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Freshwater Stingrays from South America (AQUALOG Special)

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Until Dr. Ross started publishing there was a serious shortage of information available for owners of freshwater stingrays. This book is great! It covers everything from the full grown size of South American rays to care of a ray and care of yourself if you get stung by your ray.

This book also helps dispel the myth that all rays are hard to care for. With clear, concise instructions on what a ray needs to thrive, this book should be the second that any ray enthusiast buys ("Freshwater Stingrays : Everything About Purchase, Care, Feeding, and Aquarium Design" by Ross is the first).

Buy these books BEFORE you buy a ray, if possible. Some rays get fairly big and it's good to know what you are getting yourself into.

As with any Aqualog book this is a must have. I ordered this book as soon as I bought my stingray. If I had not , my ray would have died, as I was given poor information from the fish shop. This book gives much needed details about feeding, disease , tank size etc. Before buying a ray you really need to know what you are getting into. I spend $40 a month to feed one ray and he is quickly outgrowing a 125 gallon tank!
Aqualog books cost more than others but you TRULY get what you pay for.

This book was very educational and helped me with my pet stingray.

All of the Aqualog books are excellent value, although they are not particularly cheap. They are full to the brim with first class colour photographs and to reproduce these in a book is an expensive process. Whether they are about the beautiful Freshwater Stingrays or some other species of fish they are the most comprehensive identification books you can buy. They never become dated because as new fish become available to the aquarist trade the books are updated. There is not a lot of literature on Freshwater Stingrays so this book is invaluable.

They do not deal with the basics of fish keeping, there are many and varied books that do that. They are in the main a fish identification encyclopaedia and not a lot more. But for those aquarists who are particularly interested in a single species they are indispensable.

I love this book. It's colorful and looks good. Information is well presented and it turns out to be a nice read. I read it sometimes while taking dinner.

My only complain is it has 99% the same info found in another book by the same author.