The vivid colors and abundant life found under the water's surface is breathtaking. For years, people have struggled to recreate this magnificent environment in exotic home aquariums. Now with today's technology and scientific understanding, creating a thriving freshwater aquarium is easier than ever. In The Complete Book of the Freshwater Aquarium, hundreds of dramatic underwater photographs give you a fish-eye view of hundreds of colorful sea creatures while accessible scientific text explains all about the fragile ecosystem of the underwater life. This book also features a comprehensive guide to setting up your own aquarium, from selecting your equipment and creating the environment, to choosing your fish and invertebrates. Diving into this book is a pleasure, whether you're an advanced aquarist, or a novice just getting into the hobby.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Some good work has gone into the production of this book, and there are plenty of helpful hints for the beginning aquarist, especially on the simple to read section on setting up your aquarium. There is a section on plants as well as a large section on some common fish breeds. However, in order to make the fish and plant sections include more species, the detail becomes a little lacking, so for specifics, get another more specialised book. For generalities, get this one.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I am currently 58 years young and have been into tropical fish ever since I was in the 5th grade. I occasionally purchase tropical fish books, enjoying looking at the various species and reading about them, even though I do not have most of them. I was very delighted with this particular book. Excellent illustrations of many breeds, with some good summary material with each one. Great information for beginners at the front of the book; and a lot of plants covered, with very helpful tips regarding them. Even the illustrations for the plants were excellent! One really gets one's money's worth with this book; it seems that it should cost a lot more than it actually does... a rarity in this day and age! Not a lot of specific information on temperature ranges for each species was provided, but you can easily get that in other books or on the web.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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...for beginners and advanced alike. This book offers basic information on a wide variety of plant and fish species. Even has a small section about mormyrids which are rarely talked about in other books. The photographs are beautiful and very detailed.
Previous poster may do well to actually take a look at the book instead of getting caught up in wording of other reviews.
Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in freshwater aquariums.
Previous poster may do well to actually take a look at the book instead of getting caught up in wording of other reviews.
Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in freshwater aquariums.
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freshwater aquarium
This book is inteneded in my opinion for beginners. It is too generalistic and does not provided with the details of the hobby. Read more
Published 5 months ago by B. Bozhidarov
Great book - quite informative
I did buy this book for my partner who is new to the tropical fish hobby and I'm not ready to put it back on his bookshelf. Read more
Published 13 months ago by T. Vanover
Not so complete.. at all
Really? I have to say I'm a little surprised at the higher ratings this book has received. Where to begin?
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Published 21 months ago by HB
Good reference for fish and plants
I recently purchased this book and I am quite pleased with the visual reference to both tropical freshwater fish and plants. Read more
Published on May 1, 2010 by Boet
Good reading
I liked this book. It helped me in being able to pick out plants and fish for a new tank I am setting up. Read more
Published on March 29, 2010 by Paul Sullivan
Worthy guide
Being new to aquariums and tropical fish, I found this book to be very helpful in all the basics. It is wonderfully illustrated and covers the major points. Read more
Published on December 2, 2009 by Rob Mrowka
Not a single word on "Kinguio" (Carassius Auratus)...
Ok, I live in Brazil. I bought a Freshwater aquarium for my young doughter and this "Complete Book of Freshwater Aquarium..."
This book is a "semi-complete" reference guide. Read more
This book is a "semi-complete" reference guide. Read more
Published on June 14, 2009 by Rubens Escobar Pires Lodi
Excellent book
People rating this book are overly picky and unfair. This is a great book for anyone who needs info on tropical fishkeeping.
Published on May 18, 2009 by twopurringcats
Good photos, good basic info
The best thing about this book is that it does have a lot of content, it covers a lot of fish and plants with photos of almost all common, and some not so common. Read more
Published on December 15, 2008 by I. Stewart
Shaky chemistry
First sentence on Page 31: "Carbon dioxide is the end product of photosynthesis."
The above statement is WRONG; it points 180 degrees away from reality. Read more
The above statement is WRONG; it points 180 degrees away from reality. Read more
Published on December 6, 2007 by R. Boyd
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background body color, tropical freshwater aquarist, peaceful fish that can, large show tank, good community fish, peaceful community fish, black stripe present, other peaceful fish, most aquarium foods, use floating plants, calcium reactor, mature aquarium, community setup, cotton wool disease, adipose fin present, black ocellus, other tank inhabitants, midlateral stripe, caudal peduncle, median fins, community tank, cichlid tank, nasal barbels, ruffled margins, water management and control Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, Southeast Asia, East Africa, Lake Malawi Size, Araceae Range, Alismataceae Range, North America, Lake Tanganyika Size, United States, Western Africa, Central America, African Rift Lake, Brazil Size, Amazon River, Peru Size, Africa Height, Fast Africa, Thailand Size, Central Africa, Scrophulariaceae Range, New Guinea, Acanthaceae Range, Aponogetonaceae Range, Queensland Size, Cameroon Size New!
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- Tropical Fish(oop) by Herbert R. Axelrod in Back Matter
- Aquarium Fishes (The Color Nature Library) by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson on page 54
- The Hamlyn Guide to Shells of the World by A. P. H. Oliver in Back Matter
- Elkhorn Slough (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series) by Mark Silberstein in Back Matter
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