Editorial Review:

The key to becoming a dedicated aquarium hobbyist is to succeed with your first aquarium. The Simple Guide to Freshwater Aquariums concentrates on providing you with a complete plan and all the information you need to choose and use the right-for-you aquarium equipment and the right-for-you fish and plants: it wants you to succeed. The information is presented in a completely straightforward text that's easy to read, easy to understand - and very definitely easy to put to good use.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Hands Down, The Best Freshwater Guide Out There:

This book is to freshwater aquariums what The Conscientious Marine Aquarist is to saltwater: a treasure trove of information and an invaluable resource. It has everything a beginning aquarist needs to know about setting up their first aquarium, presented plainly but intelligently. The layout is attractive (helping to maintain interest in the subject matter).
It would have been helpful if there had been more info on the more popular fish species but that would probably be too complicated for any one... more info

Great "Simple" Guide:

I am new to the hobby of aquaria and I wanted a guide that would give me just enough information to get started without a lot of extraneous details or esoteric information. I feel like this guide has given me the knowledge I need to get my first tank up and running. On the downside, the text repeated itself ad nauseum, major points repeated over and over. I do understand hammering home important information, but the way this guide is written is to essentially say the same thing, three times, in successive... more info

For the clueless:

I personally loved this book. I had just killed almost my whole tank of fish, before I figured out that I really needed more information. My favorite part of the book was the stocking schemes. He tells you what fish to buy and in what order. Some fish are hardier than others, so you buy them first to cycle the tank. The most sensative ones are saved till the end.
This book must be read completely. As an ignorant beginner, I understood that I lacked basic information, like what over-feeding does to your... more info

If you know nothing about fish this book is for you!:

My father had very large aquariums when I was a small child. Now 30 years later I wanted a fish tank for my child. I have great memories of feeding and playing with the fish and want that for my daughter. When I looked into buying equipment and fish I realized I was not going to succeed without a little studying.
This book is easy to read and has great information from one of the most prolific writers in the field. I found it was better for me to read the last section first and get excited about the... more info

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