Tanganyika Cichlids in their natural habitat (Hardcover)

by Ad Konings (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This book catalogues and characterizes all the known cichlid species of the lake on the basis of their distribution, coloration, and habitat preferences. A wealth of information and beautiful photos - collected during several hundred hours underwater oberservion - protray all known Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. More than 920 color photos, most of them never published before!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Hollywood Import & Export Inc.; 1 edition (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966825500
• ISBN-13: 978-0966825503
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #511,335 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, May 30, 2000

By A Customer

This book is for advanced keepers of Tanganyika cichlids. It has the better fish photographs that I ever seen. The information is about the fish behavior in the lake. If you want to know how you must keep this fishes in an aquarium, choose another book. Fantastic.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book about Tanganyikan cichlids, March 20, 2000

By A Customer

This is am outsyanding book about Lake Tanganyika and its cichlids. It is loaded with pictures and information about the all cichlids in the lake, including distribution, feeding habits, breeding behavior and evolutionary speculation. It is not specifically concerned with how to care for these cichlids in the aquarium. However, the information it provides will be invaluable to anyone who maintains these animals (or wants to), and is also very interesting in and of itself.

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK FOR CICHLID ENTHUSIAST , January 6, 2009

By	Alright19 (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This book is a great book to purchase if you or the person you are buying it for are a cichlid lover! The pages are filled with tons of beautiful colored pictures and the text is not for beginners. This book does NOT discuss how to take care of these types of fish in your personal aquarium. But it does discuss the cichlid's natural habitat, diet, how they reproduce, etc. I bought this book for a cichlid enthusiast not knowing exactly what I was getting in regards of text or amount of pictures, and he loved it!