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I have been searching for books about tropical fish and aquariums. Does anyone have any favorites they could share?

if u are looking for almost every freshwwater fish, in pic, get the dr.axelrods atlas of freshwater aquarium fishes. 1000+ pages, i have one, very big.

Here is a thread I started sometime ago when I wanted to get some good books. [link=thread to a better title]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/General%20Freshwater/56020.html" style="COLOR: #FF1493[/link] I found a lot of them, well most of mine on ebay for pretty good prices good luck, heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Thanks for the input. I think I'm going to start with Baensch's Aquarium Atlas, Volume 1

the baensch aquarium atlas volume 1 is very good, and the other volumes are worth getting too,the price for the paperback version has dropped this year to around £20 in the shops and you might find it much cheaper online or by mail order, (wish someone had told me that 3 years ago when i paid £50 for a hardback!)

For readers who might find such weighty tomes intimidating or expensive,some of the barrons series of small paperbacks are useful for basics, with some species specific information, and to be fair theyre much better than most of the commonly available TFH books found in most pet superstores.

But to be honest youd have to buy about 30 of them to get the same info thats in one of the baensch atlases, so bite the bullet and go for the more expensive book.

Library. Then you can figure out what you want to buy.

Yeah, I already checked the public library. It wasn't real impressive....