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Aquarium Care of Livebearers (Animal Planet) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ted Dengler, Ph.d. Coletti
Publisher: TFH Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $10.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 612614
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 0793837014
Dewey Decimal Number: 639.34
EAN: 9780793837014
ASIN: 0793837014
Publication Date: September 2008 (In 3 Days)
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Product Description
Written by an expert on livebearing fish, this comprehensive yet easy-to-read guide offers advice on a wide range of care issues from diet and nutrition to species selection and health care. Livebearer species covered include the popular platies, mollies, swordtails, and guppies.
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from the author... July 25, 2008
Thank you for your interest in my new book. As I do not gain financially from its sales, my description here is to simply let you know more about this work of which I am quite pleased (for the most part).
"Aquarium Care of Livebearers" is unique in several respects compared to other books on the subject (in and out of print). The information presented is fresh (experience or research), and not simply a re-hash of other books or secondary sources. This was very important to me as I wrote the book, as it is for my Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine column. The fish section, while not an atlas, gives a nice smattering of species across the 4 families, with updated husbandry information based on my own and others experiences in recent years (something long overdue, IMO). The sections on diet, equipment, breeding, and healthcare are geared specifically towards livebeaering fish, and with new tips and techniques vs the standard "boiler plate".
While the Animal Planet imprint is written for the entire family to enjoy (there are boxed sections of info for young hobbyists in your home), the advanced or serious hobbyist will also find the book helpful - including non-livebearians. For example, we have included sections on building fishrooms, species maintenance, colony tanks, show standards and judging, vegetative filtration, evolution, and outdoor fish tubbing. There is also an entire chapter on the organized hobby, which I think is a first.
"Aquarium Care of Livebearers" is very much an evangelical read that I hope shares my enthusiasm for this fascinating group of fishes. It is also the first general livebearer book written by a North American livebearer hobbyist, which I think will provide a fresh perspective.
Thank you and enjoy,
TDC
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