Setting Up A Fresh Water Aquarium

S.) and should not be offered to the hobby, or encouraged to be so by their purchase.

Labroides bicolor Fowler & Bean 1928, the Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse (3), easily recognized, easily lost Indo Pacific beauty. Indo-Pacific, east Africa to Micronesia. To five and a half inches in length. Here are images of a juvenile and adult in Maldives and Fiji respectively.

Labroides dimidiatus

, here is an unfolding of facts and opinions of the author on how to go about putting a system together, stock it with fishes, invertebrates care for them (including basic information on the sciences and how they relate to the hobby)

Critique/Suggested Improvements

Its bad enough that this book has no color imagery (there are but a few half-tone photographs) and line drawings, but what about some simple illustrations; for instance, in "Identifying Common Tropical Marine Fish Families", beginning on p. 123 An outline of the general body shape of these groups would be helpful.

The author is a civil servant biologist (Mass

Supporting sumps and quarantine systems are also detailed and explained for their integral roles.

Some Highlights:

On page 23 the author makes a bold, though not often heard statement re the many values of quarantine; that marine fish (sic) caught in the wild can be difficult to condition to feeding in captivity. For this reason as well as rest, hardening and warding off the introduction of infectious and parasitic diseases,

Why Do My Fish Hide All The Time?
Fish that hide all the time are a baffling and frustrating problem for the owner. Here are suggestions for how to coax your fish out into the open where you....

Reply to tips for aquarium shots?

Photography is a still of life posted a reply:

Id say a dark room, no flash, and a wide aperture. Try using different camera speeds if you have a manual setti.

UV Sterilization: What is it and How is it Used?
Some aquarists believe they help eliminate bacteria, parasitic, fungal, viral, algae, and other unfriendly pathogens in an aquarium, others believe that they are a waste of money. FORUMS: UV's - Anyone....