Customer Reviews

Exotic Tropical Fishes

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Has a medium ammount of information about alot of fish. Great place to get the basics about which fish you want to do what whith. Book looks a bit dated, but the information seems about the same.

I recently set up a freshwater aquarium and used this book to identify all of my fishes as well as to identify potential additions; the book contains valuable information regarding habitats, range, water conditions and other useful hints for beginners & experience aquarists alike!

This is an superb book that is well worth it's weight. Although expensive this is a publication which all who are deepley interested in tropical fish must have! This is the type of book that would be used by people in the tropical fish trade as well as the admirer.

Arrived as described and in timely manner. I owned this edition in the past but it was destroyed and I am happy to be back in possesion of a good copy.

Best, quick, easy reference book..this is my second in all these years of fish tanks I wore out my first one.

i love guppies, and theres a great chapter on them i would deffintly recomend this book

Although it's been around for about thirty years, it has been revised and updated. This is an excellent guide for getting a grasp on what those little fish are in the pet shop tank, what they need to eat, what they need in terms of water temperature, pH, hardness and quality, how much space they need, how well they get along with others, and how big they grow. (That cute little fish with "C. managuense" on the front of his tank will get along just *fine* in the 10-gallon tank with your fancy guppies! [NOT!]) There is even rudimentary breeding information for a great many species.

Even for advanced aquarists, there is a ton of useful information here, even though much of it is dated. The looseleaf edition allows for updates.

The only reason this gets 4 stars instead of 5 is that it is somewhat dated. It's still one of the better all-around fish books you can get.

Exotic Tropical Fishes is phenomenal in both covering almost all commercially available (and some not readily available) types of tropical fish as well as providing color pictures and vital stat's on these animals. It was tremendously valuable in helping us to set up our aquarium, stock it with compatible fish, and quickly identify and treat the diseases which occassionally invaded. It is truly ashame that this tome of fish is no longer in print. I highly recommend buying it, even used, over any of the currently available, new books that I have seen on this subject. From experience, I have found that the information in most major pet stores is often incorrect; therefore, we always take this book with us when purchasing fish as it is a staple of any well-informed aquarist.