Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 208 pages
- Published by: Barron's Educational Series May 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0764155490
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764155499
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Book Dimensions:
10.1 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 2.3 pounds
Product Description
This lavishly photo-filled volume demonstrates that having an aquarium to be proud of means much more than keeping fish in a glass tank. The aquarium enthusiast who takes his hobby seriously reproduces a part of the aquatic natural environment in miniature inside his home. Author Peter Hiscock offers practical instructions on setting up a freshwater tropical aquarium. He describes substrate, aquarium plants, and appropriate combinations of fish. Much of this book focuses on fish and plant life in nature, and then offers details on replicating natural settings in the aquarium. Both plants and fish varieties are shown in vivid color photographs and described in detail. More than 450 color photographs and illustrations.
About The Author
Peter Hiscock trained at Sparsholt College in Hampshire, one of the U.K.’s leading schools for aquatic studies. He has published widely on fish behavior and aquarium keeping. Among his other books published in North America by Barron’s are
A Practical Guide to Choosing Aquarium Plants and
A Practical Guide to Creating and Maintaining Water Quality.
Reader Reviews
Is java fern found in an Australian river, I don't think so. This book is not accurate! All of the aquarium displays are not even mature, probably because most of the plants would be quite unhealthy by the time the display is mature enough to photograph, very unprofessional! Another example: there are no mangroves in the mangrove swamp design, Hygrophila corymbosa was used instead with the author stating it is a good substitute for mangroves, what the, right up until the brackish water kills it! What's almost as worse is that the heater is not even hidden in the aquarium background.
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