Books

[Kittysnax]

Well as I've mentioned before I am just getting BACK into the hobby after about 6/7 years of dormancy and was wondering:

Does anyone know of any good referance books for fish/inverts/plants?

I have some stuck in storage......but they are WAAAAAAAAY outdated. Im talkin like...1960/70s-ish. My folks bought me a giant herpetology book (more like a TOME) back when I was a kid, so I was wondering if anyone knew if there was somthing similar, but more up-to-date. Or would a petersons field guide/audubon society thing be just as effective?

A book that kept referance "hobby" fish/plants/etc would be more desired than a book on every living thing. Also if anyone knows of any good authors, please let me know!

[imagirlgeek]

Here are a couple of fish books that I like.

One is 'Dr. Axelrod's Mini-Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes' by Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod. This one is heavy on fish profiles, not a lot of detail per fish, but you get the basics. It has something like, 1800 fish profiles. I've used it so much that the binding is all broken. )

The other is 'The Complete Encyclopedia of Tropical Fish' by Esther Verhoef-Verhallen. This one has more info on care, fewer profiles, but LOTS of info per fish.

[PhishPhreek]

Got rid of all of my books when I discovered that with a good search engine I could find more current and accurated data on the web.

[Kittysnax]

thanks a TON!

Also: seeing as how mom brought up the old question "you ever thought of going back to college?" yesterday I been thinkin I might need to get in the market on books anyways >_> /shakes fist

...damn moms LOL

edit: webs great, but not on the go. I dont pay for on the go internet.

[Zulaab]

I was given a book last Christmas called The complete book of the Freshwater Aquarium, by Vincent B Hargreaves.. Thunder bay Press.
Good Plant section, but the fish are arranged strangely, but good reference material.

[Roujin]

You have to get this: http://www.amazon.com/Ecology-Plante...1202877&sr=1-1

[Kittysnax]

sweet another! (jammin my amazon "to-do list" up!)

[Roujin]

I forgot to mention the author of this book is a regular at AquaticPlantCentral.com