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Thomas Giovanetti Oliver Lucanus Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Date Published: February 1, 2005 Language: English Format: Paperback 96 Pages | A Complete Pet Owner's Manual Book Description Freshwater aquarium hobbyists will find all the information they need regarding purchasing, feeding, and maintaining this delicately-hued tropical fish. Heavily illustrated with vivid color photos and instructive line art, Barron’s Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals show and inform pet owners regarding proper care of dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, small caged animals—virtually every creature that is kept as a pet. The books give advice on purchasing and otherwise acquiring a pet, feeding it nutritiously, keeping it in good health, and where applicable, grooming and training it. Each book in this large series is individually written by a specialist, and though the information is authoritative, the text is clear and straightforward, easy for every pet owner to understand. From the Back Cover Information and advice to help you care for your Discus Fish Characteristics of Discus: Their Origin, Anatomy, Colorations, Life Cycle, and More Expert advice: Feeding, Health Care, Breeding, and More Understanding Discus: Maintaining an optimal environment for Discus in your aquarium Comprehensive information regarding everyday care Informative checklists and sidebars Handsome full-color photos These delicately-hued tropical fish make interesting and colorful additions to your freshwater aquarium. |
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Bernd Degen Publisher: Interpet Publishing Date Published: August 31, 2001 Language: English Format: Hardcover: 80 Pages | Aquaguide. S. This Discus Aquaguide. S. book has some really interesting background on the history of the rapidly changing hobby and business of Discus fish breeding, going from the Amazon river to Europe and Southeast Asia. A beginning enthusiast book that provides some information for those that may be interested in keeping the King of Aquariums. |
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Bernd Degen Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: July 1993 Language: English Format: Hardcover 256 Pages | Good book for the beginner that is beginning to keep any Discus strain or species. This resource covers the importance of water quality, foods, breeding, stocking your show tank and a suggested reading section. The drawback to this book is there is no section on the importance of learning about Discus diseases and their treatments. However if the hobbyist is involved with this species books containing pathogen information will be able to cover the issues that affect Discus strains and species. |
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Mic Hargrove Maddy Hargrove David Brown Publisher: Howell Book House Date Published: Revised Edition December 14, 1999 Language: English Format: Hardcover 125 Pages | An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Fish Book Description: Written by tropical fish experts with over 30 years experience, The Discus includes all the information a new fish keeper needs to begin this exciting hobby: how to select a tank; proper water conditions; nutrition; and breeding your own beautiful fish. Like all the titles in the Owner's Guide series, The Discus is filled with info-packed sidebars and striking color photos. This book helps make keeping Discus a fun and rewarding experience for the hobbyist. From the Back Cover At last, a book for the beginning Discus-keeper with everything you need to know about caring for the exotic Discus. The Discus: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Fish will answer all of your questions about successful Discus care—from selecting the right tank to breeding your own beautiful fish. Proper water conditions, good nutrition and how to keep your fish in the best of health are discussed in full. The Discus: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Fish includes insight into Discus behaviors that will make keeping Discus all the more fun, With info-packed sidebars and striking color photos, this is the Discus book that hobbyists will most enjoy. |
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Dieter Untergasser Translator: U. Eric Friese Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: May 1992 Language: Translated to English from German Format: Hardcover 416 Pages | Selection, Care, Diet, Diseases & Treatments for Discus This is a really fantastic resource book with many ideas about the ways to treat discus fish and other soft water species and their diseases. The book is regarded so highly that a famous japanese koi hatchery uses this reference with the hatcheries operations. This book is currently out of print however there is reasons for this book to be reissued in a new revised or a reprinted version. |
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Jack Wattley Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: March 2000 Language: English Format: Hardcover 64 Pages | A great resource of information for the beginning aquarist that wants to start breeding discus. The explicit images in this book show techniciques and strategies in breeding the King of all aquarium fish. Online there tends to be lots of conflicting information about breeding this species that can conflict with many sources and this author has the experience in breeding this species and with the book being published by a well known publisher of books and guides in the hobby. With artificial means of hatching and raising fry in many of the worlds breeders tanks it is often suggested by some resources to let the parents raise the fry. This book stands behind that concept for the beginning breeder. Making this book an excellent choice for those that are interested in breeding and raising Discus. |
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Jack Wattley Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: July 1985 Language: English Format: Hardcover 111 Pages | With the reputation of the Author alone the hobbyist will get a vast knowledge out of this resource. The book is exceptionally thorough and includes fabulous full-page photos, includeing a lot of excellent photos of different types of discus. Another section describes what it is like to collect wild discus in the Amazon. Very interesting, readable book with lots of great information about this incredible species. |
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Bernd Degen Jack Wattley Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: March 1996 Language: English Format: Hardcover | Discus Today is easy reading with loads of beautiful color photographs. This book deals mainly with successful breeding techniques so it is not really a beginners type book. Discus Today is a wonderful reference for the serious hobbyist that wants to take Discus keeping one step further. |
