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Title: Success with Cichlids from Lake Malawi & Tanganyika by Sabine Melke, U. Erich Friese ISBN: 0-86622-489-0 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: April, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book for new african cichlidists!
Comment: Despite all the other bad reviews I think this is a great book to dive into African Cichlids. I have owned an aquarium maintenance service for years and have had only one african cichild tank. I bought a bunch of them and threw them all in a 55 gallon tank. It looked great until the fish grew up. After a year or so I only had a couple fish left, most killed by a large pseudotrophus sp. This book explained why and I was finally able to understand these fish. The book goes into species compatibility and their social behavior and explains why you mix certain species, male/female ratios, numbers of each species required, size of tank and how to keep aggressive ones. I feel the topic is so vast with over 1500 species that no one book can cover everything. I'm finding the most difficult part of African Cichlids is the scientific names - some are very difficult to say much less knowing which ones you can house together! If you have had aquariums in the past and know nothing about African Cichlids I would recommend this as your first book! It really informs the reader of the broad overview of what you are getting into and the problems associated with it. It leaves you informed and, if interested, wanting to buy another book or two, specifically one with photos of all the species like Pablo Tepoot's "Pictoral Guide".
Rating: 1
Summary: Not Much Success With CICHLIDS !
Comment: More time is spent on discussing basic aquarium set-up and care, than on Malawi Cichlids. Must have had commercial sponsers, they are mentioned throughout. Other than a beginner at cichlids, nothing much new to be learned. Scientific names are outdated, but in the fast changing world of Malawi Cichlids that's not surprising. Better be up on your metric system, there's not an inch, foot, yard, pound or gallon in the book!
Rating: 2
Summary: A moment from our sponsor(s)
Comment: I felt as though I was reading an info mercial. While it is nice to have info on product availability it was more than I wanted to sort through. I also found it not well organized. Cichlid identification for the purpose of appropriate care and breeding is daunting enough without adding more confusion.
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Title: Lake Malawi Cichlids: Everything About History, Setting Up an Aquarium, Health Concerns, and Spawning by Mark Phillip Smith ISBN: 0764115251 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Guide to Owning Malawi Cichlids by T F H Publications, David Boruchowitz ISBN: 0793803594 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids: Everything About Purchasing, Care, Nutrition, Behaviour, and Aquarium Maintenance (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) by Mark Smith ISBN: 0764106155 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Tanganyika Cichlid Aquarium by Georg Zurlo, Johann Brandstetter ISBN: 0764116436 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Pictorial Guide by Pablo Tepoot, Ian Tepoot ISBN: 0964505800 Publisher: New Life Publications Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $49.00 |
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