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Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish

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The Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish is an excellent reference tool for aquarists, from novice to veteran. This book contains an invaluable amount of information on an extremely large array of fish species. It is extremely handy in helping you decide on what type of fish to choose when adding new specimens to your aquarium. Everything from compatibility and size requirements to the ease-of-care rating on any particular fish is covered. I especially like how the difficulty of keeping any particular fish is rated on a scale of 1-10, very helpful. Even if you don't own or plan on buying an aquarium, this book will still be very enjoyable. The photography is excellent; every single fish in this book has a detailed photo of it so you can see exactly what it looks like. Overall, EXCELLENT!! You will not be disappointed if you buy this book.

This is a decent aquarium book, well worth getting! A lot of helpful and accurate information regarding various species... and the symbol keys were, for the most part, logical and accurate, providing concise information regarding such things as ease of keeping, compatibility, and size (for both in the wild and in captivity). Excellent photographs throughout; it's a very nice, large hard-cover book.

I don't speak the best english, but I can tell you this book is easy reading and will let you have a great view of what to expect if you want to start your own aquarium. Great book!

This book claims it is an encyclopedia while it is not even close! The book has big picture of any fish that shows in the book, but besides that there is NOTHING more. The major part of the description of the fish is a detailed description of how it looks, Although there is a big and clear picture of the fish! while very little or nothing is said on the caring of the fish; The pH the water should have, the hardness of the water the special cares we the Aquarists must know about in order to breed the fish. The tank mates the fish prefer or not, And many other important facts we the readers expect to find in an "Encyclopedia", this book is not worth to buy! There are books I recommend. I bought a book for marine aquarium fish and I suggest the writer of the so-called "Encyclopedia" will learn and see how a true Encyclopedia looks like. The book is: "Marine Fishes: 500+ Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species (The Pocketexpert Guide Series for Aquarists and Underwater Naturalists" this book is great!. see my review.

This book the worst aquarium books I own. It is not a very good encyclopedia, and I find the whole "ease of keeping" thing rather hard to understand. The information is sometimes incorrect. The only thing that stopped me from giving it one star was its beautiful pictures of fish (although the variatus platy is upside down!). Overall, this is not a very useful book for the aquarium fish hobbyist.