The vivid colors and abundant life found under the water’s surface is breathtaking. For years, people have struggled to recreate this magnificent environment in exotic home aquariums. Now with today’s technology and scientific understanding, creating a thriving freshwater aquarium is easier than ever. In The Complete Book of the Freshwater Aquarium, hundreds of dramatic underwater photographs give you a fish-eye view of hundreds of colorful sea creatures while accessible scientific text explains all about the fragile ecosystem of the underwater life. This book also features a comprehensive guide to setting up your own aquarium, from selecting your equipment and creating the environment, to choosing your fish and invertebrates. Diving into this book is a pleasure, whether you’re an advanced aquarist, or a novice just getting into the hobby.
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I am currently 58 years young and have been into tropical fish ever since I was in the 5th grade. I occasionally purchase tropical fish books, enjoying looking at the various species and reading about them, even though I do not have most of them. I was very delighted with this particular book. Excellent illustrations of many breeds, with some good summary material with each one. Great information for beginners at the front of the book; and a lot of plants covered, with very helpful tips regarding them. Even the illustrations for the plants were excellent! One really gets one’s money’s worth with this book; it seems that it should cost a lot more than it actually does… a rarity in this day and age! Not a lot of specific information on temperature ranges for each species was provided, but you can easily get that in other books or on the web.
Being new to aquariums and tropical fish, I found this book to be very helpful in all the basics. It is wonderfully illustrated and covers the major points. I wish it would give more suggestions for possible compatible communities of fish.
Ok, I live in Brazil. I bought a Freshwater aquarium for my young doughter and this “Complete Book of Freshwater Aquarium…”
This book is a “semi-complete” reference guide. On of the most common fish in Brasilian aquarius is the Kinguio or Goldfish(Carassius auratus) [...] .
I have searched every page, every word on index about my “Carassius auratus” with absolutely no success.
I have other five species in the aquarium, and they are all in the book, with a compreensive information.
But my goldfish…
People rating this book are overly picky and unfair. This is a great book for anyone who needs info on tropical fishkeeping.
The best thing about this book is that it does have a lot of content, it covers a lot of fish and plants with photos of almost all common, and some not so common. I saw another review that noted the absence of goldfish, this is true. The book’s main downfall is that it is lacking detail, it is lacking things like ideal water parameters. I am glad I have it as a reference, but I am still looking for a good book that has more detailed info on the care of the fish, plants and aquarium in general.