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An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish: The Authorative Reference for Fanciers of Exotic...

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I got this book when I first started thiss hobby. It has really helped me learn more. It has common names on every fish that has a common name. I found a few errors (e.g. the scientific name of the clown pleco is wrong). It also has a great index. Before it states the fish by class it gives you the basics of setting up an aquarium. Though I would not reccomend it as a guide for physically setting up the aquarium. It is more of an encyclopedia. Its worth the money.

Jon

I have the most recent version of this book, and I would have to say it is one of the best reference books I have ever red, especially if you are thinking of setting up a new aquarium and don't have a clue what to put in it. It contains basic information about water temperature and chemistry requirements, along with size of the fish and other such basic information and colour photos of each fish mentioned. It is a good book to get a basic idea of the requirements of a certain fish, leaving you to research more detail about a fish elsewhere. If you only buy one such book for your aquarium library this is the book you should purchase.

I wish all fish books were so helpful! 600+ species are listed, and for each you learn natural distribution, temperature, ph & dh, size, food preferences, tank setup, temperament, and breeding. She often tells you what to look for in store specimens -- signs of ill health & such. Oh, and did I mention the color pictures?

This book is great, with pictures and info about every kind of fish I have needed to learn about. It lists these requirements for specific fish: family, common name, scientific name, distribution, size, food, temperature, pH, dH, general info, breeding info, and tank setup. It has excellant pictures as well. There are a few mistakes on the size of fish, but most of everything is excellant. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a beginner at fishkeeping, to see the different kinds of fish, and for the advanced fishkeeper to learn how to keep the fish better, how to breed them, and for ideas of other fish to keep and breed. It even covers saltwater fish as well as freshwater, and has a section in the beginning on basic fish keeping and tank setup. Three words: Buy this book! =)

I don't actually own this book, but borrowed it from the local library. I found it to be an excellent reference to just about any fish I needed to know about. I believe that the beginner in the hobby will find this book a must and the more experience fish keeper invalueable if they wanted to branch out to a breed that they are not familiar with. Definitely worth having on your own bookshelf.

This is one of the better general fish encyclopedias that I have. It covers many species that others don't, and has great basic information on each one.
Great buy for the money.

This is the best book on aquarium fishes I have ever seen. It covers 700 species, each illustrated with a nice color photo. For each species, family name, common name, scientific name, size, distribution, temperature range, pH range, dH range, food preference and a brief description are given. The information given is very accurate. For example, I did not know that the red-tailed sharks are mean when they get old.

Few books mentioned water hardness. This book gives dH value for every species. Only now I understand why swordtails did not live very long in my area.

I highly recommend this book.

This is a great book, but it has alot of mistakes and has a lack of description, otherwise everything is great.