Fish newbie - Books?
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see this thread. It gives some names and authors of good aquarium books
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5651
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5651
Oooh, yeah, that Encyclopedia book mentioned at the end of the thread looks really neat. I haven't bought a copy, but the pet store down the road from my house has some copies of it lying around that I flip through every time I go in there.
If you find a good used book store, you can find great aquarium books inexpensively. Call around town and ask what used book stores have a big pet section. Library discard sales are also great. I've got a library of about 60 fish books!
One that's easy to find is Exotic Aquarium Fishes by Innes. It was originally published in 1938, so it doesn't have any high-tech set-up information, but the advice on individual fish is good and I find myself looking things up in it on a regular basis. I've also got a copy of "Goldfish Varieties and Tropical Aquarium Fishes" by Innes, which came out in 1917! That is a real trip!
One that's easy to find is Exotic Aquarium Fishes by Innes. It was originally published in 1938, so it doesn't have any high-tech set-up information, but the advice on individual fish is good and I find myself looking things up in it on a regular basis. I've also got a copy of "Goldfish Varieties and Tropical Aquarium Fishes" by Innes, which came out in 1917! That is a real trip!
i have dr axelrod's mini atlas of freshwater aquarium fishes mini edition. i just use it to look at the pics of the fish. all the info in it seemed to be really out dated.