Freshwater Aquarium: Your Happy Healthy Pet (2nd Edition)
A freshwater aquarium offers an endlessly fascinating pageant of movement and color. But how do you set up a tank and select the right fish? And how do you maintain an aquarium to keep your fish happy and healthy? This updated guide delivers the answers, providing all the facts and advice you need, including:
- Tips on setting up and designing your aquarium
- An illustrated guide to popular tropical fish
- Pointers on selecting the right mix of fish
- The lowdown on maintaining your aquarium
- Guidance on keeping your fish healthy
- The scoop on how to breed your fish
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Book details
- Author
- Gregory Skomal
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Pets › Fish & Aquariums
- Topics
- tropical fish · aquarium setup · fish care · aquarium maintenance · fish selection · pet fish
- ISBN-13
- 9780764583773
About the author
GREGORY SKOMAL, PhD, is a marine biologist and senior fisheries biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, where he has worked since 1987. His recent books include Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark, The Shark Handbook, and multiple titles in the Your Happy Healthy Pet series.
Skomal holds a master’s degree from the University of Rhode Island and a PhD from Boston University. He is adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology and an adjunct scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
When he’s not writing, Skomal heads the Massachusetts Shark Research Program and works as an underwater explorer, photographer, and aquarist. His books reflect these pursuits directly, spanning shark biology and aquarium keeping.
Gregory lives in Marion, Massachusetts.