Excellent conditioner better
Contents
Part One: Practical Section
A complete guide to setting up a marine aquarium,
from selecting and furnishing a tank to choosing
and introducing compatible fishes, their feeding,
routine maintenance, breeding and health care.
Why keep marines? 8
Selecting a tank 12
Temperature control 14
Lighting the tank 16
Water-simulating the real thing 20
Filtration systems 24
Creating habitats 32
Setting up the aquarium 34
Choosing and introducing livestock 40
Feeding 44
Regular maintenance 48
Breeding marine fishes 52
Basic health care 56
Part Two: Species Guide
This part of the book is divided into three main
sections: tropical marine fishes, tropical
invertebrates, and coldwater fishes and
invertebrates.
Tropical marine fishes 64-185
ACANTHURIDAE - Surgeons and tangs 64
APOGONIDAE - Cardinalfishes 72
BALISTIDAE-Triggerfishes 73
BLENNIIDAE - Blennies 78
CALLIONYMIDAE - Mandarinfishes 82
CENTRISCIDAE - Razorfishes 83
CHAETODONTIDAE - Angelfishes 84
(Pomacanthidae) Butterflyfishes 104
CIRRHITIDAE - Hawkfishes 120
DIODONTIDAE-Porcupinefishes 121
GOBIIDAE- Gobies 122
HOLOCENTRIDAE - Squirrelfishes 124
LABRIDAE-Wrasses/Rainbowfishes 126
MONOCANTHIDAE - Filefishes 134
MONOCENTRIDAE - Pinecone fishes 135
MONODACTYLIDAE - Fingerfishes 136
MURAENIDAE - Moray eels 137
OPISTHOGNATHIDAE - Jawfishes 138
OSTRACIONTIDAE - Boxfishes/Trunkfishes 139
PLATACIDAE - Batfishes 142
PLECTORHYNCHIDAE - Sweetlips 144
PLOTOSIDAE - Catfishes 146
POMACENTRIDAE - Anemonefishes 147
Damselfishes 154
POMADASYIDAE - Grunts 165
SCATOPHAGIDAE - Butterflyfishes 166
SCIAENIDAE - Croakers/Drums 167
SCORPAENIDAE - Lionfishes/Scorpionfishes 168
SERRANIDAE - Sea Basses/Groupers 172
SIGANIDAE - Rabbitfishes 178
SYNANCEIIDAE - Stonefishes 179
SYNGNATHIDAE - Pipefishes/Seahorses 180
TETRAODONTIDAE - Puffers 182
THERAPONIDAE - Tigerfishes 184
ZANCLIDAE - Tobies 185
Tropical invertebrates 186-193
A practical introduction to these fascinating
creatures from crabs to sea anemones - with basic
advice on how to keep them in the aquarium.
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Coldwater fishes and invertebrates 194-199
A brief survey of temperate species suitable for
display in a marine aquarium.
Glossary 200
General Index 202
Species Index 204
Picture credits 208