Clear step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions for planning, building, stocking and maintaining your aquarium.

Essential information on major families and groups of fishes.

Fully illustrated with over 700 colour photographs and specially commissioned artworks.

About the Author

Mary Bailey is a renowned expert on cichlids and writes many articles for Practical Fishkeeping, Aquarist and Pondkeeper on most aspects of fishkeeping.

Gina Sandford is an expert on catfish, osteoglossids and anabantids. She has also written two books; A Manual of Tankbusters and Tropical Fish Identifier.