Xref: utzoo rec.pets:2135 alt.aquaria:208 Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!gerry From: gerry@syntron.UUCP (G. Roderick Singleton) Newsgroups: rec.pets,alt.aquaria Subject: Re: Questions about aquaria Message-ID: <240@syntron.UUCP> Date: 8 Feb 88 18:36:29 GMT Article-I.D.: syntron.240 Posted: Mon Feb 8 13:36:29 1988 References: <1079@iscuva.ISCS.COM> <719@bucket.UUCP> <1143@inuxd.UUCP> <2466@gryphon.CTS.COM> Reply-To: gerry@syntron.UUCP (G. Roderick Singleton) Organization: Syntronics Manufacturing Inc., Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Lines: 49 In article <2466@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: | >In article <1143@inuxd.UUCP> padgett@inuxd.UUCP (Gary Padgett) writes: | >(somebody) wrote: | >>> | >>> I recommend finding a good basic book about fishkeeping and reading it | >>> several times. | >>> | >> | >>Suggestions? | >> | > | >The Innes book. | > | >"Exotic aquarium fishes" by william T Innes. (preferably the yellow meta | >frame edition, not the TFH version) | > | >An english book, a big one, about 20 years old called something like | > | >"Encyclopaedia of tropical fishes" by Derek Mcinnery (????) | > | >The above is one of the better books, but I've never seen it for sale | >anywhere; the library in my home town used to have it. | > | >Anything by Axelrod, take with a pinch of salt. | > | >Big books, with lots of text are usually better than the "how and why | >wonder book of tropical fishkeeping" or the "Know your bettas" | >which for me raised more questions than they answered. | > | >-- | > "It's too dark to put my legs in my munitions" | > richard@gryphon.CTS.COM | > {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, philabs!cadovax, codas!ddsw1} gryphon!richard Good news! Mcinnery's book is still in print after more than 20 years. You can order it from: Albert Britnell Book Shop, 765 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The last time I needed a copy ( about 2 years ago ) it cost about Can$50, I can't estimate a price now. Britnell's is a rather special book shop dealing in current fare and exotica, such as, out-of-print books and first editions. Because of this their mail order responsiveness is extraordinary. Likely any other bookstore of similar international stature can supply the book as well. -- G. Roderick Singleton | "ALL animals are created equal, , | BUT some animals are MORE equal or , | than others." a warning from or | "Animal Farm" by George Orwell