Book suggestions?

[Joe B.]

After about 20 years I'm getting back into fishkeeping, and much has changed
in that time. I want to set up a tank with central or south american
(probably dwarf) cichlids plus a few other occupants and I need a refresher
course in aquarium know-how before I do it. Can anyone recommend any books
that are must-haves or highly useful either on cichlids or aquarium-keeping
in general that would give me the information I need to know what I'm doing?
Any suggestions for books that are particularly inspiring would be good too.

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[Amateur]

"Joe B." > wrote in message
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> After about 20 years I'm getting back into fishkeeping, and much has changed
> in that time. I want to set up a tank with central or south american
> (probably dwarf) cichlids plus a few other occupants and I need a refresher
> course in aquarium know-how before I do it. Can anyone recommend any books
> that are must-haves or highly useful either on cichlids or aquarium-keeping
> in general that would give me the information I need to know what I'm doing?
> Any suggestions for books that are particularly inspiring would be good too.
>
> --
> Joe B. (remove composer for email)
>

Enjoying Cichlids 2nd edition I believe is a one of the best all around books
out there right now.
AC
www.amateurcichlids.com

[Mark Stone]

Joe B. > wrote in message >...
> After about 20 years I'm getting back into fishkeeping, and much has changed
> in that time. I want to set up a tank with central or south american
> (probably dwarf) cichlids plus a few other occupants and I need a refresher
> course in aquarium know-how before I do it. Can anyone recommend any books
> that are must-haves or highly useful either on cichlids or aquarium-keeping
> in general that would give me the information I need to know what I'm doing?
> Any suggestions for books that are particularly inspiring would be good too.

I like a book called "You and Your Aquarium" by Dick Mills -- It is a
beginners manual, but it is very thorough and has some good
information. It's not specifically Cichlid though, but it's a good
read.

--Mark

Mark Stone tractorlegs at msn dot kom
OSCAR Lovers! http://www.geocities.com/cichlidiot_2000/oscar.html
The ".Edu" meens i are smart.

[T]

"Mark Stone" > wrote in message
m...
> Joe B. > wrote in message
>...
> > After about 20 years I'm getting back into fishkeeping, and much has
changed
> > in that time. I want to set up a tank with central or south american
> > (probably dwarf) cichlids plus a few other occupants and I need a
refresher
> > course in aquarium know-how before I do it. Can anyone recommend any
books
> > that are must-haves or highly useful either on cichlids or
aquarium-keeping
> > in general that would give me the information I need to know what I'm
doing?
> > Any suggestions for books that are particularly inspiring would be good
too.
>
> I like a book called "You and Your Aquarium" by Dick Mills -- It is a
> beginners manual, but it is very thorough and has some good
> information. It's not specifically Cichlid though, but it's a good
> read.
>
> --Mark
>
> Mark Stone tractorlegs at msn dot kom
> OSCAR Lovers! http://www.geocities.com/cichlidiot_2000/oscar.html
> The ".Edu" meens i are smart.


Ad Konings, Herbert Axelrod.. These fellows have been around for a while,
but still offer great information and value.. Also I have food some of the
books by TetraPress have been good sources of information.. Welcome back to
the hobby.. A lot has changed but at the same time a lot has stayed the
same...

Tim...

[Mephistopheles]

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> "Joe B." > wrote in message
> s.com...
>> After about 20 years I'm getting back into fishkeeping, and
>> much has changed in that time. I want to set up a tank with
>> central or south american (probably dwarf) cichlids plus a few
>> other occupants and I need a refresher course in aquarium
>> know-how before I do it. Can anyone recommend any books that
>> are must-haves or highly useful either on cichlids or
>> aquarium-keeping in general that would give me the information
>> I need to know what I'm doing? Any suggestions for books that
>> are particularly inspiring would be good too.
>>
>> --
>> Joe B. (remove composer for email)
>>
>
> Enjoying Cichlids 2nd edition I believe is a one of the best all
> around books out there right now.
> AC
> www.amateurcichlids.com
>
>

Enjoying Cichlids has a lot of excellent detailed information that is
very difficult to find elsewhere. But it's an anthology of articles
written by various authors, and they are not shy about setting forth
some rather eccentric views on various issues, e.g. feeding. For a
refresher course, I would instead recommend either Baensch,
freshwater Atlas, volume I, or Loiselle's the Cichlid Aquarium. Of
course, all these books are worth owning.

Just my take,
Meph

[Vicki S]

I still have every fish book I ever bought, going back to the mid 70's
and some info has changed over the years. Besides books check out some
of the on line sources like the Krib and check into some magazines out
there. I like "Tropical Fish Hobbyist, The leading Aquarium Magazine
For Over Half a Century" There are a lot of great articles in there.
They also have a web site http://www.tfh.com which may help.

Vicki