Handbook of Tropical Aquarium

by Herbert R. Axelrod, Leonard P. Schultz, Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod -

Book Overview

Covers all aspects of caring for tropical freshwater fish in the home, explaining how to set up an aquarium, selecting a tank, heating and lighting, filtration, and choosing suitable fish. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0866221387
• ISBN13: 9780866221382
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: TFH Publications
• Length: 718 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Received wrong book

When choosing the book condition I specifically chose the 1990 version of this book and double checked it in the description to make sure I was receiving the right one but they instead shipped the 1971 version instead which was also listed as a worse condition than the one I purchased.

A present

This was a present for my son-in-law. I had a copy from the 1970's and he is a newbie to aquariums. I love mine so I bought a copy for him.

Good starter book for fish lovers

My daughter thinks that Axelrod is the most knowledgeable person regarding fish and aquariums and requested a couple of his books for Christmas. Some of his stuff is pretty old, but this was one of the newer ones (the older one has black and white pictures), so she was thrilled.

Good (but dated) reference book

Book was bought for my grandaughter who was always referring to my 30 year old copy. She mainly uses it for fish descriptions with which she is happy.

SUPERIOR BOOK ON FISH

Despite the fact that Dr. Axelrod wrote the text over 20-25 years ago, it is an excellent source for the various aquarium topics that all aquarium keepers eventually run across and need a reference book. Information about various equipment and supplies are outdated but that information can be found in many different sources. If that is a major interest, this book will not help you. However, it does provide rich and detailed material about diseases, fish anatomy, fish behavior and requirements for aquariums.This book delivers useful and detailed information that leaves nothing to the imagination.