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A Fishkeeper's Guide To Koi
by: James, Barry
Anatomy, pond construction, filters, pump, aeration, buying koi, feeding,
diseases, predators, breeding, showing, varieties of koi. Color photos.
117 pgs.
c. 1985, H/C...$10.95
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A Popular Guide to Garden Ponds
by: Mills, Dick
An invaluable handbook brimming with practical advice on all aspects of
pond design, construction, and maintenance. Also contains sections on
suitable plants and fish. 242 pgs.
c.1992...H/C...$19.95
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A Practical Guide to Creating a Garden Pond & Year-Round Maintenance
by: Graham Quick
An indispensable guide for the first-time pond keeper. Step-by-step photos
guide you through every vital stage of constructing a garden pond, explaining
exactly what materials you will need, how to go about construction, and
how to introduce plants & fish. Covers everything from pond liners & rockwork
to pumps & filters. Also, detailed advice on seasonal maintanence. Color
photos. 77 pgs.
c. 1999...H/C...$9.95
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An Essential Guide to Choosing Your Pond Fish & Aquatic Plants
by: Graham Quick
How to choose fish & plants that will thrive in your pond. From common
gold fish to koi, from plant oxygenators to water lillies. Color photos.
77 pgs.
c. 1999...H/C...$9.95
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Aquarium Fish (Dorling Kindersley)
by: Mills, Dick
Guide to over 500 types of marine & freshwater aquarium fish. Over 700
color photos with precise annotation to make identification sure & simple.
Text pinpoints key characteristics of each specimen. 304 pgs.
c. 1993, S/C...$18.95
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Aquarium Fish Survival Manual
by: Ward, Brian
A comprehensive guide to keeping freshwater & marine fish. How to set-up
& maintain a healthy & attractive aquarium, how to choose fish, how to
treat diseases, decorating the aquarium, choosing plants, how to feed
& breed & care for your fish. Color photos. 176 pgs.
c. 1985, H/C...$19.95
Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Like New
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Brand New Discus
by: Yamada, Hiroshi & Mori, Fumitoshi
Approaches discus keeping & breeding from a completely new point of
view. It tells HOW to do it, not WHAT to do. Chapters cover: the wild
discus, artifical varieties of discus, breeding, diseases & their
cures, the basics of discus keeping, with a special section on professional
breeder's discus breeding methods which covers: secrets of raising young
discus, the secret of breeding is to control water quality, a message
from a Hong Kong breeder Lo Wing Yat, Sunny. Filled with color photos.
224 pgs.
c. 1991, H/C...$29.95
Used, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good
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Cage Aquaculture
by: Beveridge, Malcolm
Cage aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in the world
production of food fishes and ther is a growing awarness that the possibilities
it offers have still to be fully explored. For example, cages can provide
low-cost alernatives to conventional land-based hatcheries or nurseries
and may be employed in culturing even large, fast-swimming, pelagic species
such as tunas. Moreover, they may be used not only for rearing food fishes
but also to help combat eutrophications of lakes. This book is the result
of a number of years of study of the subject by the author who has read
and travelled wildely in carrying out a thorough examination of the techniques
of cage culture in various cage farming industries.B/W photos & illustrations.
351 pgs.
c. 1987, S/C...$26.95
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Catfish Ponds & Lily Pads
by: Louise Riotte
The author of the highly popular gardening book CARROTS LOVE TOMATOES
tells how to site a pond, maintain water quality, and spot and solve common
problems. She also covers selecting and stocking a pond with fish (especially
catfish), along with feeding, catching, and cooking them. Other pond inhabitants,
ducks, frogs, turtles and crawfishare considered. Detailed illustrations
distinguish beneficial aquatic plants from weeds. For fun, Riotte tosses
in old-time fishing lore and fresh fish recipes. 192 pgs.
c.1997...S/C...$12.95
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Commercial Catfish Farming
by: Lee, Jasper S.
