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Manual of Fish Health: Everything You Need to Know About Aquarium Fish, Their Environment and Disease Prevention | 
| Authors: Chris Andrews, Adrian Exell, Neville Carrington
Publisher: Firefly Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 30057
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1552978249
Dewey Decimal Number: 639.3
EAN: 9781552978245
ASIN: 1552978249
Publication Date: September 6, 2003
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Product Description
A comprehensive guide for fish hobbyists. A healthy environment is crucial for all aquariums. It is often a challenge to understand what fish need to survive apart from a tank of water and a daily sprinkle of fish food. The Manual of Fish Health is a fully illustrated and highly informative guide covering: Maintaining a healthy aquatic environment Recognizing and coping with pests, diseases, parasites and bacteria Water chemistry and how to achieve the correct balance for your fish This book explores vital aspects of health care for all types of fish including freshwater and saltwater, tropical and temperate, and pond and aquarium. The clear and concise text is abundantly illustrated with underwater photography, charts, and diagrams.
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 Useful but not an exhausive resource November 4, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The book is pretty good for most aquarists as all should have something to help with the diagnostics and treatment of their pets. There's some pretty good photography of various diseases that simplifies the text, and in each section there is a little box of explanation of a point in the text, be it a bacteria type or similar. Where the book falls slightly short in my opinion is in the treatment section. I would not advocate the use of all the chemicals in this chapter and some may well be impossible to obtain for most people. In this case, I would recommend using the book then visiting a professional fish keeper, specialist shop or vet with your diagnosis after consulting the treatment section to see if there is an alternative.
All said and done anything that can help easy diagnosis and lead to the correct treatment of fish disease is a good thing.
 Neat but can be better March 21, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this book based on the great reviews here, and have not been disappointed. That said, there are a few deficiencies that drove me back to the web for more information and hence this review.
There is very little information about contemporary brands and their products that can be used to treat fish diseases. Using the book, one can easily diagnose pop-eye (which I was combating in my prize altum angels). But the suggestions are not terribly helpful in finding the right product to treat this affliction. For example, there are 3 or more different drugs under the Mardel brand that all claim to treat pop-eye. Some target gram-positive bacteria, some target gram-negative bacteria, and some are broad-spectrum antibiotics. At the same time, some can be simultaneouly administered with other treatments, some cannot. And so on. It would have been helpful if the book had helped me sort these details out (which I eventually did) and if it had suggested possible courses of action. Even something that lists all common antibiotics and adds a classification chart to go with them will address this concern.
And as one reviewer pointed out, some of the suggestions are beyond the scope of the hobbyist. But let this not detract you from purchasing a guide that will save you time and help you narrow your diagnosis.
If you have fish this book is a MUST HAVE February 8, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have Aquarium books coming out of my ears. In my quest for knowledge on how to care and treat my freshwater fish, I have purchased books, but most left a lot of my questions unanswered, or were vague on discriptions of fish diseases and/or how to treat. This is by far the best all around book for the Aquarium Hobby enthusiast. It has everything you need to know about aquarium fish, their environment, disease and prevention. The pictures of diseased fish help you pin point the proper ailment, bacteria, and cure. I give this book 5+ stars and highly recommend it to anyone who has aquarium fish.
a MUST have for any budding or old hat Aquarist October 25, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is amazing! I absolutly recomend it to everyone I've talked to. Not only does it use casual scientific terms but it does also explain them for anyone that doesn't have a BSc. Great information not only on fish disease, but on maintaining a properly balanced aquarium & preventing diseases from occuring in the first place.Personally I think it should be a manditory buy with ever first-fish purchase.
For those who keep fish as pets June 28, 2004
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
The fish hobby is made up of two different types of people. Some hobbyists do not really bother to understand their fish, they simply buy replacements when the current ones die. The second type of fish-keeper wants to know as much information as he or she can on the types of fishes they keep. This book would be of most value to the second type. Sometimes, we mistakenly assume that fish are fragile and that there is simply no way to maintain them at optimum health. But that is not the case. Most fish are quite hardy. They can easily be maintained in the home aquarium if attention is given to their particular needs. Even so, from time to time, our fishes do get sick despite of our care. This book will help you diagnose some of the more common diseases that afflict fishes, as well as some possible remedies. Some of the procedures in the textbook are simply not feasible for the average aquarists. Most of us do not have access to a laboratory. However, there is enough solutions in the book that are easy enough to follow. I highly recommend this book.
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