Customer Reviews

A-Z of Tropical Fish Diseases and Health Problems

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This books starts off at the right place, by emphasising the need for good maintenance practices, which in turn lead to healthy fish. The second section details in alphabetical order a list of possible symptoms (eg spots, hollow belly) whilst the final section lists, again in alphabetical order, possible treatments. The book is well organised and very easy to use. The only reason I cannot give it five stars is the paucity of photographs on symptoms.

This book should be required reading for anyone setting up an aquarium for the first time because the author carefully explains how to create the type of environment that will keep your fish healthy.

I needed the book to determine the cause of sickness that was killing my fish. I was able to determine the cause, disease, and solution to my problem in twenty minutes. I learned more about fish and aquariums from this book in one reading than I had picked up from friends and fish store owners in three years.

I highly recommend this book to anyone with an aquarium problem.

I wish that I had this book to read before I started my freshwater tank. It is amazing how difficult it is to find good and reliable source of information. This book covers just about everything. Detail is great - it is very comprehensive about the diseases and treatments, and what's even more important - Causes. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in keeping their fish healthy and stress-free.

This little book is actually a gem. It covers a variety of fish illnesses with an introduction that addresses standard care. Unfortunately, some of the medications that it recommends are difficult to relate to the American market, as it was written in the UK. That, and perhaps the lack of more photographs, are the only two complaints that I have. Overall, I recommend this book for the beginner and the professional!

One of the best books I purchased. Although I really hate to use it (means fish are sick) it is very informative. In fact, I had more information than my local pet store.

Good luck finding some of the cures.... some can be very difficult. Overall great reading!

Is an excellent book for a quick reference and for starting a fish keeper hobby.

This book is filled with basic and practical information on how to keep an aquarium. I found it particularly useful for answering very basic questions such as exactly how do you get a new aquarium to cycle and how do you know when it has completed a cycle. I also found the information extremely easy to follow (good illustrations and diagrams). The one drawback would be in the how to treat diseases section. The book does generally describe basic treatments but isn't detailed enough. For instance, my betta had fin rot and the book listed a saline bath as a possible treament. But there were no instructions on how to make a saline bath. I finally went to the pet shop and the proprietor gave me good instructions.

I ordered this book to help with fish's illnesses diagnosis and to understand them more. I found that after a short getting to understand how the book works, it gives very good information. I have a bunch of books that I use together with the internet for diagnosis. Excellent book and a very fast delivery to Scandinavia!