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Tropical fishlopaedia

Price: £8.99

Whatever your question, Tropical fishlopaedia has the answer.

Tropical fishlopaedia gives advice and guidance on all aspects of fish-keeping, including choosing and buying compatible species; fish body language; nutrition; breeding; lighting, water, and decor; aquarium maintenance; identifying and treating disease; and much more.

The easy-to-use 'What if...?' section answers all your questions and concerns, giving in-depth information on a whole range of problems, such as:

WHAT IF MY FISH SWIMS AT AN ODD ANGLE?

WHAT IF MY FISH HAS JUMPED OUT OF THE TANK?

WHAT IF MY FISH HAS SPOTS?

WHAT IF MY FISH HIDES?

WHAT IF MY FISH WON'T EAT?

WHAT IF MY FISH CLAMPS ITS FINS?

Written by Mary Bailey and Peter Burgess

Caring For Your Pet Goldfish

Price: £3.99

The health and happiness of a pet depends greatly on the owner's ability to care for it properly. This information guide offers expert advise on all aspects of caring for a pet goldfish, from providing a suitable aquarium to feeding, breeding and coping with minor ailments. Everything a young pet owner needs to know is presented hear in clear, simple terms to offer the best start for both the pet and owner.

Lovely colour pictures and photos.

Written by Dr. David Sands

Understanding Coldwater Fish

Price: £7.99

Understanding how coldwater fish live and breed is the key to keeping them successfully in the aquarium and pond. This book provides the 'inside' story you need.

A facinating and very intresting read, you really will learn something new on almost every page. It is also nice to know that there are more to coldwater fish than just Goldfish or Koi (both of which are also covered)

Written by Dick Mills.

Pet Owner's Guide to Coldwater Fishkeeping

Price: £5.99

Everything the novice fish-keeper could need to know is contained in this guide. There is a complete guide to the equipment and its uses and a special chapter on understanding water quality is included along with information on feeding and health care.

Full of colour photos.

Keeping coldwater fish is an absorbing and challenging hobby, and this superbly illustrated guide is an indispensable handbook for the owner who wants to create the ideal aquatic environment. Learn all about: Which varieties to choose; setting up a coldwater tank; choosing plants; aquarium maintenance; coldwater fish diseases.

Hardback

Written by Andrew Eade

The super simple guide to common fish diseases

Price: £6.80

This is a really simple and easy book to use, a real life safer (literally in the case of two moors!).

If you were only ever planning to buy one book in relation to your fish, this has to be it!!

Contents include: Approach to disease diagnosis. Diseases os dubious status. Effective cures and remedies. Discover the "Five freedoms"

Full of very helpful picture and advice.

157 pages.

Tankmaster Breeding Your Freshwater Fish

Price: £5.99

Tankmaster a practical guide to breeding your freshwater fish. How to spawn and rear a wide range of tropical freshwater fishes. By Derek Lambert

Breeding your own tropical freshwater fishes is a fascinating part of the hobby. Some fish will breed very readily in a community aquarium, whereas other species need all the skills of a dedicated fish keeper. This book provides that vital information for success. The book explains how to breed a wide range of popular tropical freshwater fishes including cyprinids, characins, livebearers, catfishes, killifishes and cichlids. Full details of spawning and rearing techniques are provided for all the featured fish.

Sections covered in this book include:

Courtship Rituals

Breeding Setups

Spawning Tips

Practical Advice.

Tankmaster Choosing Your Coldwater Aquarium Fish

Price: £5.99

Tankmaster 'An essential guide to choosing your coldwater aquarium fish' A selection of 50 coldwater fishes suitable for the home aquarium. By Nick Fletcher.

The book opens with a look at fish biology and advice on how to provide healthy aquarium conditions. The fish are presented in four sections; goldfishes and then the other coldwater fishes for cool tanks, warm tanks and large tanks.

All the fish featured in this book are shown in full colour photographs and the accompanying text provides details of their origin, behaviour, ideal aquarium conditions and food requirements, plus practical advice on breeding where appropriate.

Sections covered include:

Shoaling fishes

Bottom-dwellers

Easy fishes

Fancy goldfishes

Tankmaster Setting Up Your Coldwater Aquarium

Price: £5.99

Tankmaster 'A pratical guide to setting up your coldwater aquarium' How to create a stunning display aquarium for your coldwater fish. By Nick Fletcher

This book covers everything form choosing the right-size tank and installing the vital filtration and lighting equipment to adding gravel, rocks and plants, plus the all-important fish to create a beautiful and easy-care display aquarium.

If you are setting up a coldwater aquarium for the first time, this is the book for you. Step-by-step photographs guide you through every vital stage, explaining exactly how the equipment works, why you need it and how to maintain it.

Sections included in this book:

Starter fishes, a selection of 10 reliable and easy fishes for your first collection.

Aquascaping, practical guidance on building up a natural looking background for your fish.

Basic equipment, How to install the essential kit you need to set up a working aquarium.

Tankmaster Plants For Your Aquarium

Price: £5.99

An essential guide to choosing plants for your aquarium. How to choose and use a wide selection of aquarium plants By Peter Hiscock

Aquarium plants can provide a beautiful display in their own right as well as forming a natural backdrop for the fishes living in the tank. Which plants are best for your water conditions and lighting levels? This book provides the answers.

Lighting advice, expert guidance on choosing the best lighting equipment for your planted aquarium.

Planting Tips step by step photographs and captions to show you how to plant up your tank.

Problem signs, how to recognise the signs of plant disease or the lack of essential nutrients.

Comprehensive plant section reflecting their use in the aquarium, from background to floating.

How to care for your Tropical Fish

Price: £2.99

Everything you need to know to care for your Tropical Fish

An interesting guide to livebearers and egglayers concentrating on the type of fish and it's individual requirements rather than the overall setting up of an aquarium system.

From Guppys to Catfish, chichlids and angel fish, a very useful guide indeed.

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