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Discover the astonishing truth about our aquatic cousins: how they think and what they know, their experiences and unique behaviours, and the many things we have in common.
There are 33,000 species of fish on our planet, and that number is constantly increasing. In context, that is more than all the species of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles added together, making fish the most numerous vertebrates on our planet. Waters worldwide are teeming...
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Dive into the fascinating world beneath the waves with "90 Incredible Fish Trivia Facts I Bet You Didn't Know!"Explore the depths of our oceans, rivers, and lakes as you uncover the hidden secrets and astonishing facts about some of the most extraordinary creatures on Earth. From the majestic blue whale, and the cute parrotfish, to the ferocious great white shark and the graceful manta ray, this book takes you on a whirlwind tour of aquatic life like...
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* Un libro para el descubrimiento de uno de los reptiles más antiguos y misteriosos que existen en la Tierra.
* Fruto de la colaboración de dos grandes expertos, este manual afronta de manera clara y exhaustiva las cuestiones relacionadas con la cría correcta, sin olvidar aspectos tan importantes como la fisiología y anatomía, indispensables para respetar las exigencias de estos insólitos animales.
* Una obra que le ofrece un gran número de...
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No siempre resulta sencillo saber qué peces pueden convivir en un acuario tropical de agua dulce. Para facilitarle la tarea, este libro le ofrece información precisa y actualizada sobre diversas especies. Incluye indicaciones acerca del tamaño, la alimentación, el lugar de procedencia, las diferencias morfológicas entre macho y hembra, el tipo de acuario que necesita cada especie, la temperatura del agua y la decoración, la convivencia con otras...
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It's easy to get mesmerized by the unique combination of activity and tranquility aquariums offer.
Watching fish and other aquarium life playfully swim around is not only entertaining but also offers amazing health benefits. It's been proven that owning an aquarium reduces stress and anxiety, and improves your mood.
Setting up and maintaining an aquarium comes with its challenges, however. Creating the right environment for your fish allows all of...
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In this colorful Garden Ponds Made Easy title, authors Dennis Kelsey-Wood and Tom Barthell have provided an essential guide for first-time pond enthusiasts. The authors outline all of the considerations for starting out with a new pond, including determining the site, style, size of the pond, and deciding on the construction of the pond (whether preformed, concrete, or fiberglass). Garden Ponds offers a chapter on water which discusses water chemistry...
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Aquaculture, popularly referred to as fish farming is a fast growing business around the world, attracting many investors from diverse sectors. Clarias happens to be the most cultured species in the tropics and it has been proven to yield good returns at market size. However, many of these investors dabble into the venture with little or no information at their disposal. As a result of this uninformed venture into an unknown business,...
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It has been, discovered through years of Aquaculture consultations that many farmers are, faced with one challenge or the other in the catfish culture process, and one of such major areas of concern is the issue of producing stunted, small-sized table fish at harvest period. Some farmers stock their ponds and six months later, they are still struggling to achieve one kilogram (1kg) of table fish. This is not normal. And, the reason for this most times...
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About the Book Fisheries as it were can be broadly classified into two, namely capture and culture fisheries. The capture aspect was one of the earliest occupations of man in trying to subdue his environment. This involved setting a trap for fish in any water body without doing anything to improve or replenish the fish stock. It was, assumed that the fish stock was inexhaustible, but this has since been proven wrong by the extinction of some fish...
110) Los discos: Adquisición, cría, últimas variedades seleccionadas, prevención y cura de las enferme
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Una guía clara e imprescindible para la elección de los ejemplares más adecuados. Cómo preparar el acuario, decorarlo y equiparlo; los peces que pueden acompañar a los discos; los errores que hay que evitar. Cómo alimentar a nuestros discos, conocer su comportamiento, jerarquías y hábitos. Todos los problemas y maravillas de la reproducción. Las variaciones del color. Las clases de discos que se pueden criar: formas, coloraciones, últimas...
111) Catfish Breeding
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Many fish farmers have in times past fallen victim of procuring bad fish seeds, leading to failure as they either died or refused to grow. This could be, attributed to bad parent stocks, poor water management, poor stocking density, poor feeding etc. on the producers' part except for those from farms with credibility, which perform well and grow to good sizes.
In solving this problem once-and-for all, it is necessary for fish farmers...
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La gran variedad de peces exóticos disponibles, de formas y colores sorprendentes, resulta fascinante cuando se tiene la oportunidad de admirar un acuario; sin embargo, cuando se decide preparar uno e instalar determinadas especies de peces confiando sólo en el buen gusto, se pueden producir amargas sorpresas.
Este libro le guiará en la preparación del acuario y la elección de las especies. Para ello le ofrece amplia y rigurosa información sobre...
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Now, for the first time ever, and only for a limited time, you can get this value-priced, limited edition boxed set.
Find Your Hobby Box Set includes three bestselling books from My Ebook Publishing House:
Book #1
Everything About Scrabble
First introduced to the public in the mid 1950s, Scrabble has gone on to be one of the biggest selling board games in history-and is currently gaining legions of new fans in the online world.
Perhaps the fascination...
114) The octopus escapes
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life"--
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Iris and Walter volume 9
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Gulliver Books/Harcourt
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c2005
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44 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
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When best friends Iris and Walter go on a field trip to an aquarium, Walter gets lost and a worried Iris helps Miss Cherry look for him.
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A diferencia de lo que suele creerse, y a pesar de su «mala fama», también es posible tener en el acuario de casa peces como las pirañas. En efecto, no sólo existe la Pygocentrus nattereri -la piraña roja famosa gracias a las películas de terror-. Hay muchas otras especies, como las pertenecientes a la familia de las Serrasalmidae, que son vegetarianas. Sin embargo, es necesario conocer su comportamiento y sus hábitos, escoger ejemplares adecuados...
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Learn how to create and maintain your own underwater ecosystem.
Aquascaping is the art of arranging underwater plant life in aesthetically pleasing displays. From the brilliance of Takashi Amano and numerous other innovators, planted tanks have become one of the more popular methods of enjoying a personal aquarium. In Aquascaping: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planting, Styling, and Maintaining Beautiful Underwater Aquariums, internationally renowned aquascaper...
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