Chapters: The catfish industry, determining the nature of catfish farming,
establishing a catfish farm, determining the biology of catfish, constructing
water facilities, securing & manging water, feeding, controlling diseases
of catfish, controlling predators & other pests, selecting & managing
broodfish, producing fry & fingerlings, growing food catfish, harvesting,
holding, grading, hauling, marketing, processing & operating recreational
fishing facilities. With appendices on: length-width chart for channel
catfish, table of equivalents, recipies for preparing catfish, & sources
of assistance with catfish diseases & cultural information. B/W photos
& drawings. 310 pgs.
c. 1981, 2nd Ed, H/C...$22.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good, ex-library, usual library
markings
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Compleat Brown Trout
by: Heacox, Cecil
Everything you would ever need to know about the brown trout. Contents:
First cast, Back cast, Anatomy: Outside, Anatomy: Inside, Senses, Tropisms,
Life Style, On the prodcution line, Food, management, Ecology, Tackle,
Tactics, Last Cast. Illustrated. 182 pgs.
c. 1974, H/C...$15.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Near Mint, no dust jacket
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Complete Book Of Bass Fishing (An Outdoor Life Book)
by: Gresham, Grits
All about the freshwater bass (largemouth, smallmouth, & spotted)
- habits & habitat, reading the water, finding the fish, lunkers,
artificial lures, natural baits, techniques, tackle, cleaning & cooking.
B/W photos. 264 pgs.
c. 1966, H/C...$7.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good with dust jacket, minor
tear on top of dust jacket, pages slightly yellow on edges, no writing,
binding good
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Complete Encyclopedia Of Tropical Fish
by: Verhoef-Verhallen, Esther
How to keep, feed & care for your tropical fish. Setting up your aquarium,
water composition, fish, compatability, care & feeding. A to Z identification
guide for tropical aquarium fish. Color photos. 255 pgs.
c. 1997, H/C...$24.95
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Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance,
and Restoration
by: Matson, Tim
What else but a pond can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure,
offer recreational opportunities, help the environment by providing wildlife
habitat, & increase the value of your land? Tim Matson's classic guide
Earth Ponds, first published in 1982, remains the standard reference for
pond owners and builders. Here is everything you need to know to plan,
dig, sculpt, maintain, & enjoy your pond, & how to to keep it
healthy for years. It presents hundreds of additional tips, techniques,
and resources, including how to plan a pond to attract wildlife; where
to buy equipment & materials; how to build rafts, docks, and gazebos,
& how to deal with common problems like weeds, algae, & crayfish.
B/W photos & illustrations. 150 pgs.
c. 1991, 2nd Ed, Rev, S/C...$18.00
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Farming In Ponds & Dams
by: Romanowski, Nick
A step-by-step guide to Australian freshwater aquaculture, covering everything
from water quality to polyculture, and all of Australia from the tropics
to Tasmania. Includes detailed information on the design and construction
of dams and ponds, biology and ecology for aquaculture, harvesting, transporting
and observing, planning for commercial production and much more. Nick
Romanowski is a zoologist and wetlands consultant with a lifetime interest
in all aspects of aquaculture. 220 pgs.
c.1994...S/C...$24.95
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Fishes (Golden Guide)
by: Zim, Herbert
An intro to the most common fresh & salt-water fishes of North America
c. 1955, Pocket Size, S/C...$3.50
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Fishes Of Missouri
by: Pflieger, William
Published by the Mo Dept of Conservation, Fisheries biologist William
L. Pflieger has revised his definitive book about Missouri's fishes. Accounts
of all species found in Missouri. Their distribution, habitat, ways of
life and importance to humans are just a few of the topics covered in
this book. Photos, drawings and distribution maps will help in learning
about Missouri's fishes. Maps, illustrations, B/W photos & color photos.
343 pgs.
c. 1975, Revised 1991, S/C...$35.00
Used, This Edition Out-Of-Print, Quantities
Limited
Condition: Like New
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Garden Pond: An Onwer's Guide To
by: Cnrad, Roseanne D.
Choosing a site for a pond, installing a pond, aquatic plants, ornamental
pond fish, frogs & other inhabitants, creating a balanced ecosystem, general
care & maintenence of your pond, keeping fish & plants healthy, seasonal
care of the pond. Color photos. 126 pgs.
c. 1998, H/C...$12.95
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Garden Ponds: A Quarterly
Edited
Maintence, construction, fish, plants, setting & design, surroundings.
c.1996...Magazine...$9.95
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Hermit Crabs
by: Pronek, Neal
All the information you will ever need: introduction, land hermit crabs
in general, selecting your equipment, selecting your crabs, setting up the
tank, feeding, handling, diseases & ailments. 31 full color photos &
29 B/W photos. 95 pgs.
c. 1982, H/C...$9.95
Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: new
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Hermit Crabs As Pets
by: Scermino, Daniele
Practical Guide to Hermit Crabs as pets.
