Goong to pick up konings books next. How did you like cichlids of noth and central America by conkel ?
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Conkels book, is a good picture book with basic species and geographic info.
I think my favorite book about cichlids is The Cichlid Fishes - Natures Grand Experiment in Evolution, by George W Barlow.
Although it has has a few photos(it is not a photo/picture book), information is key, it is one of the most concise books out there on why cichlids do what they do, are the way they are, be it aggression, breeding and sexual strategy, feeding, and inter-species "communication".
There are chapters about
Cichlid Speak
Plastic Sex
Beauty is only skin deep
And although Dr Barlow was one of the leading researchers in anything cichlid, the book is easy to read and entertaining.
I think my favorite book about cichlids is The Cichlid Fishes - Natures Grand Experiment in Evolution, by George W Barlow.
Although it has has a few photos(it is not a photo/picture book), information is key, it is one of the most concise books out there on why cichlids do what they do, are the way they are, be it aggression, breeding and sexual strategy, feeding, and inter-species "communication".
There are chapters about
Cichlid Speak
Plastic Sex
Beauty is only skin deep
And although Dr Barlow was one of the leading researchers in anything cichlid, the book is easy to read and entertaining.
I read the Conkel and Konings books on Central Americans years ago and didn't care for them, especially Conkels book. I tend to not like the older TFH books anyway - even when they were new.
The black spined books with white lettering I show below (The Cichlid Aq, Large Cichlids, Dwarf Cichlids, Cichlids from E. Africa, Cichlids from W. Africa, Rainbowfishes and Labyrinth Fish) I think are the core of any great book collection. Loaches is fantastic, as is South American Eartheaters. The Baensch Atlases are what got me really deep into this hobby 20+ years ago, and I love photo albums like the Aqualog series.
For those that have the following, please give an in depth review of Endemic Cichlids of Madagascar, The Moray Eel book and The Grouper book. Seriously, any criticisms both good and bad are welcome.
Any other great books (fresh or salt) that are must haves?
Here is 90% of my fish books, and 90% of my magazines - not shown - 10 years of Cichlid news and all issues of Amazonas and a few children's books on fish, as well as the Cousteau series and more general marine biology/oceanography books.
The black spined books with white lettering I show below (The Cichlid Aq, Large Cichlids, Dwarf Cichlids, Cichlids from E. Africa, Cichlids from W. Africa, Rainbowfishes and Labyrinth Fish) I think are the core of any great book collection. Loaches is fantastic, as is South American Eartheaters. The Baensch Atlases are what got me really deep into this hobby 20+ years ago, and I love photo albums like the Aqualog series.
For those that have the following, please give an in depth review of Endemic Cichlids of Madagascar, The Moray Eel book and The Grouper book. Seriously, any criticisms both good and bad are welcome.
Any other great books (fresh or salt) that are must haves?
Here is 90% of my fish books, and 90% of my magazines - not shown - 10 years of Cichlid news and all issues of Amazonas and a few children's books on fish, as well as the Cousteau series and more general marine biology/oceanography books.
I believe the Endemic Cichlids of Madagascar should be in any serious Madagascan cichlid keepers library.
Photographs of fish and natural habitat are beautiful, but more importantly, it is also full of the information many coffee table/photography books lack.
Though names of cichlids may be constantly evolving, and/or changing, this does not alter the important detailed information about location, housing requirements, or habitat insight the authors have provided, and deemed from their own travels throughout Madagascar, and first hand experience keeping these challenging fish.
I have the same opinion of books like Weidners Eartheaters, or Konnings Central American Cichlids.
Where the names, or evolutionary theories may have seem a bit retro, because of DNA or other modern technological breakthroughs, the meat of the books transcend the superficial, at least to me.
Photographs of fish and natural habitat are beautiful, but more importantly, it is also full of the information many coffee table/photography books lack.
Though names of cichlids may be constantly evolving, and/or changing, this does not alter the important detailed information about location, housing requirements, or habitat insight the authors have provided, and deemed from their own travels throughout Madagascar, and first hand experience keeping these challenging fish.
I have the same opinion of books like Weidners Eartheaters, or Konnings Central American Cichlids.
Where the names, or evolutionary theories may have seem a bit retro, because of DNA or other modern technological breakthroughs, the meat of the books transcend the superficial, at least to me.
looks like i need to find a good used book store nearby. i'd love to pick some of these older books up
