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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
Written by tropical fish experts with over 30 years experience, The
Discus includes all the information a new fish keeper needs to
begin this exciting hobby: how to select a tank; proper water
conditions; nutrition; and breeding your own beautiful fish. Like
all the titles in the Owner's Guide series, The Discus is filled
with info-packed sidebars and striking color photos. This book
helps make keeping Discus a fun and rewarding experience for the
hobbyist.
Written by tropical fish experts with over 30 years experience, The
Discus includes all the information a new fish keeper needs to
begin this exciting hobby: how to select a tank; proper water
conditions; nutrition; and breeding your own beautiful fish. Like
all the titles in the Owner's Guide series, The Discus is filled
with info-packed sidebars and striking color photos. This book
helps make keeping Discus a fun and rewarding experience for the
hobbyist.
The number of corals imported into the U.S. rose 249 percent
between 1995 and 1996, an indication the coral reef hobby is
booming. Concerned hobbyists have begun growing corals domestically
so that people can enjoy reef tanks without destroying natural
reefs. This book combines information on setting up and maintaining
a reef, as well as ecological concerns.
Freshwater Aquariums for the Novice or Experienced Aquarist,
Freshwater Aquariums in Your Life covers setting up the tank, the
ideal fish to keep in your community aquarium and how to keep your
fish and aquarium in top condition through good care and regular
maintenance. The practical, easy-to-use information tells you what
you need to know so you can spend more time enjoying your aquarium.
Freshwater Aquariums in Your Life includes a special chapter on the
best and worst fish to keep in your aquarium. Beautiful
professional photos take you into the world of the aquarium and its
creatures. The info-packed sidebars and fun facts make caring for
your aquarium easy and rewarding.
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The Cichlid
(Hardcover)
Mary Ellen Sweeney
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R797
R651
Discovery Miles 6 510
Save R146 (18%)
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The Cichlid: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Fish is the
cichlid source for the freshwater aquarium hobbyist. Everything you
need to know about cichlids is here, from choosing healthy fish to
keeping them well fed. You'll get an analysis of the water
conditions preferred by all the most popular members of the cichlid
family and advice on how to provide your fish with conditions in
which they will thrive. You'll also learn how to arrange the decor
in your tank so that it is pleasing to both you and your fish, as
well as how to select tankmates for your cichlids (with their
aggressive tendencies, no simple matter). Written by an experienced
fish-keeper, The Cichlid: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Fish,
includes a wealth of information to help you understand your
cichlid's behavior so that caring for your fish is all the more
fun. With info-packed sidebars and stunning color photos, this is
the cichlid book that hobbyists will most enjoy.
"For years I have augmented my income by working as a hack writer,
penning throwaway articles for anyone who will pay me. Regularly, I
would get the bus into Exeter City Centre, and sneak into
W.H.Smiths and peruse the magazines for sale, and make a
surreptitious list of any new publications whom I could approach to
buy an article from me. One day in the late winter, I was doing
just this when I found a copy of a magazine called Koi Carp. With
my tongue firmly in cheek, I telephoned them, and asked whether
they would be interested in an article - or even a series of
articles - about the fortean aspects of their hobby. Much to my
surprise and gratification they accepted, and so I started work on
my first article. I had been so used to working for fly-by-night
publications, that I had stopped taking a long-term view of my
writing work. I was lucky if a series I wrote lasted three issues,
so the fact that I knew next to nothing about the fortean aspect of
koi carp-keeping didn't really matter. However, on this occasion, I
was hoist by my own petard, as the series carried on for nearly two
years After six or seven issues, I bit the bullet, and started to
employ the old journalistic adage that one should never let the
truth get in the way of a good story. Some of the stories that
follow are true. Some are mostly true, others have a germ of truth,
and even the ones that I made up are based on true events. I think
my proudest moment as a journalist came after the publication of
"They Saved Hitler's Koi," when Simon Wolstencroft, an old friend
of mine, and then editor of a sister-magazine to the one for which
I was working, sent me the following email. 1.How did you think you
would get away with having this printed? 2.How did you get away
with it? For goodness sake, don't read these stories looking for
any firm insights into the history and culture of koi keeping, but
I hope that they may give you some little amusement, because that
was the spirit in which they were written."
