Known throughout the world for its beauty and personality, koi is one of the most carefully bred fish species around. Raising koi is especially time-consuming and requires more than just sprinkling little flakes in the fish bowl. But thankfully, you don’t have to be an expert to maintain your own koi pond. 
Koi For Dummies shows you how easy and fun it can be to own and care for these delicate fish. Whether building a pond or aquarium for the indoors or outdoors, this easy-to-understand guide explores all of your options. Clear, concise advice helps you: <ul>
<li>Appreciate your koi’s beauty</li> <li>Build, design, and maintain your koi pond or aquarium</li> <li>Find and select koi and the proper supplies</li> <li>Keep your koi happy and healthy</li> <li>Treat your koi for parasites, bacterial infections, and viruses</li> <li>Breed and care for baby koi</li> <li>Show off your koi to other koi enthusiasts</li> </ul>

Koi For Dummies

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bartlett, R.D.

Bartlett, Patricia

Pets & Animal Care

For Dummies

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These very large lizards require special housing and expert handling. The authors share their expertise on these factors and advise on everyday care. Books in the comprehensive and popular Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series advise on feeding, health care, housing, and all other important aspects of responsible pet ownership. Each title is individually written from first page to last by a pet trainer, veterinarian, or other pet-care specialist. All Complete Pet Owner's Manuals are filled with high-quality photos and instructive line art.

Monitors and Tegus: Everything About Selection, Care, Nutrition, Diseases, Breeding, and Other Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual)

Bartlett, Patricia Pope

B E S Pub Co

Here is detailed information on both land and water species, with specifics on determining sex, life expectancy, housing, feeding, and health care. Books in the comprehensive and popular B.E.S. Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series advise on feeding, health care, housing, and all other important aspects of responsible pet ownership. Each title is individually written from first page to last by a pet trainer, veterinarian, or other pet-care specialist. All Complete Pet Owner's Manuals are filled with high-quality photos and instructive line art.

Turtles and Tortoises

Sourcebooks

These snake-hobbyists' favorites range in color from red through orange, yellow, brown, and gray. All are powerful constrictors, and are commonly found in the Western Hemisphere from southeastern Canada to Central America , as well as in Europe and Asia. This heavily illustrated book avoids technical language while offering sound advice and reliable information to current and soon-to-be pet owners. Written by animal specialists, veterinarians, and trainers, the titles in this series focus on pets of all kinds--different dog and cat breeds, birds, fish, reptiles, small animals, yard animals, and even exotic pets. All Pet Owner's Manuals are filled with high-quality photos and instructive line art.

Corn Snakes & Other Rat Snakes

Terrarium keepers will find advice from two of the country's leading experts on amphibians, their housing, care, and breeding in this helpful title. This book is a title in Barron's extensive line of  Complete Pet Owner's Manuals . Heavily illustrated with color photos and instructive line art, these books present information on housing, feeding, health care, the title animal's traits--and where applicable, on grooming, training, and breeding. Each book is individually written by a trainer, breeder, veterinarian, or other animal specialist. The titles cover virtually all animals that are kept as pets, and include a wide selection of dog and cat breeds, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, small mammals, and even some insects and arachnids.

Frogs, Toads, and Treefrogs: Everything About Selection, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual)

ANOLES BASILISKS and WATER DRAGONS 2ND EDITION

Anoles, Basilisks, and Water Dragons (Complete Pet Owner's Manual)

Terrarium hobbyists will find a wealth of detailed information in this book on the traits and needs of lizard species from A to Z--Anoles to Zonosaurs. Different lizards require different diets and housing environments, and the authors--both widely respected experts on amphibians and reptiles--have the answers to virtually every collector's questions. Filled with color photos, scientifically accurate line art, and a glossary.

Lizard Care from A to Z

Native to Australia, Bearded Dragons are easily tamed and make good pets. This book advises on choosing a healthy specimen, describes available colors, and instructs on caging, feeding, breeding, and health care. Authors R.D. and Patricia Bartlett--widely respected experts on reptiles and amphibians--instruct readers on the animals' anatomies and life cycles, traits, care, and breeding. Titles in Reptile and Amphibian Keeper's Guides series present hobbyists and students of reptiles with vital information and checklists, plus a wealth of informative color photos. The books also list herpetological societies and special interest groups that readers will find helpful as sources of further information.

Bearded Dragons (Reptile and Amphibian Keeper's Guides)

Bartlett, Patricia P.

This book advises on caging, feeding, health, colors, and breeding of Leopard Gockos, native to Pakistan, and Fat-Tailed Geckos, native to Africa, both commonly bred and readily available in the United States. Authors R. D. and Patricia Bartlett--widely respected experts on reptiles and amphibians--instruct readers on the animals' anatomies and life cycles, traits, care, and breeding. Titles in Reptile and Amphibian Keeper's Guides series present hobbyists and students of reptiles with vital information and checklists, plus a wealth of informative color photos. The books also list herpetological societies and special interest groups that readers will find helpful as sources of further information.

Leopard and Fat-Tailed Geckos (Reptile and Amphibian Keeper's Guides)

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