During the next ten weeks, the tank turns from an artificial environment into a living community. This is a crucial period in the life of a new aquarium often beset with problems that fishkeepers find alarming.
This comprehensive book shows you clearly and simply how to set up a stunning tropical freshwater aquarium on a week-by-week basis, including when to put in your first fish and how to grow aquarium plants to perfection.
This book uses detailed photographic sequences in order to demonstate each stage of setting up a freshwater tropical aquarium, as well as how to maintain the living community.
A comprehensive and encyclopedic reference to help the novice set up and maintain a tropical freshwater aquarium, featuring a practical advice and a step-by-step 10 week progression to a living eco-system.
The second section of the book, Fish, Plants, and Themed Aquariums, presents a selection of popular freshwater fish and aquarium plants plus a look at some ideas for setting up aquariums that reflect natural habitats around the world.