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The Tub Pond Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Patio Ponds, Container Water Gardens, & Taking Your Aquarium Hobby Outside
NEW 3rd EDITION REVISED.2 (March-2023)! With 200+ COLOR photos, detailed instruction & advice, and extensive fish and plant compendiums, The Tub Pond Handbook will inspire and be your primary reference for years to come. The 3rd Edition was re-vamped for better utility and clarity, updated procedures, photos, and tips. This second revision includes even more plants and fishes, new photos, and revised techniques (2 color photos per page on average! Additional reviews for previous editions
The backyard pond, with its tranquility and beauty, is a wish list item for people from all walks of life. But the required space, landscaping, maintenance, and expense drives many away from this dream. The solution is the free-standing container or “tub pond” water garden. Plagued by a black thumb? This is No-Fail Gardening! If you are an aquarist, take your hobby outside to maintain or breed fishes to outstanding color and size with minimal effort. Mechanical filters or pumps optional.
Created by the aquarium hobby's summer tubbing “evangelist” for over 20 years, the critically-acclaimed Tub Pond Handbook is the most comprehensive guide ever produced on the subject. Chapters Working with your location, temperature, and light; Tub selection (from tabletop to 300 gallons); Working with water to create biological balance; Plants for form and function; Fish selection, care, and breeding; Pest control; Timetables, tools, & resources; and two Compendiums with over 60 species of plants and over 30 species of fishes tested by the author as suitable.
ABOUT THE Dr. Ted Coletti is an aquarist, water gardener, writer, and speaker recognized for kicking off the tub pond craze in the USA. A hobbyist for nearly 40 years, he was a Contributing Editor & Columnist at Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine . He is a member of the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society, Founder of the Northeast Fish Tub & Water Garden Study Group, Skylands Aquarium & Water Garden Group, and a Master Breeder and Expert Grower at the North Jersey Aquarium Society. This is his second book..
The backyard pond, with its tranquility and beauty, is a wish list item for people from all walks of life. But the required space, landscaping, maintenance, and expense drives many away from this dream. The solution is the free-standing container or “tub pond” water garden. Plagued by a black thumb? This is No-Fail Gardening! If you are an aquarist, take your hobby outside to maintain or breed fishes to outstanding color and size with minimal effort. Mechanical filters or pumps optional.
Created by the aquarium hobby's summer tubbing “evangelist” for over 20 years, the critically-acclaimed Tub Pond Handbook is the most comprehensive guide ever produced on the subject. Chapters Working with your location, temperature, and light; Tub selection (from tabletop to 300 gallons); Working with water to create biological balance; Plants for form and function; Fish selection, care, and breeding; Pest control; Timetables, tools, & resources; and two Compendiums with over 60 species of plants and over 30 species of fishes tested by the author as suitable.
ABOUT THE Dr. Ted Coletti is an aquarist, water gardener, writer, and speaker recognized for kicking off the tub pond craze in the USA. A hobbyist for nearly 40 years, he was a Contributing Editor & Columnist at Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine . He is a member of the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society, Founder of the Northeast Fish Tub & Water Garden Study Group, Skylands Aquarium & Water Garden Group, and a Master Breeder and Expert Grower at the North Jersey Aquarium Society. This is his second book..
113 pages, Paperback
Published April 7, 2021
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