeeper magazines. She has also contributed to several books including Enjoying Cichlids (1993) and the Cichlids Yearbook series, and was voted "Practical Fishkeeping Favorite Fishkeeping Writer", 1994.
Gina Sandford has kept tropical fishes since childhood and writes regularly for Aquarist and Pondkeeper, Fishkeeping Answers and Practical Fishkeeping magazines. She has been Secretary and Editor to The Catfish Association of Great Britain for many years and also lectures on tropical fishes. She has written two books previously: A Manual of Tankbusters and Tropical Fish Identifier.