Baensch Aquarium Atlas : Photo Index 1-5 (Hardcover)

by Hans A. Baensch (Author), Gero W. Fischer (Author)

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Product Description
The Baensch Atlases are found in the personal and professsional libraries of aquarium keepers throughout the world. Lavishly illustrated in color with information from leading biologists and aquarium experts, these fact-filled volumes will provide years of inspiration and reference for the diver, reef explorer, and marine aquarist.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1215 pages
• Publisher: Microcosm. (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890087246
• ISBN-13: 978-1890087241
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,412,382 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Baensch Aquarium Atlas Photo Index Vols 1-5, July 8, 2000

By	Julian Dignall (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baensch Aquarium Atlas: Photo Index 1-5 (Paperback)

Stunning. I have never seen so may fish photographs in one book, although information on each species pictured is limited to a few symbols and words, these are functional and in most cases all that is required. Words however are not this books main purpose easy access to visual information is.

For the catfish keeper : 146 catfish pages with usually 6 photograph thumbnails per page = approximately 846 pictures. I didn't count them but I think it's fair to say that's over 500 species all with excellent photographs.

Many rare and unidentified or described species appear alongside aquarium mainstays. This is applicable to all types of freshwater fish which are featured in equal volume.

This book is one big index for the other 5 volumes, but what an index! About 1/3 of the whole book is a common, current and old scientific name index covering all fives volumes and the photo index itself. Now that's useful!

I love this book.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for identification and quick reference., May 5, 2002

By	Robert A. Volkovitsch (Westerville, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

The Baensch Photo Index 1-5 is one of the most recent additions to the fine series of Baensch aquarium books.

Excellent from a technical perspective (a clean, easty-to-follow layout with stunning photography) the book really excells because of the huge amount of information it packs into a small space. It is ideally suited to the task of fish identification, although the sheer number of species listed may make this a daunting task for the beginning hobbist.

Potential buyers should note however that the amount of written information in this book is not as extensive as other volumes. Rather than a deficiency, this has to be viewed as a necessary evil, as the book's aim is to present as much as it can while remaining portable. Even so, the information listed is nothing to scoff at.

This book has become my most used reference source and I highly recommend it to beginner and advanced aquarists alike.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great book, January 18, 2009

By	Rony Vered (ISRAEL-USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Baensch Aquarium Atlas Photo Index 1-5 (New Second Edition) (v. 1-5) (Hardcover)

that book give me a lof of knowledge on my fish and give me idea what to choose to my aquarium