1 comments about Malawi Cichlids: Mbuna.

1. Photos in this book are all glossy photos, excellent pictures. It provides general information on mbuna. This book is excellent for the beginner, but a bit inadequate for the advance african cichlids aquarist. Nonetheless, it is a good book considering the price tag attacked to it.

No comments about An Essential Guide to Choosing Plants for Your Aquarium (Tankmaster S.).

1 comments about Terrarium Animals from A to Z (Compass Guides).

1. While this guide does not go indepth with each reptile and each terrarium type, it does provide all the information that you need as you look into setting up and maintaining a terrarium and selecting reptiles. The reptile information is broken down with easy to understand symbols and includes reptile characteristics, diet, behavior, times of day they are most active, level of difficulty for the reptile's care, terrarium size, type, substrate, temperature, and other habitat items that are needed to care for that reptile.
   
   This guide is well beyond the simple quick reference guide I was looking for!

No comments about Freshwater and Marine Aquaria: Essentials.

No comments about The T.F.H. Book of Marine Aquariums.

1 comments about Marine Aquariums: A Complete Authoritative Guide.

1. I have to admit it, I've bought, borrowed, and checked out a ton of books on aquariums and fish keeping. Richard Stratton's "A Complete Authoritative Guide" is, in my opinion, neither complete nor authoritative. There are however, some fantastic pictures of marine fishes. Some of these are printed on thick, glossy photo paper--making a nice picture into an exceptional one.

   The content of the book however, is a quite weak. This book might serve as a very basic introduction to marine fish keeping, but it offers little to nothing to someone who knows anything at all about the aquarium hobby. In fact, it recommends some things that would most likely result in total failure if someone new to the hobby were to attempt it. For example, its recommended fish list for various sized aquariums would result in horrible overcrowding. The information on such basic filtration components such as protein skimming, cannister filters and UV is practically non-existant.

   To be honest, I didn't read it all, as it quickly became apparent that doing so would be a waste of time. I have a friend that is completely new to marine fish keeping, and I won't even loan it to her, in the event that she might heed some of the advice in the book.

   Nice photos, but this is one that was sold electronically. If I'd been able to look at it before purchasing it, I never would have taken it out of the store. I see that at this moment in time, a couple of copies are available used. Think about that one--would you sell one of your trusted aquarium books?

No comments about Inside the Aquarium.

No comments about Fish.

1 comments about The Allure of Discus.

1. There is not much information other than a collection of pictures. It maybe a nice coffee table book. Nothing to do with the care of discus at all. If you are looking for information about discus, this is not the book for you.

No comments about Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals (Perspectives in Vertebrate Science).