Good starting point- and one day I will
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This is an enthusiastic slim volume which I feel serves as a succint introduction to keeping what seem to be the holy grail of tropical fish, the Discus. Lots of lovely glossy pictures of the many colour variations grace its covers.
Unlike most dated fish books which seem to have been written purely by breeders and contain very little information for people who want to know their habits, Sweeney presents you with useful snippets. For instance- pay careful attention to what type of driftwood you use as although discus adore it, they are prone to skewering themselves on pointy bits if startled. She also kindly says about sexing discus "we can't. Don't bother your head about it. The fish know exactly who is male and who is female."
She gives you a good outline on adjusting water chemistry and temperature variations. Sadly she confirmed what I'd previously been told, that our high temperature loving huge plec (gift fish who's grown 4 inches- nuff said) would NOT be a good companion -he sucked an angel fish to death and the discus's gooey sides (they stick their young there for safe keeping) would definitely be too much of a gummy bear temptation.
Glad I bought it- but I'm still puzzling about how to accomodate our graceful but pain in the neck plectostomus, Richard Fish.
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recommended; should find its way into every aqurist's hand
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the book i have read was very interesting because it covered most of the varieties of discus fish, it covered fish disese, aqurium setups. I recommened this book to novice aqurists because it gives all the information novice aqurists need, it should find its way into every novice's hand. I knoked off one star because it's only thrown at one type of aqurist.
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