For the beginner goldfish owner or the experienced aquarist, The Goldfish: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet, is the all-in-one answer book. With chapters on everything from setting up your fish's environment to selecting the fish for you to a well-rounded diet to breeding, this book covers it all. Best of all, its practical, easy-to-use information tells you what you need to know so you can spend more time enjoying your fish. Beautiful, professional color photos take you up-close-and-personal into the world of goldfish, showing you the color and form, varieties of fish, excellent aquarium layouts, and signs to recognize if your fish are sick. There's even a chapter on setting up an outdoor pond. For happy, healthy goldfish, look no further than this book for the advice you need.
About the Author
CARLO DE VITO became "hooked" on fish while raising Oscars. He is a writer and an editor.
GREGORY SKOMAL is Marine Fisheries Biologist at Martha's Vineyard Fisheries, Department of Game, in Massachusetts.
Product Details
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Howell Book House; 1 edition (April 4, 1996)
Carlo DeVito is a long time wine lover, and author of books and magazine articles. He is the author of Wineries of the East Coast. He has traveled to wine regions in California, Canada, up and down the east coast, France, Spain and Chile. He was also a publisher at Running Press Book Publishers, where he published books from Wine Spectator, as well as books with Greg Moore (of Moore Bros.), Matt Kramer, Howard Goldberg, and many other wine writers. He is currently VP, Editorial Director of Sterling Epicure where his authors also include Kevin Zraly, Oz Clarke, Tom Stevenson, Terry Walters, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, and the Edible Communities cookbook program.
Mr. DeVito has also been the editor of many successful traditional trade books, including Strange Fruit by David Margolick, On the Shoulders of Giants by Stephen Hawking, and three titles by Malachy McCourt. Other authors include John and Mary Gribbin, Thomas Hoving, Philip Caputo, E. O. Wilson, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., John Edgar Wideman, Stanley Crouch, Dan Rather, Dee Brown, Susie Bright, and Eleanor Clift.
He is also the author of more than 15 books, including his highly acclaimed biographies of D. Wayne Lukas, Wellington Mara, Yogi Berra, and Phil Rizzuto.
He lives with his wife, pet publisher Dominique DeVito, and their two sons, on their farm, the Hudson-Chatham Winery in Ghent, NY.
This review is from: The Goldfish: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)
Aquarium technology has advanced quite a bit since this book was first written, so that portion of the book is only of limited use. However, the information on care and feeding of one's goldfish is excellent. Nonetheless, if you are going to get just one book on goldfish, I recommend The Essential Goldfish, by Maddy Hargrove, which is an updated version of this book..
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3.0 out of 5 starsA good basis for beginners, August 3, 1999
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This review is from: The Goldfish: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)
Having just recently inherited two fancy goldfish (an orange veilteil and a black moor), I realized that what I knew about fish would not fill a shot glass. Not wanting to do these beautiful creatures any harm, I began a frantic search for help. This is one of the books I have found that has been a great help to me--especially in the area of my greatest concern--the health of the animals. It gives a good description of fish diseases, such as symptoms to look for, and prevention and cures. It also has a good section on the different types of goldfish and their particular needs. Most importantly, it is written in a style that the beginner can understand, because I have found some books are written over the heads of beginners. This book assumes nothing, so it is wonderful for those just starting out in this hobby. It is also apparent that the writer has a genuine affection for these creatures, which makes the information all the more meaningful.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 starsA comprehensive guide for the beginning hobbyist, February 24, 1999
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This review is from: The Goldfish: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)
While searching for a comprehensive guide on keeping goldfish, I discovered this book was detailed enough to give a good level of information, but not too overwhelming with irrelevant details. Neither is it too short on any one subject. The chapters include setting up an aquarium (shapes, sizes, filters), descriptions and colors photographs of several varieties of goldfish , how to sex and breed goldfish, best aquarium plants, proper aquarium maintenance, and a guide to diseases and treatments for goldfish. It also has a small chapter on keeping goldfish in a pond. Its only drawback is some of the pictures are not well captioned for the novice reader. This book goes beyond keeping a goldfish in a bowl and advances into an intermediate hobbyist level of goldfish keeping. This book doesn't lose its life after you finish reading it and set up an aquarium; it will become a good reference book to keep on the shelf for quick troubleshooting. The book offers a few pages for personal record keeping also.
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