How to Care for Your Aquarium

This book discusses the step-by-step stages of assembling a successful aquarium; learn how to clean, heat, light, aerate and furnish your new aquarium. The author advises on the pros and cons of the different equipment available, including the effect certain fish may have on it.

Once the tank has been set up and allowed to stand, the inhabitants can be added. Although this is an exciting time, the dangers of overstocking and the importance of selecting compatible fish are also emphasised by the author.

John ends "You must guard against the tendency to overcrowd the aquarium. The experienced hobbyist has learnt that a crowded tank is not attractive and that fewer, more carefully-chosen varieties do more to enhance the tank than a helter-skelter mixture of a dozen species of fish paying no attention to one another."