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Bernd Degen Publisher: TFH Publications Second Edition Date Published: November 1991 Language: English Format: Hardcover 127 Pages | A Reference Book This is one of many books written on Discus by Bernd Degen, a very experienced Discus breeder. The book is particularly suitable for the beginning Discus keeper and has excellent topics about discus care and selection. There is a good introduction to methods of breeding Discus, showing the techniques in detail. With this reference being pointed at the novice Discus keeper, Discus experts will miss more specific information on breeding and on selection, specially about the wild types. |
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Jack Wattley Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: First Edition May 1992 Language: English Format: Hardcover 125 Pages | This is an excellant book for presenting diverse views on the art and science of Discus keeping. The author, considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the discus fish, presents the various topics as questions which are then answered by a panel of discus experts from around the globe. Topics include water quality, feeding, breeding,health,quality fish and environment. This book is a great value and should be in every discus keeper's library. This resource book is a good investment for both the novice and the experienced hobbyist. |
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Bernd Degen Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: January 1990 Language: English Format: Hardcover 112 Pages | Degen Discus book is written by one of the leaders in Discus breeding and husbandry. The resource includes lots of interesting photos of discus collected in the wild and includes a lot of photos which accompany interesting information about top breeding facilities around the world. The book goes into great detail on how to treat discus ailments, the best lighting to show off their colors, and all kinds of information. This is a great resource for any Discus enthusiast. |
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Dick Au Sun See Seng Francesco Denitto Editor: Ad Konings Publisher: Cichlid Press First Edition June 1, 2007 Language: English Format: Hardcover 128 Pages | The Art of Selecting, Grooming, and Showing Discus Book Description This book celebrates the beauty of discus. For enthusiasts, it provides pinpoint advice on what to look for in selecting show quality discus and how they are judged in competitions. For breeders, it offers suggestions on how to improve existing strains and pursue new ones. With over 270 color pictures, it is also a photo journal of Trophy Discus. About the Author DICK AU (California): has been an active aquarist and discus enthusiast for over 50 years. He credits his ongoing success in raising and breeding beautiful discus to keen observation, patience, and practice rather than relying on measurements and formulae. In addition to being a veteran speaker and show judge, he is also an accomplished author. His book, Back to Nature Guide to Discus, has been published in 7 languages and distributed around the world. He also contributes frequently to various aquarium magazines. FRANCESCO DENITTO (Italy): obtained his Ph.D. in fundamental ecology at the University of Lecce (Italy) where he is currently employed as a marine biology researcher. During his long time experience with the aquarium hobby, Discus has been the top of his fish breeding skills. He regularly lectures about the World Underwater and has published hundreds of articles on Discus for Italian and international magazines. Francesco is the founder of the aquarium association Gruppo Acquariofilo Salentino, which organizes the Mediterranean Discus contest. He judged discus shows at the Aquarama in 2005 and at Singapore s Tetra World Discus Championship in 2006. SUN SEE SENG (Singapore): is a family physician by profession. He has been keeping discus as a hobby for the past 30 years. As the founder and president of the Singapore Discus Club from 1987 till today, Dr. Sun contributed substantially to the hobby as a writer and lecturer on discus, and is one of the most experienced discus show judges. Apart from the Aquarama show in Singapore, he has evaluated discus competitions in Taiwan, China, Australia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Germany. |
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Dr Clifford Chan Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: May 1992 Language: English Format: Hardcover 156 Pages | Although this book describes information about Discus pertaining to the Singapore market, a hobbyist could use it as a general description on how to keep Discus, especially if the hobbyist is interested in breeding Discus. This resource book provides the aquarist with information from the reputable Discus breeders in Singapore. It also provides pictures of breeding farm setups, Discus diseases, water conditions, and popular Discus strains. |
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Frank Schaefer Publisher: Hollywood Import & Export, Inc. Date Published: October 31, 2004 Language: English Format: Paperback 48 Pages | The Champions Book Description It is now six years since the publication of the Aqualog South American Cichlids Vol. 4, containing all the discus and angelfish variants. The discus were reviewed by one of the most internationally renowned Discus experts, Manfred Goebel, whose compilation was so complete that to the present day there are hardly any noteworthy new variants. That doesn't mean that discus breeding has come to a standstill since then. This is why this book was published, to compile all the novelties and new crossbreeds from 1999 to 2004. Every true discus fan will love this update, with over 130 high quality photos of sometimes stunning Discus. |
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Manfred Gobel Publisher: Aquaristik - Consulting & Service GmbH Date Published: First Edition September 1999 Language: English Format: Hardcover 48 Pages | Aqualog "Special" Book Description The King of fishes, the living dream of every aquarist. We show you the 48 most beautiful discus on the included poster. The care of these beauties is quite demanding - our specialists tell you how to get along smoothly. The 'true' discus fan should be on the look-out for "Aqualog South American Cichlids IV" which shows all discus and angels on about 900 brilliant color photos. The fishes featured in this book are not just identified by their name but also code number. Aqualog has developed an ingenious code number system which labels every known or newly discovered fish (incl. breeding forms etc.)with an individual code number. This number remains, despite any scientific renaming. Moreover, it enables you to communicate internationally about any fish without the danger of confusion regarding local names! If you require complete information on all fishes of this group, you'll find it in our Aqualog - Reference Book "South American Cichlids IV" |
