Majestic Discus (AQUALOG Special) [Hardcover]

Manfred Gobel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 1999

The King of fishes, the living dream of every aquarist. We show you the 48 most beautiful discus on the included poster. The care of these beauties is quite demanding - our specialists tell you how to get along smoothly. The 'true' discus fan should be on the look-out for "AQUALOG South American Cichlids IV" which shows all discus and angels on about 900 brilliant color photos. The fishes featured in this book are not just identified by their name but also code number. AQUALOG has developed an ingenious code number system which labels every known or newly discovered fish (incl. breeding forms etc.)with an individual code number. This number remains, despite any scientific renaming. Moreover, it enables you to communicate internationally about any fish without the danger of confusion regarding local names! If you require complete information on all fishes of this group, you'll find it in our AQUALOG-reference book "South American Cichlids IV"!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Aquaristik - Consulting & Service GmbH; 1 edition (September 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 393170243X
• ISBN-13: 978-3931702434
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,233,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love those beautiful Discus fish, July 14, 2009

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BGroovy2 (Tidewater Va.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Majestic Discus (AQUALOG Special) (Hardcover)

I have been keeping discus fish for about eight years now. It is my recomendation that if you find these fish interesting and are considering keeping some of your own, you want to do as much reading about them as possible as they can be very chalanging!

Aqualog books are an outsatnding investment in your fish keeping library. They are in depth and loaded with great pictures and illustrations.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must, July 8, 2011

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Salvo Franchina - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Majestic Discus (AQUALOG Special) (Hardcover)

All discus lovers, must have some book like this. Most of us love to see, and here you can see and learn from Manfred.

Thank you!

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbeatable Books for the Aquarist, January 22, 2007

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J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Majestic Discus (AQUALOG Special) (Hardcover)

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 L Number now coming into the aquarist trade or in this case arguably the most beautiful freshwater tropical fish species, 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 Discus 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.