Perhaps the most mysterious and alluring creatures kept by saltwater aquarists, sharks and rays are becoming increasingly popular among serious marine fishkeepers. In this long-awaited and much-requested guide, expert aquarist and elasmobranch enthusiast Scott Michael provides the definitive introduction to the biology and behavior of home-aquarium-scale sharks and rays. Topics include species selection & identification, buyer’s guide, shark aquarium setup and maintenance, feeding, health, breeding, behaviors and natural history, and stocking recommendations for the shark or ray tank.
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This review is from: Aquarium Sharks & Rays: An Essential Guide to Their Selection, Keeping, and Natural History (Hardcover)
I have read a pre-release version of this book and it is great. Anyone intersted in the aquaria of sharks or rays really needs to get a copy of this book! It is the 1st book ever to deal with the selection and maintaining of sharks and rays in home aquarium. Not only that but the book is very well priced.
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Oh Darn!,
This review is from: Aquarium Sharks & Rays: An Essential Guide to Their Selection, Keeping, and Natural History (Hardcover)
This is a great comprehensive view of aquarium sharks and rays. Unfortunately this book points out the truth, sharks are big! Even for a professional marine aquarist such as my self, you'll learn that the husbandry requirements for these animals is often obsured. This is a great book for professionals and those involved in public aquariums. With an overview on breeding, feeding, and health, this book is an excellent introduction to sharks and rays.
-Andy Nicola Iowa's premire marine aquarist
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A definite buy for the shark enthusiast!,
This review is from: Aquarium Sharks & Rays: An Essential Guide to Their Selection, Keeping, and Natural History (Hardcover)
It goes into so much detail, from the family to each individual fish (only ones found in aquarium trade though). There is a chapter on common parasites and a range of different treatment methods for both bacterial and parasitic infections, which foods might induce feeding in a new specimen (and which to avoid), size and housing ratios, different methods of filtration, descriptions of many different fishes that can and can't be kept with sharks/rays, a chapter on captive reproduction for many different species and how to care for the newborns, if necessary- how to force feed, materials suitable for custom tanks, plus so much information (ph, specific gravity, copper sensitivity, feeding habits, acclimation to aquarium, degree of rarity in trade- from exceedingly common to rarely seen, ease of captive care, suitable size tank ex.110 gal or whatever number in liters [from metric to imperial applies to dimensions also], to each species distinctive features) about the individual sharks and rays themselves. Plus so much more. A definite 5!
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SHARKS AND RAYS THAT MAKES them so powerfully attractive and fascinating to us? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elasmobranch aquarium, single clasper, maximum disc width, whiptail stingrays, aquarium sharks, captive sharks, bamboo shark, epaulette sharks, benthic sharks, lesser electric ray, bullhead sharks, active sharks, smoothhound shark, round stingrays, elasmobranch species, many elasmobranchs, aquarium size, bonnethead shark, fine coral sand, swell shark, whitetip reef shark, butterfly ray, requiem sharks, southern stingray, horn shark Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Captive Care, Aquarium Suitability Index, Common Name, Round Stingray, Leopard Shark, Lemon Shark, North American, Horn Shark, Ornate Wobbegong, Southern Stingray, Port Jackson Shark, Tasseled Wobbegong, Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray, Zebra Shark, Gulf of California, Brownbanded Bamboo Shark, Atlantic Stingray, Bonnethead Shark, Gray Smoothhound, Sandtiger Shark, Smallspotted Catshark, Blacktip Reef Shark, Bluntnose Stingray, Coral Catshark, Japanese Wobbegong New!
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SHARKS AND RAYS THAT MAKES them so powerfully attractive and fascinating to us? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elasmobranch aquarium, single clasper, maximum disc width, whiptail stingrays, aquarium sharks, captive sharks, bamboo shark, epaulette sharks, benthic sharks, lesser electric ray, bullhead sharks, active sharks, smoothhound shark, round stingrays, elasmobranch species, many elasmobranchs, aquarium size, bonnethead shark, fine coral sand, swell shark, whitetip reef shark, butterfly ray, requiem sharks, southern stingray, horn shark Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Captive Care, Aquarium Suitability Index, Common Name, Round Stingray, Leopard Shark, Lemon Shark, North American, Horn Shark, Ornate Wobbegong, Southern Stingray, Port Jackson Shark, Tasseled Wobbegong, Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray, Zebra Shark, Gulf of California, Brownbanded Bamboo Shark, Atlantic Stingray, Bonnethead Shark, Gray Smoothhound, Sandtiger Shark, Smallspotted Catshark, Blacktip Reef Shark, Bluntnose Stingray, Coral Catshark, Japanese Wobbegong New!
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