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Title: Complete Aquarium by Peter W. Scott ISBN: 0-7894-0013-8 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (20 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I Should have saved my money
Comment: This wasnt the type of book for a newbie if you just wanted to know about fish. This is more of a HOW TO book for setting up different types of tanks. I guess it would be a great book if you were really deep into fish other than just wanting a nice community tank that looks nice and the fish wont eat each other.
Rating: 3
Summary: Too much on set up
Comment: This book has good information on setting up a tank. It gives detailed information on fish and plants and how to set up different environments. However, for other things (i.e., illnesses, babies, etc.) we have needed another book for more information.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good info on themed tanks , maybe not so good for beginners
Comment: This book does a great job of showing how to build different types of "themed" aquariums, be it a West African Floodplain Swamp or a Hawaiian Coral Reef. While these types of tanks are extremely beautiful in each of their own ways, I think that such projects are best left to more advanced aquarists and not beginners. I base this on a few reasons. For starters, many of the resources required to build these tanks are not common, and may require a lot of searching to scrounge up the necessary material (specific wood, substrate, plants, etc), basically a lot of things mentioned in this book I have never seen in any retail fish stores. Secondly, many of the themed tanks combine fish that are not suitable for a starting aquarist, who is not acclimated to the needs and wants of our fishy friends. I think
anyone who has maintained an aquarium and is reading this can recall mistakes that they made early on.
The "Complete Aquarium" does contain information on a community tank, which is fine for a beginner, but this occupies a small portion of the book comparatively.
Criticism aside, there are many good looking, full-color pictures and backgrounds on specific fish used in each tank project. There is also a chapter in the beginning of the book dedicated to the natural fish habitats and anatomy. If anything it is a nice book to have around if you ever want to undertake any of the "project" aquariums listed, or to read up on some of the natural habitats where aquarium fish come from.
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Title: Dr. Axelrod's Mini-Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes by Herbert, Dr. Axelrod, Herbert R. Axelrod, Cliff W. Emmens, Warren E. Burgess ISBN: 0866223851 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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Title: Aquarium Owner's Guide: The Complete Illustrated Guide To The Home Aquarium by Gina Sandford ISBN: 0789446146 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: 101 Essential Tips: Aquarium Fish by Dick Mills, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown ISBN: 0789410745 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.00 |
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Title: Aquarium Plants Manual: Expert Advice on Selection, Planting, Care, and Propagation by Ines Scheurmann, Dennis W. Stevenson ISBN: 0812016874 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Simple Guide to Fresh Water Aquariums by David E. Boruchowitz ISBN: 0793821010 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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