The only current field guide to sharks and rays of the West Coast
of British Columbia. Sharks! The very mention of the word conjures
up images of dangerous creatures with a voracious appetite. This
public image couldn't be farther from the truth for a vast majority
of shark species: most are cautious and placid, and many inhabit
waters that exclude them from human contact. Much fear of sharks is
driven by media reports or films that sensationalize shark attacks,
despite the rarity of such occurrences. So much about sharks, and
their relatives, makes them fascinating, and we still have much to
learn. This book is for everyone interested in learning more about
sharks and their relatives. It provides the most accurate and
up-to-date information on chondrichthyans in British Columbia
waters, including detailed species descriptions and identification
information. Richly illustrated and with underwater photographs by
Andy Murch, Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras of British Columbia
presents sharks and their relatives as valuable members of our
coastal fish community, worthy of respect, study, admiration and
protection.
This book is a comprehensive identification guide to the 222
species of fishes in Florida's fresh waters. Each species is
presented with color photographs, key characteristics for
identification, comparisons to similar species, habitat
descriptions, and dot distribution maps. Florida's unique mix of
species includes some of the world's favorite sport fishes, the
Tarpon and Largemouth Bass. This guide also features three species
native only to Florida-the Seminole Killifish, Flagfish, and
Okaloosa Darter-and the smallest freshwater fish in North America,
the Least Killifish. Ranging from the panhandle to the Everglades,
their habitats include springs, creeks, rivers, lakes, ponds,
swamps, marshes, and man-made canals. As Florida's human population
grows, the state's freshwater environments are being changed in
ways that threaten its native fishes. This book provides important
information on the diversity, distribution, and environmental needs
of both native and nonindigenous species, helping us monitor and
take care of Florida's water and its aquatic inhabitants.
In this book, Peter Moyle successfully illustrates the joys of the
study of living fishes, revealing why those of us who have spent a
lifetime studying fish as a profession consider ourselves to be so
fortunate. We are constantly rewarded by discovering new and
unexpected things that fish will do.
Tide and Current chronicles ten years in the life of author and
artist Carol Araki Wyban, during which she lived with, learned
about, and came to love the fishponds of Hawai'i. In lyric prose
and art, the book captures the essence of the timeless ecological
truths she discovered. The author relates her experiences from the
viewpoint of an entrepreneur, but one with a deep commitment to the
past and to the legacy given to us by the ancient Hawaiians
regarding the use of fishponds as food production systems. Unlike
other native cultures that hunted and gathered over vast
territories, the Hawaiians developed renewable, sustainable, and
comprehensive management of their natural resources in the islands'
limited space. They were innovators who took a great step from
catching fish to raising fish. Wyban presents not only the daily
routine of life at a commercial fishpond, but also an in-depth look
at how the Hawaiians managed their resources, the technology they
developed, and the myths, legends, and kapu associated with their
fishponds.
Along a tiny spring in a narrow canyon near Death Valley, seemingly
against all odds, an Inyo Mountain slender salamander makes its
home. "The desert," writes conservation biologist Christopher
Norment, "is defined by the absence of water, and yet in the desert
there is water enough, if you live properly." Relicts of a
Beautiful Sea explores the existence of rare, unexpected, and
sublime desert creatures such as the black toad and four pupfishes
unique to the desert West. All are anomalies: amphibians and fish,
dependent upon aquatic habitats, yet living in one of the driest
places on earth, where precipitation averages less than four inches
per year. In this climate of extremes, beset by conflicts over
water rights, each species illustrates the work of natural
selection and the importance of conservation. This is also a story
of persistence--for as much as ten million years--amid the changing
landscape of western North America. By telling the story of these
creatures, Norment illustrates the beauty of evolution and explores
ethical and practical issues of conservation: what is a
four-inch-long salamander worth, hidden away in the heat-blasted
canyons of the Inyo Mountains, and what would the cost of its
extinction be? What is any lonely and besieged species worth, and
why should we care?
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