The Super Simple Guide To Breeding Freshwater Fishes

While the subject may seem self-explanatory, the fact is that breeding fishes in captivity can be quite challenging, and is as much an art as a science. It is also one of the most rewarding aspects of keeping fish, and something all aquarists strive to do well. With The Super Simple Guide to Breeding Freshwater Fishes, hobbyists at all levels need worry no longer about what to do. Passionate fishkeeper and journalist Laura Muha explains in compelling and "super simple" ways:

-How to recignize and nurture breeding behavior

-Where and how to house your spawning fish and its fry

-How to feed breeders- and their fry- at all stages

-How to nurse ailing fish back to health

Laura Muha is a renowned science writer who recently took the plunge into aquarium keeping and hasn't looked back. She is a columnist for Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine, where she writes on the aquariology of various fishes from a science writer's perspective. Laura teaches journalism at Columbia University, and lives in New Jersey with her husband and expanding fish families.