This excellent book is a complete guide to setting up a successful marine aquarium and contains information useful for both the novice and advanced marine aquarist.
A section on new reef technology is included, together with an enlarged disease and treatment chapter, information on breeding and a detailed trouble-shooting guide.
An essential reference book written by a professional marine biologist with more than 30 years experience of keeping and breeding marine fish and invertebrates.
Contents
• The Aquarium - Size, shape, style and construction
• The Water - Composition, collection and manufacture
• Filtration - Mechanical, chemical, biological and sterilisation
• The Biological Filter - Function and construction
• Physics and Chemistry - The essential information
• Setup, Maintenance, Trouble-shooting - The first day, the first year
• Fish Selection - What to look for: condition and compatibility
• Introduction and Quarantine - Purposes and methods
• Diseases and Distress - Identification and treatment
• Foods and Feeding - What, when and how
• Breeding Marine Fish - The basic process