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Keeping an Aquarium of Freshwater or Saltwater fish can be a wonderful relaxing hobby. There are so many different kinds of fish that can be kept. Their are so many beautiful, and not so beautiful fish, that are available. Well designed and maintained aquariums are beautiful and easy to care for. Along with their beauty they have a relaxing affect on your home.

There are lots of Online Resources for help with keeping an aquarium. I have included some of them here on this page. Compuserve also has an excellent forum called Aquarium/Fish (GO FISHNET). Along with the online resources there are Aquarium Societies that you will find helpful. Books and magazines are also a wonderful resource for learning about keeping your aquarium and learning more about fish keeping. Please, look at the books that I have recommended.

If you don't think keeping an aquarium is for you. You might consider some other kind of pet. Maybe a Cat, Dog, Bird, Horse, Snake, turtle or even a pot bellied pig. I have included some information about online resources, including Compuserve Forums, and books to help you along with keeping a pet.

• Public transportation information on the MBTA (Search on "Aquarium")
• Area maps to the New England Aquarium (53K)

• Natural Reef Aquarium by John H. Tullock Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms Hardcover [Buy It] Paperback [Buy It]
• Aquarium Corals: An Illustrated HandBook for the Reef Aquarist, by Eric Borneman Hardcover [Buy It]
• Clownfishes: A Guide to Their Captive Care, Breeding and Natural History, by Joyce D. Wilkerson
  Paperback [Buy It]
• Aquarium Sharks and Rays: An Essential Guide to Their Selection, Keeping and Natural History, by Scott W. Michael Hardcover [Buy It]
• Baensch Aquarium Atlas Series
  • Baensch Aquarium Atlas Volume 1: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Freshwater Hobbyists, by Dr Rudiger Riehl and Hans A. Baensch Hardcover [Buy It] Paperback [Buy It]
  • Baensch Aquarium Atlas Volume 2 (Freshwater): A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Freshwater Hobbyists, by Dr Rudiger Riehl and Hans A. Baensch Hardcover [Buy It] Paperback [Buy It]
  • Baensch Aquarium Atlas Volume 3 (Saltwater): A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists, by Dr Rudiger Riehl and Hans A. Baensch Hardcover [Buy It] Paperback [Buy It]
  • Baensch Marine Atlas Volume 1: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists, by Hans A. Baensch and Helmut Debelius Hardcover [Buy It] Paperback [Buy It]
  • Baensch Marine Atlas Volume 2: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists, by Dr. Harry Erhardt and Dr. Horst Moosleitner <<New!>> Hardcover [Buy It] Paperback [Buy It]
  • Baensch Marine Atlas Volume 3: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists, by Dr. Harry Erhardt and Dr. Horst Moosleitner <<New!>> Hardcover [Buy It] Paperback [Buy It]
• The Conscientious Marine Aquarist: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists, by Robert M. Fenner Hardcover [Buy It] Paperback [Buy It]
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Setting Up a Freshwater Aquarium (Complete Idiot's Guide Series), by Mike Wickham Paperback [Buy It]

• Guinea Pigs for those who Care, Good basic introductory book about Guinea Pigs, T.F.H. Publications, Inc [Buy It]
• Guinea Pigs A Complete Pet Owner's Manual, This book contains more information and details about Guinea Pigs, by Katrin Behrend [Buy It]
• The Guinea Pig : An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Owner's Guide to a Happy, Healthy Pet), by Audrey Pavia [Buy It]

  FINALLY!!! A book devoted to the joys of pet guinea pigs--not breeding fuzz factories, not commercial commodities, but COMPANIONS! Proves guinea pigs are playful and fun--they don't just sit there. A joy to read--especially for those of us who remember Audrey when she was the editor of Horse Illustrated. Engaging, informative, helpful text written by a true lover of animals. The illustrations are also lavish, helpful, at times hysterical and heavy on cute. Also has a big listing of books, clubs and a tiny website listing--still, very accurate. The only quibbles are that housing piggies outdoors is information grudgingly given as Audrey advocates keeping them indoors. No information about pregnancy and raising young is to be found, as she advocates letting breeders do that. However, so many people find that their new piggie just happens to be pregnant, not due to any planned breeding, that this information is needed for those caring piggy slaves who have no idea what to expect. Still, quibbles aside, a must have book for those who love guinea pigs. Review written by Amazon.com Customer renas@ptd.net from Lancaster PA.

• The Guinea Pig : How to Care for Them, Feed Them, and Understand Them (Family Pet Series), by Katrin Behrend, Karin Skogstad (Photographer), Renate Holzner (Illustrator) [Buy It]
• I Love Guinea Pigs (Read and Wonder), by Dick King-Smith, Anita Jeram (Illustrator) (Reading Level: Ages 4-8) [Buy It]
• Guide to Owning a Guinea Pig : Housing, Feeding, Breeding, Exhibition, Health Care (Re Series), by Graham J. Edsel [Buy It]
• Anatomy of the Guinea Pig, by Gale Cooper, Alan L. Schiller, Hardcover and technically oriented [Buy It]