Customer Reviews

Lake Malawi Cichlids (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)

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This is THE best little cichlid book for Lake Malawi. But don't let the word little fool you, this book is packed with information on dozens of Lake Malawi cichlids. I especially like that the book breaks down the lake's cichlids into the two main categories of mbuna and Haplochromines. There are over 100 excellent color photos of the most popular species accompanied by descriptions of natural habitat, size, husbandry requirements, diet, and breeding. I always take this book with me when I go to a fish auction or my local aquarium society meeting. There are other books that contain information on more species but none that gives you this much information at such a great price!

Book Lake Malawi Cichlids describes natural habitats of Lake Malawi, different groups of cichlids and gives very good instructions how to set up aquarium that will match fish's natural requirements. It contains beautiful photos (some of them also taken in the nature!) and descriptions of some aquariums cichlids. It contains a lot of information given in very understandable way, I missed that in many other more comprehensive books. I recommend this book to all beginners and also to more advanced aquarists.

Good little book, but some stunning errors in husbandry descriptions which could be a potential disaster for beginning Mbuna keepers. I highly recommend that aquarists look for at least a second opinion before choosing individual species as described in this book.

Basic information - nothing useful for the reasonably well informed novice wishing to advance his/her knowledge base.

After purchasing the book, the behavioral descriptions match the four types of Malawi cichlids I have purchased. So far their temperaments seem compatible just as described in the book.

This little book contains some really great information on Malawi cichlids, and has some really awesome pictures too. I love These great books that do not have a lot of unnecessary info, but covers just enough of some different species in a nicely detailed book.Thanks-Jenny Adkison Hallettsville, Tx

This book has a great overview of how to setup a Malawi Cichlid tank. It also has some specific information about some of the more popular cichlid species. This is a great book for anyone looking to setup a Cichlid tank or for people who would like some more specific information on Malawi Cichlids.