Exotic Aquarium Fishes

This is a somewhat abbreviated version of the earlier classic reference of the same name.

Good book just to read and extend your knowledge on some more tropical species, their behaviours and so on.Not a massively long book but what it covers it seems to cover off well. I suppose a book that covered every tropical fish would be stupidly large and rather pointless any way.

Expected more from this. Some years ago I had a better volume from the same author. This is more like an abridged version of that and a quick introduction to the subject.

I have the earlier editions from 1962 the 19th and it has lots of black and white but this 21st edition is outstanding and has newer equipment to recommend than back in the 60s. It is smaller but the information is great but again I started years ago with one 10 gal tanks and ended up with 27 tanks and was treting fish for all kinds of desease in my research and i found the book usefull but I wish i could have enter the corrections found from research about fish they say go together (not always the case and found common drugs to treat deseases better than any listed in the books. This is hobby that can get youso involved you cant take a vacation cause you cant take your fish on a lease and walk them and youdont need friends trying to help take care of them while you gone(tried that ,been there, and cost me more dead fish and expense dont even talk about Better to starve fish for a few days than have helpers that dont understand fish . al little food is great but a lot will do better is worse. But i started my grandkids off with this new book and he is going great Just got to keep in their heads that most all fish should go in tanks with all the same size fish and not a great big fiah and little fish. Fish do eat fish, you know . But the book explained it well but their pocket books will teach them a lesson when they dont read. Show me a man who doesnt read and learn and I will show you a crazy man.

Fun older style reference book that has a place in any hobbyist bookshelf, lot's of good pix and info.......