The Manual of Fish Health (Hardcover)

by Chris Andrews (Author), Neville Carrington (Author), Adrian Exell (Author)

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Product Description
A comprehensive guide for fish hobbyists.

A healthy environment is crucial for all aquariums. It is often a challenge to understand what fish need to survive apart from a tank of water and a daily sprinkle of fish food.

The Manual of Fish Health is a fully illustrated and highly informative guide covering: - Maintaining a healthy aquatic environment - Recognizing and coping with pests, diseases, parasites and bacteria - Water chemistry and how to achieve the correct balance for your fish

This book explores vital aspects of health care for all types of fish including freshwater and saltwater, tropical and temperate, and pond and aquarium.

The clear and concise text is abundantly illustrated with underwater photography, charts, and diagrams. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author
Dr. Chris Andrews has a PhD in fish diseases and works at the South Carolina Aquarium. He writes books and magazine articles.

Adrian Exell is a member of several specialist fishkeeping societies and is Developments Manager for a major aquarium products company.

Dr. Neville Carrington specializes in fish diseases and water chemistry. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Voyageur Press (February 20, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564651606
• ISBN-13: 978-1564651600
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #644,061 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very understandable. Excellent presentation of material., March 8, 2000

By	Greg (Virgina Beach) - See all my reviews

I was and am still very pleased with this book and all the methods the authors used to present their information in a meaningful, thorough and understandable manner. I have seen books costing close to $100 with a 'gazillion' pages full of unintellagible giberish, that one would normally need to purchase to obtain the same information you get in this book (at a substantial savings). This books helps to quickly get the reader to a clear understanding using diagrams, graphs, flow charts and photos along with the text written in laymans terms. For example how a tank cycles and what developments occur at what stages, or how to recognize and treat different fish ailments with out having a 'Phd in Fishies'. Higly recommended.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute must have book for the fish keeper!, March 20, 2001

By	Aquaria.Info "Aquaria.Info - Aquarium Fish On... (Aquaria.Info) - See all my reviews

This was one of the first books I bought when I started keeping fish and 12 years later it's still a wonderful book. <P...>This book takes you through how to keep your fish healthy, but more importantly it helps you through the inevitable times when you have sick fish.

With a chapter on recognizing your sick fish, to a chapter on the most common diseases and parasites this book will help you figure out what's wrong with your fish.

Finally there is a chapter on how to treat each type of illness so you don't have to guess on what to do.

This is definitely a book that every fish keeper should have.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you have an aquarium - you MUST HAVE this book!!, April 28, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Manual of Fish Health (Unbound)

Simply put - this is the most benificial book you can get on tropical fishkeeping, both freshwater and marine. Just over 200 pages of full color photos and diagrams, it takes you from the understanding of your pet fish and it's enviroment at a basic level straight to a guide to treating most any pest and disease that can plague your pet. This book will serve you as an excellent reference for your home aquarium. Step by step it will help you to identify those calamadies that can wipe out an entire fish community BEFORE it becomes a problem. The section on water chemistry is invaluable in helping your understanding of your fishes enviroment... I can go on for a long time about this book... but suffice it to say that I have found it invaluable as a reference and I have absolutly no hesitation in not only recommending it - but go so far as in saying that it should be a required book for the aquarist, from beginner to avid veteran alike!! I have been keeping fish now for over 10 years - I still go back to the "manual of fish health" by Dr. Chris Andrews more than any other book in my collection! Bravo on a job well done