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Saltwater Aquariums For Dummies [Kindle Edition]

Gregory Skomal (Author)

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Product Description

Demystifies aquarium setup and maintenance

Combine and care for a wide variety of marine fish and invertebrates

Dive into the colorful world of saltwater fish! This fun, friendly guide gives you easy step-by-step instructions for choosing and caring for these amazing animals. You get the latest on feeding, tank upkeep, filtering systems, maintaining live rock, and preventing algae build-up, as well as what not to include in your aquarium.

Discover how to

Choose the best fish and equipment
Get your tank up and running
Maintain proper water conditions
Keep your fish happy and healthy
Avoid tank pitfalls
Keep a brackish aquarium

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Demystifies aquarium setup and maintenance

Combine and care for a wide variety of marine fish and invertebrates

Dive into the colorful world of saltwater fish! This fun, friendly guide gives you easy step–by–step instructions for choosing and caring for these amazing animals. You get the latest on feeding, tank upkeep, filtering systems, maintaining live rock, and preventing algae build–up, as well as what not to include in your aquarium.

Discover how to

Choose the best fish and equipment
Get your tank up and running
Maintain proper water conditions
Keep your fish happy and healthy
Avoid tank pitfalls
Keep a brackish aquarium

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 6521 KB
Print Length: 371 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0470068051
Publisher: For Dummies; 2 edition (25 Feb 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B004QO9PGG
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #42,270 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #3 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Home & Garden > Animal Care & Pets > Fish & Aquariums
- #21 in Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Animal Sciences > Vertebrates > Fish
- #40 in Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Animal Sciences > Marine Life > Fish & Sharks

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Disappointing black & white photos 27 Dec 2006

By J. Gillespie

Format:Paperback

Whilst this book is undoubtedly useful to the beginner, which I was when I bought it, the fact that all the photos are in black & white is a major drawback.

Overall the book is easy to read and full of useful tips, although now i am more experiemced I would have to disagree with some of his advice. For example I think that a UV sterilizer is a must to prevent disease in the tank.

To accompany this book I thoroughly recommend you also buy a book called Marine Fishes by Scott W Michael. Illustrated in full colour, it covers over 500 species of fish and gives you lots of useful information to assist you in choosing the correct fish for your aquarium

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Good book 27 April 2005

By "mike180975"

Format:Paperback

Typical DUMMIES book. Well written, broken up into manageable sections. There are no colour pictures for you to look at but the book takes you from deciding what tank and equipment to buy through the setup and onto keeping and enjoying your aquarium. It is easy to read and refer back to in times of questions which will happen often from selecting which fish to buy to diseases. Good book to buy for a beginner

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Basic and to the point just what dummies/ beginners need. 5 Aug 2009

By G. Kirby

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Everything is explained in simple terms, advice is given to keep beginners away from difficult fish and ideas. Quick reference tables for those things you keep forgetting about, eg how much ........ A very handy book to have around.

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ammonia and nitrite levels in your water should be close to zero, and nitrate levels should be kept less than 20 mg/L. &quote;

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the pH of seawater is about 8.2 and should be maintained in the aquarium between 8.1 and 8.3. &quote;

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Carbonate hardness is usually reported in milli-equivalents per liter (meq/L), and the level in your aquarium should be greater than 3.0 meq/L. &quote;

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