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Title: Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes by Herbert R. Axelrod, Warren E. Burgess ISBN: 0-7938-0033-1 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: high priced but has its value
Comment: anyone looking for information such as location and habitat of a fish species will not want this book. it is just a book of pictures that will allow you to find and indentify a species you may have trouble locating elsewhere. this book is most handy for me after i have visited the pet shop and saw something that i have never seen before and don't trust the labeling in the store. my atlas is then my reference. for further information i will look it up on the web. to lookup information i need to know what i'm looking for and this is where this book becomes very important. no other single book that i know of covers as many species. the latest edition may have more photos than earlier editions but it may have the same number of species as earlier editions. however newer editions will have the latest scientific names (you can still use older names most of the times when searching as it takes some time for everyone to get used to the change). there are no common names used in this book (sometimes in the index next to the scietific) and there is no introduction to water chemistry, tank setup and the like that you may see in other books. it's greatest use is as a pictorial refernce with basic information (pH, dh, size, recommended tank size, agressivesness and sociabilty) on all the fish included. ...however i recommend the earlier editions at a much reduced price giving the same information (i believe the 6th edition and up are all pretty much the same- i could be wrong). i have the 7th edition ...and i'm more than happy. you may want to purchase the mini-atlas that has a lttle of everything before looking into the larger volume to satisfy your needs. i used this book as a quick refernce more than any other i have.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book for identifying various species
Comment: I have had this book for some years now and it is an excellent book for identifying various freshwater aquariium species. The colurs photo's are clear and so far i have been able to identify almost all aquarium fish i have come across from this book. This is very useful to me because in Sri Lanka where I hail from we find so many endemic species but many of the local dealers and aquarium shops do not identify them correctly. Below each photo is some basic information on the species like ideal water PH, foods, and whether the fish likes to have a planted aquarium or rocks etc. The edition I own has a section on aquarium setup and some brief information on plants, diseases & breeding, however it seem Dr Axelrod does not profess the mordern idea of CO2 injection for growing healthy plants. I would recommend this book to the enhusiast who need a comprehensive "atlas" for identification purposes.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Pictorial Reference
Comment: I think the strength of this book is its encyclopaedic approach to fish species: a picture of each fish together with basic (but essential) information. It's probably more for the serious hobbyist/scientist who already has aquaria and is interested in fish indentification (rather than setting up aquaria & maintenance). Well worth the price - especially here in Amazon.com. For me (a hobbyist), it's excellent reference especially when I buy new fish because it tells me about the fish's basic facts such as aggressiveness, water conditions etc. With this mind, it's probably unfair when other readers say there are "no words in the book" etc. because that's probably the "database" intention anyway.
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Title: Dr Burgess's Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (Guide to Owning A...) by Warren Burgess ISBN: 0793805759 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants by Peter Hiscock ISBN: 0764155210 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Handbook of Fish Diseases by Dieter Untergasser, Herbert R. Axelrod ISBN: 0866227032 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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Title: Aquarium Plants Manual: Expert Advice on Selection, Planting, Care, and Propagation by Ines Scheurmann, Dennis W. Stevenson ISBN: 0812016874 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Aquarium Fishes of the World by Herbert Dr. Axelrod ISBN: 0793804930 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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