Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies 📙 3rd Edition ✍ Madelaine Francis Heleine
Aquarium fish are one of the most popular pets in America, with close to 150 million fish owned in nearly 13 million households. They seem like easy pets to care for, but there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to keeping your freshwater friends healthy and happy❕
👌 With Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies, you will give your underwater pets the best aquatic life ever!
P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you’re probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies. The book you see here shouldn’t be considered a new or updated product.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Setting up your first freshwater aquarium can be a daunting task, but Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies will make everything easy.
Inside this amazing guide, you will discover basic information on setting up your own freshwater aquarium, purchasing fish, chemicals, plants, and much more. as you will find out how to :
★ Select the best fish.
★ Get good deals on equipment.
★ Maintain a clean, healthy environment.
★ Handle tank pitfalls.
★ Breed your fish.
With Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies, you will understand the best aquarium set-up practices, how to build the luxury tanks of your dreams, and how to maintain a thriving aquatic environment. You will discover many different ways to expand your hobby.
There's also expanded guidance on combining different species of fish, maintaining a tank, cleaning gravel, dealing with common problems such as algae, and tips & tricks on how to introduce your new fish and systems into your aquatic family.
Perfect for beginner hobbyists and longtime aquarium enthusiasts alike, Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies makes it easier than ever to set up and take care of a freshwater aquarium, and the fish within it. You can design a dazzling underwater environment with this bestselling guide!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Madelaine Francis Heleine has been involved with aquariums and fish-keeping for more than 40 years. She is a contributing writer to many aquatic magazines, including Tropical Fish Hobbyist and Aquarium Fish, and is also the author of several aquarium books.
Her interest in fish began when she was five years old. She often dreamed of keeping fish at home as she watched the local fishermen bring in their daily catch in her hometown.
She began keeping aquariums at age 7 and began breeding fish at age 10. She built her aquarium collection by selling and trading her newborn fry to local aquarium stores in exchange for aquariums and equipment as she was growing up.
Her passion for aquarium fish continued after she finished her college degree in journalism and began writing aquarium-keeping articles for print and online aquatic magazines.
Eventually, she wrote several aquarium columns and began writing fishkeeping books to help other hobbyists enjoy keeping aquariums at home as much as she did. Her love of fish has also appeared in her greeting cards, cartoons, and other artwork.
Maddy enjoys breeding fish, scuba diving, cooking, woodworking, and playing MMORPG computer games.
BOOK CONTENTS
Part 1: Getting Started with Freshwater Aquarium Basics:
★ Chapter 2: The Practice of Aquarium Keeping.
★ Chapter 3: Finding a Good Location.
★ Chapter 4: The Tank and Stand.
★ Chapter 5: Aquascaping Your Aquarium: What to Add and Not Add in Your Tank:
★ Chapter 6: Selecting the Equipment and Other Stuff Your Aquarium Needs.
Part 2: Taking a Closer Look at Fish and How to Care for Them:
★ Chapter 8: Figuring Out What Kind of Fish to Buy.
★ Chapter 9: Working with a Fish Dealer to Purchase Your Fish.
★ Chapter 10: Feeding Your Wet Pets (Diet and Nutrition).
★ Chapter 11: Recognizing Diseases and Treatments.
Part 3: The Background Players: Water, Chemicals, and Plants:
★ Chapter 13: Considering Those Crazy Chemicals.
★ Chapter 14: The Nitrogen Cycle and Water Testing.
★ Chapter 15: Putting It All Together.
★ Chapter 16: What You Need to Know: Live Plants for Aquariums.
★ Chapter 17: Choosing Plant Species for Your Tank.
Part 4: Breeding and Other Fun Stuff:
★ Chapter 19: Setting Up the Breeding Tank.
★ Chapter 20: Ready, Set, Spawn.
★ Chapter 21: Recording Data and Photographing Fish.
★ Chapter 22: Expanding Your Hobby in Fun Ways.
★ Chapter 23: Advancing Your Hobby: Other Types of Aquarium Systems.
Part 5: The Part of Tens:
★ Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Kill Your Fish without Even Trying.
★ Go Away on Vacation and Forget Them.
★ Chapter 26: Ten Scientific Fish Laws.
★ Chapter 27: Ten Aquatic New Year’s Resolutions.
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