This handsome and highly useful manual focuses on the most popular group of coral reef fishes. It presents everything the beginner needs to know about creating a suitable aquarium habitat for any of the nearly 30 species of clownfish. Experienced aquarists will appreciate the insightful, ecologically sensitive advice on maintaining clownfish host anemones, and the author's sound suggestions for appropriate invertebrate tank mates
All titles in Barron's large selection of Complete Pet Owner's Manuals provide basic information on pet care for new and prospective owners. Each book contains many valuable facts that are new even to more experienced owners and breeders. All books have many handsome, full color photos, instructive line art, and easy to read tables and charts.

Books in Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series present basic information on a wide variety of pets for new or soon to be pet owners. Advice and instruction cover proper feeding, housing, health care, training, grooming, protection against hazards, and much more. Texts emphasize basics and are easy for all readers to understand, but most titles in this series also present facts that even experienced pet owners and breeders havn't encountered before. Each manual has been individually written by an expert, many of them professional breeders or veterinarians. All volumes are filled with full color photos of the highest quality and with instructive line drawings.

Aquarium enthusiasts encounter a whole new world when they collect saltwater varieties of fish. They also face different challenges from the ones they met with their freshwater tanks. Vivid full color photos on every page of this manual show dozens among the different saltwater fish and sea creatures available to enthusiasts. A detailed text with tables and sidebars explains how to maintain a saltwater tank, which fish are compatible, and how to keep all of them healthy.

BARRONS MARINE REEF HANDBOOK
This expanded and updated edition of a valuable manual for marine aquarium hobbyists provides the latest scientific discoveries and aquarium techniques for keeping and propagating living corals. The coral reef, both in the ocean and in a marine aquarium, is a symbiotic system of corals and beneficial algae in a community with other marine life forms. The author also discusses sponges, echinoderms, mollusks, crustaceans, and fishes, and advises on controlling and eliminating diseases and parasites in a marine aquarium. Filled with instructive color photos.

These unusual looking marine fish need a steady diet of plankton to stay healthy and active. Here is a wealth of advice and information for aquarium hobbyists on keeping seahorses of different varieties. Barron's comprehensive Pet Owner's Manuals are heavily illustrated and filled with useful information. They instruct owners on how to care for their dogs, cats, birds, fish, and other animals. Books give advice on purchasing and acquiring, health care, feeding, and much more. Clear, straightforward texts are accompanied by high quality full color photos and anatomically accurate line art, as well as helpful tables and charts

TFH - The 101 Best Aquarium Plants - By Mary Sweeney
The 101 Best Aquarium Plants offers a durable and easy to use resource for encouraging success with planted aquariums. Makes aquascaping and keeping healthy aquatic plants simple by providing clear expert advice and recommendations that greatly improve the hobbyist's chances of success. Presents 101 full-page species accounts of plants that are not only appealing in appearance but can thrive in aquarium tanks. Also included are 33 species to avoid-plants that are not compatible with home aquariums ir that tend ti perish in the hands of inexperienced aquarists.

TFH - The 101 Best Marine Invertebrates - By Scott W
101 full page species accounts of invertebrates that not only have high survival rates in captivity but also are appealing in appearance and behave well in a community tank. Also included are 33 species to avoid. Creatures that most commonly wreak havoc in home aquariums because of their size or aggressiveness, or that tend to perish in the hands of experienced aquarists.
A terrific tool for any retail store owner, livestock seller, or hobbyist wanting to make informed choices among the proliferating selection of available marine invertebrates.

An essential guide for all saltwater hobbyists eager to learn more about the fascinating and delicate creatures in their care. Using clear text, color photographs, and stunning graphics, this book provides a unique "behind the scenes" look at how saltwater fish sense the world around them and how they reproduce.
The book provides practical advice on keeping saltwater fish successfully in an aquarium and features a starter selection of species suitable for new saltwater fishkeepers.
By Steve Halls

Keeping marine fish thriving in a saltwater environment is a fascinating but complex process requiring attention to many details. Here is in depth information on maintaining correct water chemistry and temperature, and on keeping saltwater fish, shellfish, coral, and plants in a well balanced aquarium. Titles in Barron's popular Pet Handbooks series instruct pet owners on health care, proper feeding and housing, and other facts important to owners and their pets. All books in this series have high quality, full color photos, instructive line drawings, and run to an average of approximately 140 pages or more.

Written by an expert on marine biology, this title is must reading for the marine aquarium hobbyist. Keeping ocean dwelling fish and other marine life forms thriving in the synthetic environment of an aquarium requires special knowledge and care, especially in regard to water quality. The author discusses the properties of natural seawater, then gives details on how to create and maintain high quality synthetic seawater. He describes biochemical cycles and fluctuating conditions that are normal in a flourishing marine aquarium, instructs on adding needed chemical components, and advises on water analysis test kits, instrumentation, and record keeping. Includes illustrations plus informative tables and charts.

BARRONS MARINE AQUARIUM, 1ST
Starting a marine aquarium is an fairly complex undertaking for ambitious aquarium hobbyists. The author discusses many aspects of marine aquarium maintenance and presents clear instructions on creating the correct water chemistry and environment in which saltwater animals can flourish. Titles in the extensive Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series provide pet owners with basic information on keeping healthy, contented, well cared for animals. The series includes approximately 175 titles and covers pets of every kind: dogs, cats, and birds of many breeds, as well as fish, reptiles, rabbits, hamsters, and just about any other animal that people keep as a pet. Facts and advice cover all aspects of pet care, which include proper feeding, housing, health care, grooming, training, and much more. The text in each manual is supplemented with many vivid, full color photos, and with instructive, anatomically accurate line art. Each manual has been individually written by a breeder, trainer, veterinarian, or experienced animal specialist.