Caring For Betta Fish [Paperback]

Marcus Song (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 16, 2006

You saved your Betta's life from the pet store. Now learn how to make your Betta into the most comfortable, safe, and cared-for fish in the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 78 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (May 16, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411693655
• ISBN-13: 978-1411693654
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on bettas hands down, June 17, 2006

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Linda Stevens - See all my reviews

This review is from: Caring For Betta Fish (Paperback)

Caring for Betta Fish by Marcus Song is thorough and complete, and I couldn't imagine owning Rufus, my betta fish, without it. I'd gone to the pet store and bought all the betta books they had there, but they weren't up to date with alot of their information, and they weren't all-inclusive and step by step. Nor did they help with the specific problem I was having.

My problem was that Rufus looked bloated was floating on his side at teh top of the water. I was upset and agonized over what to do. I went on a spending spree buying all the betta books I could find. Finally I got Caring for Betta Fish and found out that Rufus was constipated, and that bettas can easily become constipated from feeding them too much. The solution was to give Rufus a cooked pea with the outer skin removed, which acts as a natural laxative for bettas. So I gave Rufus that remedy, and he felt completely better again, as did I!

Thanks to Mr. Song's book, I have also moved Rufus into a larger tank. Mr. Song recommends 10 gallons per fish, and since I put him into a new 10-gallon aquarium, Rufus has been much livelier and even has been dancing and frolicking in his water.

This book is A+ and 5 stars all the way!!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars caring for bettas review, July 2, 2006

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Matthew Pooley (berkshire, england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caring For Betta Fish (Paperback)

this book is the best book that i have found of it kind. the book is very detailed and tells you what you want to know in stright forward terms and in detail without going over and confusing you.
this book i did not put down untill i had read it from cover to cover and it is a very good refrance book which you will go back to again and again.
To me this is the only book that i would recomend to other betta lovers or people that want to start in the betta hobby and are afraird to because of what people have said about bettas.
with this book if something did go wrong with your betta you would be able to find out were you went wrong and sort it out quickly. this book is a BIG must for any betta lover.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great information and worth the price, August 14, 2006

By 

Mark Johnson (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Caring For Betta Fish (Paperback)

I respectfully disagree with another of the reviewers. With the way my betta practically dances in his tank, 'Caring for Betta Fish' is easily worth 10 times what it costs. However, if you're strapped for cash, you can probably find most of the info for free through extensive internet research. It all really comes down to how much your time is worth. You can spend 100 hours of web research, or you can get this book for $25 and read it in 1 hour. I know I was a complete beginner when I first got my betta fish and then got Marcus Song's book, and now I have a confident grasp of how to take good care of my little guy.