Fish "bible"

[greenscooby]

Afternoon all,

I'm looking to buy a book on tropical fish, up to around £30, i was wondering if there is a "Bible" which most people use/refer to, if there isn't then what would you suggest i get?

Many thanks in advance,

Mark.

 

[Truck]

the forum

 

[greenscooby]

Nice one Truck!!!

I'm looking for something i can read of an evening to educate myself instead of sitting in front of the computer trawling the net!!!!

Mark.

 

[hollanda88]

Nice one Truck!!!

I'm looking for something i can read of an evening to educate myself instead of sitting in front of the computer trawling the net!!!!

Mark.

I don't know of one, but it might help if you say what you are wanting of the book i.e. an encyclopedia of fish, book about plants, an all round book, disease book, how to set up tanks....

andrew

 

[greenscooby]

Never thought of that!!

I'm looking for something that would be an encyclopedia of fish and an all round book in one, if that makes sense.

Someone posted on here a while back about a book that was in a series of books but they only used number 1, I'm sure it began with a B, but can't be 100% sure.

Mark.

 

[Truck]

Never thought of that!!

I'm looking for something that would be an encyclopedia of fish and an all round book in one, if that makes sense.

Someone posted on here a while back about a book that was in a series of books but they only used number 1, I'm sure it began with a B, but can't be 100% sure.

Mark.

there is a series of books which neil monks owns. if you PM him and ask him which one it is, im sure hell tell you. there are a few editions and everyone has spot on info

 

[locker]

The series that begins with B would be Baensch?
I have 2 and this is of stranger species of fish.

Locker

 

[bae1994]

i have salt water fish keeping for dummies
there may be a tropical one

 

[greenscooby]

Baensch?

Thanks Locker, i think thats the one i was thinking of.

Mark.

 

[Bignose]

Are you looking for general guide or are you looking for an ecyclopedia list of fish? The Baensch guides are unequaled in terms of listing fish and their tendencies and needs, but isn't going to be good if talking about fish in general.

The Tropical Fishlopedia by Peter Burgess is a more general book, that is pretty good. Peter Burgess is a very good author, and did his thesis work on the ich organism.

GIna Sandford's Understanding Tropical Fish is an excellent book that is a great "second" book. In that it doesn't cover any of the basics, but it starts to discuss topics on fish a little more in depth.

Finally, if you really want to get in depth, you'll want to check out a university-level text books. Moyle and Cech, Jr.'s FIshes: An Introduction to Ichthyology is very good text. If you don't want to spend the money to own it, borrowing it from the library is well worth it. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge in this book that is not covered at all in an of the more basic books. If you really want to understand your fish, you'll want to eventually get to that level.

 

[B13]

i have salt water fish keeping for dummies
there may be a tropical one

Yep! Amazon have got one here...

 

[OohFeeshy]

I'd vote for the Baensch photo Index- it's all the other FW indexes condensed into one, with lots of photos and a bit of summary info about each species, things like size, water conditions, breeding behaviour etc. Which means it's ideal for finding species to research further, or as something to take along to a shop for a bit of a heads up.