Bettas: A Complete Introduction (Guide to Owning A...) [Paperback]

Walt Maurus (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: TFH Publications (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 086622288X
• ISBN-13: 978-0866222884
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,418,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for non-beginners, October 11, 1999

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Lorika (minneapolis,mn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bettas: A Complete Introduction (Guide to Owning A...) (Paperback)

I found this book easy to understand, but as a beginner with bettas it didn't answer all my questions. It mostly covers aspects of breeding bettas with more general info interspersed. It did make me want to try breeding bettas however! I would suggest another more beginner book if you've never had bettas or are not going to breed them. I can't recommend any though, as this is the only one I have so far. I bought this one at the recommendation of the guy in the fish store.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a disappointment as a "Complete Introduction", March 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bettas: A Complete Introduction (Guide to Owning A...) (Paperback)

Perhaps this book should have been titled My Life Raising Bettas to Sell to Pet Shops. It is more interesting as autobiography than a reference. There are only seven pages of basic betta care. The majority of the chapters are related to breeding and raising bettas for a pet shop market. The section on fin forms and colors and color variations would make a handy basic reference---if it had pictures to illustrate the descriptions. It does have a lot of color pictures and the captions provide some of the most concise and interesting information. If you have an interest in economical fish raising and selling, this book has information for you. Don't buy it as your basic reference, do buy it for the pictures.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have-book for a betta lover!, July 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Bettas: A Complete Introduction (Guide to Owning A...) (Paperback)

This was the first book I purchased on bettas and was a live saver on many occasions. It covers the diseases and prevention for the various betta species using household ingredients which is great. The pictures of the spawnings are beautiful and it is the one book that describes the different color patterns of bettas, so you can tell the difference between a butterfly pattern verse a cambodian. Although it doesn't delve deeply into genetics, it gives a nice overview of the general dominant-recessive characteristics. Easy enough to read for a beginner, and involved enough to peak the interest on an experienced betta breeder.