A guide to keeping goldfish with information about the many available varieties, their care and feeding, diseases, and how to set up and maintain the aquariums in which they will make their home.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A helpful guide, but not comprehensive,
This review is from: The Guide to Owning Goldfish (Paperback)
Of what this guide to goldfish contains, it does a good job, but it is not thorough enough to be considered comprehensive. Examples of what the book discusses are natural history, equipment, filtration (including the important nitrogen cycle), water quality, feeding, diseases, and varieties of goldfish. There are brief sections on pondkeeping and breeding. The color photographs of the different types of goldfish are interesting. Surprisingly, this guide does not contain any information on the selection of live or artificial plants. Even though the information in this book is helpful, the lack of comprehensiveness is disappointing. Actually, I rate this guide 2.5 stars.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Once You Get Started You're Easily Hooked",
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This review is from: The Guide to Owning Goldfish (Paperback)
An overview of goldfish and their needs for beginners, Spencer Glass' slim volume is written in a relaxed and sometimes amusing style, and gives one some of the basics for keeping goldfish healthy and happy. Though not a thorough guidebook, it is better than some other books I've seen, and has enough information to get one going and not make mistakes that could harm or kill your fish. As he states in the introduction, "The purpose of this book is not to turn you into a goldfish expert," but give one a start, and as a primer, it is quite good.
Mr. Glass briefly describes 1: Natural History, and how goldfish became goldfish. 2: Keeping Goldfish, with all the proper and necessary equipment. 3: Water Quality and "new tank syndrome." 4: Feeding, and the dangers of overfeeding. 5: Goldfish Diseases, and the dreaded Ichthyophthirius. 6: Pondkeeping, with 2 photos of huge koi. 7: Varieties of Goldfish, with many nice photos, and 8, a short half page on breeding, which of course, if you intended to do, would take a lot more information. Like many before me have, I started out foolishly buying a gallon-sized bowl, and placing 4 tiny comet goldfish in it. 3 of them almost immediately went to fish heaven, and the fourth stayed at the bottom of the bowl, hardly moving. With the help of this book and some internet surfing, I have learned a lot in a short time, and that one surviving goldfish is now twice the size, a delight to watch, in a good sized tank with proper water conditions, and with a pretty companion fantail. Goldfish are intelligent creatures, and can be lively, aesthetically pleasing additions to the family and home.
4.0 out of 5 stars
good book, easy to use,
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This review is from: The Guide to Owning Goldfish (Paperback)
this book was very helpful. Easy to find what you need to know, good photos. Extremely practical for goldfish owners or wannabes
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All of the varieties of goldfish we see today are a result of mutation after mutation of wild carp originating from areas of eastern Asia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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All of the varieties of goldfish we see today are a result of mutation after mutation of wild carp originating from areas of eastern Asia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
keeping goldfish, coldwater fish Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Moor New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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