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Excellent resource for the new aquarist or as well as the experienced aquarist. This book will take you step by step through the processes of choosing a tank, choosing the right equipment, choosing fish, invertebrate, and plants, and taking care of your aquarium. It provides clear, simple, easy to follow explanations of some technical concepts involved in aquarium management: lighting, filtration, water chemistry, feeding, precautions against disease, data on 100 varieties of fish, 80 full color photographs of fish and plants, 60 drawings, types of tanks, repairing tanks, breeding tanks, species tanks, Dutch plant aquariums, goldfish tanks, weight and size of tanks, the native waters of aquarium fishes, equipment, lighting, filtration, water circulation, aeration, bottom material, suitable rocks, wood and decorative materials, filling a tank, aquarium plants, algae in aquariums, snails in aquariums, plant problems, care of plants, propagation of aquarium plants, needs of aquarium plants, types of fish food, establishing fish in the aquarium, what to watch out for when buying fish, what to do when breakdowns occur, what to do with aquarium when on vacation, prevention of fish diseases, symptoms of fish diseases, deficiency diseases in fish, bacterial and viral diseases in fish, parasites and fungal infections in fish, what should you have in your fish medicine cabinet, killing fish, poisoning and environmental symptoms in the fish tank, understanding your fish (evolution of fish, body shape and lifestyle of fish, fish fins, how fish communicate, how fish fight, getting fish to multiply and more) , common fish species, and much more.