Product Description

An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet is the series to turn to when you want a basic reference that's reliable, up-to-date, and complete. These guides feature:Expert authors, plus renowned guest contributors on specialized topicsFull-color photos throughoutBasic information on the breed, species, or topicComplete coverage of care, health, and moreTips and techniques to make life with a pet more rewarding

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #396178 in Books
• Published on: 1996-03-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

From the Back Cover
For the beginner goldfish owner or the experienced aquarist, The Goldfish: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet, is the all-in-one answer book. With chapters on everything from setting up your fish's environment to selecting the fish for you to a well-rounded diet to breeding, this book covers it all. Best of all, its practical, easy-to-use information tells you what you need to know so you can spend more time enjoying your fish. Beautiful, professional color photos take you up-close-and-personal into the world of goldfish, showing you the color and form, varieties of fish, excellent aquarium layouts, and signs to recognize if your fish are sick. There's even a chapter on setting up an outdoor pond. For happy, healthy goldfish, look no further than this book for the advice you need.

About the Author
CARLO DE VITO became 'hooked' on fish while raising Oscars. He is a writer and an editor. GREGORY SKOMAL is Marine Fisheries Biologist at Martha's Vineyard Fisheries, Department of Game, in Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

This is the BEST Goldfish Book EVER!!!
If you want a Happy and Healthy Goldfish, BUY THIS BOOK. I've owned this book for a year and a half and I Love it to this day!!! This book is filled with Beautiful Color pictures, easy to understand concepts, and all the information you could ever want on Goldfish. This book has made me so knowledgeable that my friends call me "the Goldfish doctor".

Excellent, but not totally current
Aquarium technology has advanced quite a bit since this book was first written, so that portion of the book is only of limited use. However, the information on care and feeding of one's goldfish is excellent. Nonetheless, if you are going to get just one book on goldfish, I recommend The Essential Goldfish, by Maddy Hargrove, which is an updated version of this book..

Good first book
I just set up a small outdoor pond and was not really interested in Koi because of the cost and the fact that they can get big so goldfish seemed the logical choice.
Other than having one in a bowl when I was a kid, I didn't know anything about them. Now I know I will never put one in a bowl again and have learned all kinds of interesting things about these fascinating creatures. I am sure there are other books that may go into more detail on some topics but this book seems to cover just about everything. I don't think you will be disappointed. Clear, easy to read and understand. Good photos but I wish there were more - can't please everyone.