Essential Tropical Fish: Species Guide: 1
£12.00£17.10 (-30%)
Essential Tropical Fish: Species Guide is the essential guide to identifying and selecting tropical fish for your aquarium, providing a resource for both beginner and enthusiast.
Compiled from years of experience selling fish in the local pet store and the fish trade, this book contains profiles for the most commonly available tropical fish, answering questions such as how big the fish gets, ideal water conditions, compatible tank mates, recommended tank sizes, tank setup needs, and dietary requirements for each species.
If you ve ever been in a tropical fish store and unsure what fish to get, what species or what to ask the shop assistant, this book will give you the knowledge you need.
It is our hope that fish keeping will bring you as much fun and enjoyment as it has brought us over the years.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Elluminet Press (27 Nov. 2017) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 160 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1911174452 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1911174455 |
| Dimensions | 15.24 x 0.86 x 22.86 cm |
by Mjr Tom
Really simple layout with a great photo image of hundreds of fish with notes sufficient to understand what to get and what to keep together (hopefully- I’m a newbie about to set a tank up !)
by Colin Biginton
Very poorly printed and illustrated looks like a home printer effort.
Very disappointing and not worth the money
by Dillon81
This book appears to have been designed and written for a kindle or similar and the printing/publishing seems an after thought. The book isn’t worth the £10+ in print.
The contents of the book aren’t brilliant. The content is basic, you will find better information online. The photos are poor in quality, I am not suggesting this is the case bit they appear to be images that have been sourced online rather than taken for the book and when printed the resolution wasn’t good enough resulting in pixilated images in some instances.
The paper quality and feel of the book in the hand is also cheap, my home printer with decent heavy weight HP paper would produce better quality printed material in my opinion.
As per other reviews the info on each fish is basic and sometimes inconsistent, you may not find all the information for each fish you are looking at. I don’t think there is sufficient information on subjects other tank mates for instance or how many fish of each type should be kept together. You would be much better off if you are looking for this information using online resources or with an encyclopaedia of fish/tropical fish.
In summary this may be worth a couple of £s for the kindle version if you are new to fish keeping but don’t by in print.
by Russell smith
The author’s favourite only
by Alan C.
Excellent book, let’s you know what are the best species to keep together plus information on their habitat, whether they are aggressive or not and the size they will become, would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is wanting to set up an aquarium…
by Michael H
This book is excellent for the new fish keeper and old hand like myself The book is well written with plenty of information . For people just starting out in fish keeping it has plenty of fish species with alll the relevant information on each fish . Highly recommended and we’ll worth having.
by Kindle Customer
Exelent book very helpful
by Andrew Davey
Good book, well worth a read. Helpful, points you in the right direction, on what fish can be kept in a community set up.