books on fish

[shekes]

This thread is for discussion on books that deal with anything related to fish, fishkeeping, making of tanks, filters, amphibian keeping etc.

Many of us are new to fishkeeping and learning fast is a necessity. A search on this topic on mfk produced nothing.
For now the following books are listed in my cart at amazon.com :

- Dr. Axelrod's Mini-Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes
- Aquarium Fishes of the World - Herbert Axelrod; Hardcover

There are very few reviews on these books at the amazon.com, and these few aren't very conclusive.

I am asking everybody to name whatever books they've read; and provide short evaluation.

 

[Fish_are_fishfood]

* DK Encyclopedia of Aquarium & Pond Fish
--David Alderton

This is a huge 400 page book that includes everything. It has how to set up tanks, what type of tanks there are and the responsibility of each tank. They show how to buy and introduce fish. It also has tons of clear pictures as well as descriptions to help guide you thru whatever it is. They tell how to feed the fish, health problems, treating illness, breeding, reproduction, ligthing, filtration, food, plants of marine and freshwater fish. They have hundreds of fish bios, which have pics, origins, size, diet, water conditions, and agression meter, for every fish. They also cover invertabrates marine and fresh, along with plants marine and fresh. They also have a section on ponds, the set up, fish, plants, care. This is a huge book that covers everything you need to know about the fish before you buy it, along with tank care. Highly recomended.

 

[Corydoras]

I read and own a book by Peter Hiscock titled "The Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants" published by Barron. The book is highly illustrated with colorful pictures and valuable information on the various types of aquarium plants available to the hobby (or in the market). Methods on maintaining a planted aquarium are discussed. In addition to the pictures of the plants provided, the book also classifies the names of the plants into alphabetical order (A to Z); which delivers the convenience for the readers who want fast access to the information they want. This is definitely a good reference book for an aquarist who likes or keeps planted aquarium.

 

[sandtiger]

Stephan Reebs, Fish Behavior in the Aquarium and in the Wild.
George Barlow, Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment of Evolution
Bond, Fish Biology
C Lavett Smith, Inland Fishes of NY State.

 

[redtailfool]

Check out this thread also...

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2508&highlight=books

 

[shekes]

My Books

Bichir Books
Jurassic FIsh
Aqualog olypterus

Cichlid Books
Introduction to the Cichlids /goldstein

Killifish Books
Killifish/Hellner

General Aqutic books
Baensch Aquarium Atlas Vol.1,2,3 and 4
Handbook of Tropical fish/axlerod & schultz
Guide to Freshwater and marine aquarium Fish / Simon & Shuster
The Biotope Aquarium /Stawikowski
Aquarium Science and Technique/Ostermoller
Aquarium Decorating and Planning/Weigel
Aquarium Filtration/Stratton
Fish behavior/Reebs
The Manual of Tankbusters/Sanford and Crow
Aquariology Master volume/Gratzek

Plant Books
Aquarium Plants /Brunner
Encyclopedia of Water Plants /Stodola
Aquarium Plants Manual/Scheurmann
Water Plants in the Aquarium Scheurmann, Ines
The Complete Book of Aquarium Plants/ Allgayer, R., and Teton, J.
Aquarium plants/Kasselmann
Ecology of the Planted Aquarium/Walstad

Disease Books
Diseases of Aquarium Fish /Goldstein
A Commonsense Guide To Fish Health/Terry Fairfield/BARRONS
Manual of Fish health/Anderews,Exell & Carrington
Handbook of Fish Disease/Untergasser

monthly mags
Tropical Fish Keeping
Aquarium fish
FAMA

mag websites
Practical fishkeeping.com

WOW ! I'll beblondie!
but no comments

Could some be bad?

 

[redtailfool]

LOL now thats someone into fish. Ive probably read about 1/4 to 1/2 of the list.

 

[I3u11he4d]

TRopical Fishlopaedia - a complete guide to fish care ,a 352 pg book that covers 3 major sections:
1. Fish managment-classification of fish families
choosing and buying fish
main family descriptions
natural behavior
behavioural problems
transportating of fish
nutrition
breeding
showing
2.aquarium managment- decor
light
equipment
setting up
maintenance
aquarium crisis
3. fish health and illness-anatomy and pysiology
healthy appearance and behaviour
disease prevention
signs of illness
disease affecting tropical aquarium fish
aquarium pests
professional services
euthanasia
health and safety
disease treatment
this not buy any means the only book youll ever need but it is definitly one to have,if not for the disease section alone.its fairly short and to the point.written by Mary Bailey and Peter Burgess.ope this is helpfull

 

[beblondie]

off my list of books the ones I'd recomend
Baensch Aquarium Atlas Vol.1 the rest are optional this voulme covers 99% of general aquarium topics including plants and disease basicly if you need 1 book this is the one

Aquarium plants/Kasselmann if your into plants this is a good one

disease books
A Commonsense Guide To Fish Health/Terry Fairfield/BARRONS
Manual of Fish health/Anderews,Exell & Carrington
Either of these are excellent
if you like flow charts and being confused Handbook of Fish Disease/Untergasser