Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies (For Dummies Series)

This book provides a broad range of information and is witty with it! Overall I found it very useful and it was a pleasure to read

Perfect for beginners and professionals, easy to read and understand. Everything explained in plain English and no gobbledygook. A must have if you want to start keeping happy and healthy fish.

My daughter wanted some fish for her birthday, and even though I kept fish as a teenager I wanted to ensure we got off to a good start with her new hobby, so we purchased this essential book. The language used in the book is easy to understand, and the step by step instructions on all aspects of fish keeping, from the tank set-up to the purchasing of fish is easy to understand. There is also loads of useful information on topics such as keeping your fish healthy, adding plants to the aquarium and even breeding your fish. Overall this is a very handy and easy to read guide to all aspects of fish-keeping as a hobby. The only thing that kept if from receiving five stars is the lack of metric measurements. Most fish products in England are now sold using metric.

Great, full of useful information

This book is great for starting out and as a quick reference. Lets face it, everything you ever need to know is on the internet but sometimes there are just too many conflicting opinions. This I have found out to my detriment and killed a few fish in the process. the book is geared towards the American market but if you know how to search in Google etc you will not have a problem fingding the products it recommends here in the UK. Only downside is I would like to see it have a more comprehensive range of species and their compatibility with each other, Otherwise it's a perfectly decent book.

Book as new. Full of information to set up and maintain a tank . Would recommend to a novice getting into the hobby

As s someone who's very new to fish keeping, I really didn't know what I was doing. This book is such a relief! Tiny gripe : it's written for the US market, but the advice is ( fortunately) international.

Great information.

Useful easy and quick starter...well worth having on hand as covers all the basics

Good Book -- very expensive

Me pareció un manual muy completo y bien estructurado con trucos, advertencias y ejemplos. Únicamente le añadiría más sobre anfibios, porque tiene poquísimo.

FRESHWATER AQUARIUMS FOR DUMMIES BY MADDY HARDGROVE might not have a current publication day (2006) but it is still the best fish book I've read so far. I am returning into the world of freshwater aquariums after about a ten year hiatus and needed a refresher course on keeping freshwater fish & the aquariums they live in . I have always been a big fan of the "dummies" series because the experts who write them get down on my level using little technical terms and lots of one syllable words that I can understand. This book is not only good for people like me returning to the fishy world by newbies & even experienced people can maybe learn a thing or two from it. One good thing about the book is you dont need to read it all you can skip chapters that are not needed & the information keeps coming and coming . Well worth the cost this one is going in my shelf of reference for when I and my finny friends need a little advice.

good