Book Details:

Clownfishes by Joyce Wilkerson

Perhaps the most endearing of all reef creatures, the droll and exotically pigmented clownfish is a favorite of marine aquarists, divers, and amateur naturalists the world over. Now, one of the pioneers in the captive breeding of clownfishes in home aquariums has written the first popular handbook on the husbandry of these fascinating marine species.

Chapters include:

Clownfishes in the Wild
Fish & Anemone Species Identification Guides
Selecting Breeding Stock
Orchestrating the Spawn
Propagation as a Cottage Industry
Anemone Ecology and Preservation

Joyce Wilkerson is director of operations for The Breeder's Registry, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to collecting and disseminating information on the reproduction of marine aquarium species. She is a professional engineer, lives in Virginia, and has raised seven species of clownfishes

This book covers all manner of topics related to the captive care and breeding of clownfish (anemonefish). It talks about tank setup, species identification and pairing, and raising the fry to adulthood. It also covers, at a superficial level, host anemones and the species-to-species suitability between clownfish and anemone host. It is a good book and easy to read is you are ready to learn more specifics about what could be the most interesting fish in the hobby.

Full Photographs throughout
208 pages
81/2 x 91/4
softcover