Books on aquarium fish

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    I want to buy a book well to be honest all of the books i have seen at exclusive but dont have the funds. So could anybody tell me what the best book would be to buy for general knowledge on fish keeping. I have looked at my nearest library and the books that they have are really outdated. Thanks
     
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    what type of fish you looking to keep and what kind of aquarium you want?
     
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    I have started saving up for a 2m and its going to be a community tank so a book on freshwater schooling fish.
     
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    you going to put plants in it?
     
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    yes and drift wood. I am still trying to find a good book on aquarim plants i was going to ask solex.
     
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    Solex is a book on plants all by himself!
     
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    Make sure you go for a tank with a sump.
     
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    Lol so true Zoom. I have already designed my sump for the tank. So much better to maintain for that size tank.
     
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    Hey Wito - you cant go wrong with the BAENSCH encyclopaedia set - just expensive...

    One tip is choose a fish or species and buy the book on that.. I will post the details of a book or two I have found very useful tommorrow
     
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    Cool! Post asap please dieing to know which books are good!
     
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    Hey Wito - are you looking for a book on the fish species or a book on keeping fish etc?
     
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    This is the book i use. Its brilliant. Hope the pics show!!

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    This book looks good I'm going to have a look at it over the weekend!
     
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    fish species. I have a book on keeping fish. Concerning plants i haven't looked. To scared.
     
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    If you want fish species the BAENSCH encyclopaedia is the one
     
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    i'm yet to find a difinative book aquarium fish no one book can cover everything you need to know. i recomend reading as many as you can. and for those huge gaps that the books leave.... google the rest.
     
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