Booklet...$5.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good - like new
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How To Build Ponds & Waterfalls And Much More
by: Reid, Jeffrey
In an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand format, this book shows readers
how to build ponds and waterfalls, as well as providing information about
Koi fish, submersible pumps, water lilies, water features, water garden
designs, UV lights, rock placement, filter systems, pond fish, marginal
plants, preformed ponds, excavating, pond liners, plumbing, and landscaping.
80 pgs.
c.1997...S/C...$14.95
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How To Rig & Fish Natural Baits (An Outdoor Life Book)
by: Dalrymple, Byron
Starting off with equipment, the author explains the purpose of the basic
types of hooks, sinkers, floats, swivels, snaps, leaders & spinners.
He then shows how to combine this equipment into rigs for every situation
in fresh & salt water. Illustarted instructions show how to make feshwater
float & sinker rigs, dropper rigs, spreader rigs, slipsinker rigs,
salmon-egg rigs, & many more. For saltwater there are popping cork
rigs, submerged bait rigs, fish-finder rigs, double level rigs & many
others. It also describes all the baits for fresh & salt water &
tells you when, where & how to use them. Illustrated with crystal-clear
line drawings. 165 pgs.
c. 1976, S/C...$12.50
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Condition: Like New
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Keeping Koi
by: Cooper Wisner, Nancy
This superbly practical and colorful book provides the reader with a comprehensive
guide to setting up and stocking a pond for koi...and maintaining the
outdoor pond throughout the four seasons of the year...a comprehensive
overview covering the design and implementation stages of pond installation...the
use of ultraviolet sterilizers and selecting the koi. 128 pgs.
c.1996...H/C...$19.95
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Keeping Seahorses
by: Straughan, Robert
Published by TFH. Contents: Introduction to Sea Horses; Preparing sea horse
stables; Feeding sea ponies; Keeping large sea horses; Car of baby ponies;
Keeping dwarf ponies healthy; Sea stable playmates; Mementos from the sea
horse. B/W photos. 32 pgs.
c. 1961, booklet...$1.95
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Land Hermit Crabs
by: Nash, Paul J
General information on hermit crabs; feeding, housing, environment, shell,
and handling.
c. 1976, Booklet...$3.95
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Management Of Small Lakes & Ponds In Illinios
by: Illinois Dept of Conservation
The purpose of this booklet is to inform the public on the proper management
of ponds, lakes & impoundments. Chapters cover: The pond itself, fish
stocking, when & how to fish, managing the pond, correcting poor fishing,
pond problems, fish diseases, fish life histories, cooking your catch, using
the little pond, fish fact & fallacies & Division of Fisheries Offices.
Illustrations. 72 pgs.
c. 1995, 2nd Ed, S/C...$7.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good
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Marine Aquarium Keeping: The Science, Animals
& Art
by: Spotte, Stephen
Setting up of the aquarium, filtration, ph and salt content, testing and
troubleshooting, maintenance, which animals?, new arrivals, nutrition and
feeding, infections and infestations, decorating. 171 pages. Color and B/W
photos
c. 1973, H/C, (Regular Price $22.50)...$12.50
Used
Condition: Very Good
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More About the Black Bass
by: Henshall, James A.
This is a reprint of the Robert Clarke 1889 edition. Part first covers Terminology,
morphology, and physiology. Part 2 covers Tools, tackle, and implements.
Part 3 covers angling and fly-fishing. Fine detailed illustrations throughout.
