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Essential information to help you choose the right fish for a saltwater aquarium.
This compact guide contains a wealth of information for anyone starting out with an aquarium, and for experienced aquarium owners who want to broaden the selection of species in their tanks.
Buying fish for the aquarium can be an uncertain process. In the wild, fish live in balanced ecosystems. Are you putting fish in your aquarium that will not thrive together – and that may even fight with or eat each other? These books put one’s mind at rest by providing vital information about a wide range of fish from saltwater sources and systems.
Each entry contains a fish profile:
What size? What does it eat? Where is it from? What does it cost? (a simple cost rating code indicates what you will spend) How do I sex it? What kind of tank? What kind of water and how warm? How many in one tank? How will it behave? Will it breed in an aquarium?
This book contains hundreds of representative, full-color photos to help every aquarium owner to see what they’d like to buy.
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What Saltwater Fish?: A Buyer’s Guide to Saltwater Aquarium Fish
Essential information to help you choose the right fish for a saltwater aquarium.
This compact guide contains a wealth of information for anyone starting out with an aquarium, and for experienced aquarium owners who want to broaden the selection of species in their tanks.
Tomato anemonefish
The tomato anemonefish can be distinguished from closely related species by the black leading edge of the pelvic fins.
Photo credit: Geoff Rogers, Interpet Publishing
Black pearlscale butterflyfish
Black pearlscale butterflyfish can be aggressive towards other butterflyfishes. This busy, active fish demonstrates the remarkable swimming gymnastics of many species of butterflyfish as it forages for food in the aquarium.
Photo credit: Geoff Rogers, Interpet Publishing
Carpenter’s flasher wrasse
A very peaceful species that usually ignores other fish, even if they are introduced after it. It will display to females and other males by erecting all its fins to show off its wonderful coloration.
Photo credit: Iggy Tavares
Chevron tang
This is the largest species of bristletooth tang, with a marked change between juvenile and adult coloration. Juveniles are almost exclusively imported and usually only found in deep-water, coral-rich areas.
Photo credit: Geoff Rogers, Interpet Publishing
Lyretailed hawkfish
A fairly uncommon fish in the aquarium trade, yet one that should be much better known and more popular than it is. It combines the intriguing characteristics of the hawkfish family with some of the behavior of pelagic planktonivorous fish.
Photo credit: Erling Svensen, UWPhoto ANS
Purple tang
A beautiful and highly desirable Red Sea species. It is available at very small sizes that will develop into hardy specimens. It grows larger than the yellow sailfin tang (Z. flavescens), a point to note if you plan to introduce both species. In most situations, and regardless of the other species stocked, this species will become the dominant fish in any aquarium.
Photo credit: Geoff Rogers, Interpet Publishing
Publisher : Firefly Books
Publication date : March 10, 2023
Language : English
Print length : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 0228104262
ISBN-13 : 978-0228104261
Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
Dimensions : 6.25 x 0.56 x 7.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #257,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #28 in Fish & Aquarium Care (Books) #152 in Pet Food & Nutrition
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