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Wayne's Discus Guidebook

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When I buy a book I expect to read it. It's quite obvious isn't it? And if there is no text or even few lines so it's much more of an album (not a guide) then a book. Wayne's book is an album! Not a book, not even a guide. because there is almost nothing to read. It shows nothing more than the discus collection Wayne has developed. There is nothing the beginner or the experienced aquarist can use and learn from. There are less than 7% pages, more or less, of text and nothing new or useful- nothing! (2 pages of how to recognize male/female, 2-3 pages on disease, 2 pages on treatment, and 2 pages on food! And 1 page on the water chemistry- this information was so basic I was amazed) this book doesn't worth the 30$ I paid. This book can, maybe, help you identify a discus before you buy it (not so sure of it too, because most of the discus this book show are from Wayne is hatchery and some others discuses known in the market) - using the beautiful clear pictures, each spreading on single page, but it says almost nothing about maintenance or anything else. The reviews written on the back cover of this book doesn't reflect the contents of the book at all. I am deeply disappointed I expected much more when I read the reviews and got an album instead.

When I pick-up this book, I couldn't put it down. I was amazed with all the NEW photographs showing off the latest development discus (not copied or copies of old photos shared by other discus books). These beautiful photos really show why I am drawn to the discusfish. I went through the book back-and-forth several times before putting it down. The book begins with the development of the Wattley Turquoise discus to the Blue Diamond and depicts onto the development of the red strains with the development of the Red Spotted Greens to the fully red spotted discus (as noted on the cover of the book). The photos in this book would really captivate all TRUE discus enthusiasts.

The first time I read the book, I thought there were several well-written subjects. After going through the book several times, I, then, noticed that several authors had contributed in writing this Guidebook. Each subject was presented in a format similar to articles. Granted the text in this book accounts for approximately 20% of the 100+ pages, but I picked-up detailed information that I've not read elsewhere. Each article was concise. Since, I did not see the 11 subjects mentioned anywhere, I'll list them: "The Origin of the Wattley's Discus", "The Continual Improvement of the Wattley Turquoise Discus", "The Development of the Blue Diamond Discus", "Discus Selection and Purchase", "Important Techniques for Breeding Discus", "Sexing Discus-Differences Between Males and Females", "Understanding Discus Physiology", "Creating Suitable Water Condition for Discus Breeding", "Disease Recognition, Prevention and Treatment", "Central Filtration for Discus Hatchery" and "Beef Heart Preparation". The (3) US breeders who contributed to this book included: Jack Wattley (I think everyone knows of Jack), Dick Au (a top breeder and Author) and Wilfred Fong (Also, a top US breeder, I believe he's the first breeder who successfully bred batches and batches of Blue Diamond Discus in the USA in the mid 90's). I view this book has something for everyone from beginners to breeders.

With discusfish being one of the more expensive fish to keep, this would definitely be the GUIDEBOOK I'd use time and time again.

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When I pick-up this book, I couldn't put it down. I was amazed with all the NEW photographs (not copies of old photos shared by other discus books), showing off the latest development discus. These beautiful photos really show why I am drawn to the discusfish. I went through the book back-and-forth before putting it down. The book begins with the development of the Wattley Turquoise discus to the Blue Diamond and depicts on to the development of the red strain with the development of the Red Spotted Greens to the fully red spotted discus (as noted on the cover of the book). The photos in this book would really captivate all TRUE discus enthusiasts.

The first time I read the book, I thought there were several well-written subjects. After going through the book several times, I, then, noticed several authors contributed in writing these subjects. Each subject was presented in a format similar to articles. Granted the text in this book accounts for only 25% of the 100+ pages, but I picked-up detailed information that I've not read elsewhere. Each article was concise. The 11 Articles are: "The Origin of the Wattley's Discus", "The Continual Improvement of the Wattley Turquoise Discus", "The Development of the Blue Diamond Discus", "Discus Selection and Purchase", "Important Techniques for Breeding Discus", "Sexing Discus-Differences Between Males and Females", "Understanding Discus Physiology", "Creating Suitable Water Condition for Discus Breeding", "Disease Recognition, Prevention and Treatment", "Central Filtration for Discus Hatchery" and "Beef Heart Preparation". In noting the breeders who contributed to this book, this would included (3) of the top USA breeders: Jack Wattley (I think everyone knows of Jack), Dick Au (top US breeder and Author) and Wilfred Fong (I believe the first breeder who sucessfully bred the Blue Diamond Discus in the USA). I view this book has something for everyone from beginners to breeders.

With discusfish being one of the more expensive fish to keep; this would definitely be the GUIDEBOOK I use time and time again.

This is just an overly prized book with lots of beautiful pictures for kids only. It provides some useful information that scratches the surface only.
Buy it if you're rich & you wanna show your 5 year old boy what is a discus. If you're looking for useful information on good husbandary, wrong choice.