Freshwater aquarium hobbyists will find all the information they need regarding purchasing, feeding, and maintaining this delicately-hued tropical fish. Heavily illustrated with vivid color photos and instructive line art, Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals show and inform pet owners regarding proper care of dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, small caged animals--virtually every creature that is kept as a pet. The books give advice on purchasing and otherwise acquiring a pet, feeding it nutritiously, keeping it in good health, and where applicable, grooming and training it. Each book in this large series is individually written by a specialist, and though the information is authoritative, the text is clear and straightforward, easy for every pet owner to understand.
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Information and advice to help you
care for your Discus Fish
Characteristics of Discus: their origin, anatomy, colorations, life cycle, and more
Expert advice: feeding, health care, breeding, and more
Understanding Discus: maintaining an optimal environment for Discus in your aquarium
Comprehensive information regarding everyday care
Informative checklists and sidebars
Handsome full-color photos
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These delicately-hued tropical fish make interesting and colorful additions to your freshwater aquarium.
Information and advice to help you
care for your Discus Fish
Characteristics of Discus: their origin, anatomy, colorations, life cycle, and more
Expert advice: feeding, health care, breeding, and more
Understanding Discus: maintaining an optimal environment for Discus in your aquarium
[photo caption]
These delicately-hued tropical fish make interesting and colorful additions to your freshwater aquarium.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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Professional Startup Advice on a Budget,
By Tycho2001 (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Discus Fish (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)
When I began fishkeeping, I had a couple of angels and some other small fish like tetra and gourami in a 10 gallon tank. The water was always dirty, the filtration inadequate, and I lost a fish every other week. With the purchase of this book I obtained the information necessary to successfully keep these beautiful fish in my new 55 gallon planted aquarium. The most important lesson in this book is that while so many "experts" insist that discus keeping is difficult, it is really only difficult if you are not willing to put the required work into it. It means doing what you should do when keeping any type of fish. The only difference is that while most fish will survive a lapse in upkeep, discus will become more prone to disease if water conditions are not tended to. The book does a good job of initiating the beginner to the essentials without trying to scare newcomers away from the hobby. It covers every aspect thoroughly from discus background and natural habitat to recommended aquarium size, filtration, water conditioning, planting, breeding and disease diagnosis and treatment. It might be the only book you need, but at the very least it is a great book for beginners. I never bought another book, relying mainly on discus websites and forums and reading Jack Wattley's monthly column in Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine for additional advice. My aquarium sparkles with clean water and healthy fish.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book for the price!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Discus Fish (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)
This is probably the least expensive book available on thesubject of Discus! But it packs lots of useful information about thefish and it's water chemistry! This book contains enough informationto encourage or discourage anyone interested in keeping Discus (It didencourage me). Although this book contains some color pictures, itonly shows few of the many color variations available in the markettoday. If your looking for a book that will introduce you to theworld of Discus keeping then this is it. But if your looking forpictorials of all the variations, then try the Aqualog ReferenceBooks..
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
perfect water chemistry info for discus breeding,
This review is from: Discus Fish (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)
The book has a perfect water chemistry information for discus breeding. Explains the necessary equipments, the medication as well. A must not only for discus breeders but for other fresh water aquarists.
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As serious breeders have worked with these fish, many color forms have been selected and fixed, to the point where, until recently, the original, wild-form fish had almost vanished from the hobby. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
discus aquarium, discus keepers, breeding discus, blue discus, wild discus, planted aquarium, cable heating, frozen bloodworms, undergravel filter, partial water changes, aquarium water, adsorption resins, gill flukes, aquarium plants, heating mat, general hardness, many aquarists, canister filter, chemical filtration, carbonate hardness, biological filtration, water hardness, mechanical filtration New!
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As serious breeders have worked with these fish, many color forms have been selected and fixed, to the point where, until recently, the original, wild-form fish had almost vanished from the hobby. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
discus aquarium, discus keepers, breeding discus, blue discus, wild discus, planted aquarium, cable heating, frozen bloodworms, undergravel filter, partial water changes, aquarium water, adsorption resins, gill flukes, aquarium plants, heating mat, general hardness, many aquarists, canister filter, chemical filtration, carbonate hardness, biological filtration, water hardness, mechanical filtration New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Fish Medicine, 1e by Michael K. Stoskopf DVM PhD in Back Matter
- Aquarium Plants Manual (Complete Pet Owners Manuals) by Ines Scheurmann on page 67
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