The 101 Best Tropical Fishes: How to Choose and Keep Hardy, Brilliant, Fascinating Species That Will Thrive in Your Home Aquarium »

Kathleen Wood is a lifelong aquarist, magazine editor, and editor of many leading home aquarists and aquarium writers, including Wayne Leibel, Lee Finley, Robert Fenner, Ad Konigs, Scott W. Michael, Karen Randall, and many others. She resides in Laguna Beach, California.

Whether you are a new or intermediate hobbyist, The 101 Best Tropical Fishes is designed to help you choose the hardiest, most appealing fishes and maintain a healthy, sustainable home system.

The 101 Best Tropical Fishes presents 101 full-page species accounts of fishes that not only have high survival rates in captivity but also are appealing in appearance and behave well in community tanks. Also included are 33 species to avoid-fishes that most commonly wreak havoc in home aquariums because of their size or aggressiveness, or that tend to perish in the hands of inexperienced aquarists. Written by a career aquarium professional with decades of experience keeping freshwater fishes and working with leading aquarium-hobby writers, this title features exclusive tips on the basics of selecting fishes, mixing and matching livestock in aquariums of various sizes, building compatible communities, husbandry basics for each species, and expert tricks for keeping fishes healthy and colorful. The book is organized for instant look-up, with color coding to highlight species that will fit into aquarium systems of different sizes. The brilliant, full-color identifying photos, taken by the world's leading marine fish photographers, serve as the perfect complement to the informative text.

For the most current and fascinating information on keeping tropical fish in a home aquarium, The 101 Best Tropical Fishes offers a durable and easy-to-use resource for encouraging success within the home-aquarium hobby.