Goldfish: Your Happy Healthy Pet (2nd Edition)
Goldfish are the most widely kept fish in the world. They are the quintessential first pet since goldfish are relatively inexpensive, easy to care for, fairly hardy, and very adaptable. With colorful photos, charts, and tables, this guide gives you information on:
- Choosing your goldfish
- Setting up and maintaining your aquarium
- The outdoor goldfish pond
- Feeding your goldfish
- Keeping your goldfish healthy
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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
- aquarium setup · fish care · goldfish pond · feeding fish · fish health · beginner pet owners · freshwater fish
- ISBN-13
- 9780470165126
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.