204 pgs.
c. 1889,1989 Reprint, H/C...$12.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Near Mint
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Nishikigoi (Fancy Koi)
by: Tamaki, Takehiko
Construction and maintaining ponds, handling. Many color photographs. 110
pgs.
c. 1974, H/C...$35.00
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Nishikigoi (Fancy Koi)
by: Tamaki, Takehiko
Construction and maintaining ponds, handling. Many color photographs. 110
pgs.
c. 1974, S/C...$35.00
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Ocean Life: Beneath The Crystal Seas
by: Cox, Vic
With over 240 color photographs, explores fascinating world under water.
c.1992...H/C...$25.00
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Ocean Reef (VHS Video)
A breathtaking adventure beneath the ocean, explore undersea paradise.
c.1990...Video, VHS 30 min...$19.95
On Sale $13.95
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Old Fishing Tackle (A Shire Book)
by: Dowden, Nigel
The fishing rod, reel, line, hook, bait, accessories. B/W photos & illustrations.
32 pgs.
c. 1995, Booklet #315...$7.95
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Perfect Pond Recipe Book
by: May, Peter
Easy-to-follow pictorial handbook, formal garden, natural pond, fish pond.
32 pgs.
c.1995...H/C...$15.95
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Pond Doctor
by: Nash, Helen
Everything one needs to know about a water garden is here: selecting a
site, construction, building a waterfall, safety and water-quality tips,
pumps and filtration, prevention of algae, and cleaning and maintaining
a pond. This practical guide is illustrated throughout with color photographs.
160 pgs.
c.1994...S/C...$17.95
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Pond Life (Golden Guide)
by: Reid, George
This guide describes and illustrates, in full color, the plants and animals
that live in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and wetlands. It includes
surface-dwelling creatures as well as those of open water, the bottom,
and the shore and tells how various animals and plants live together in
a community.
c. 1987, Pocket-size, S/C...$3.95
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Practical Fish Pond Management
by: Weitman, Mary Elizabeth
Planning a fish pond, water quality, stocking with fish, feeding fish,
when to fish your pond, analysis of fish pond populations, causes of unsuccessful
stocking, fish mortality, oxygen depletion, diseases & parasites,
chemicls, weed control, Recipies for fish cookery. B/W photos. 73 pgs.
c. 1975, H/C...$15.00
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Proper Care & Maintenance Of Hermit Crabs (Zoo Med)
by: Klavir, Josh
Contents: Bio of a hermit crab, selecting a healthy crab, diet, habitat,
creating the environment, behavior, handling, & includes a maintenance
checklist & a shopping list. B/W photos. 21 pgs.
c. 2001, Booklet...$3.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good
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Raising Healthy Fish
by: Members of the Aquatic Task Force of Mississippi State University
Intro to aquaculture, water quality, facilities, aquaculture systems,
production mangement, fish health management, economics, farm location.
Line drawings, charts & tables. 104 pgs.
S/C...Revised Ed...$12.95
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Seahorses: Conservation & Care
by: Garrick-Maidment, Neil
Setting up tank, feeding, breeding, health, breakdown of different species.
48 pgs.
c. 1997, H/C...$19.95
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Simon & Schuster's Guide To Saltwater Fish & Fishing
by: Mojetta, Angelo
Identification & information guide of more than 150 species of saltwater
fish. Covers each species habitat, behavior & distribution all in full
color photographs, along with info on angling techniques, fishing equipment
and fishable species. 255 pgs.
c. 1992, S/C...$16.00
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Tetra Encyclopedia Of Koi
by: McDowall, Anne
History, anatomy, pond construction, feed, care, breed, show, health,
variety.
c.1989...H/C...$31.95
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Water In The Garden
by: Allison, James
Encompassing every aspect of water in the garden, this beautiful-but eminently
practical-book is full of ideas for incorporating water into a garden
design. Ponds, watercourses, waterfalls, fountains, and small water features-from
pebble fountains to troughs-are illustrated with inspiring photographs,
and their construction explained in detailed text and, where applicable,
step-by-step diagrams. This book has 160 pages and is profusely illustrated.
c.1991...H/C...$31.95
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Water Plants For Missouri Ponds
by: Whitley, James
Identification, unique features, values & uses, non-chemical control.
This is a must-read for pond owners who want to enhance their ponds. Includes
interesting descriptions and line drawings of 68 aquatic and shoreline
plant species found in Missouri, along with 58 color photos. A "Suitability
for Ponds" section helps pond owners select appropriate plants, as
well as control problem plants. 151 pgs.
c. 1990, S/C...$10.00
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Condition: Very Good
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