Books on Animals: Cold water fish

Amanda O´Neill
Interpet Publishing (31 Mar 2004)
ISBN-10: 1842860917
ISBN-13: 978-1842860915

This book is a very good introduction to keeping goldfish which is clear enough for older children to understand. Amanda O´Neill covers the basics very well. It´s certainly well worth investing in this book if your child is thinking of keeping goldfish, or has just brought one home. It can save fishy lives by explaining how to give the goldfish a pleasant and healthy place to live, and how to feed the fish correctly. Enthusiasts who want to take up the hobby seriously will need more information, but as a starter book, this is one of the best.

Nick Fletcher
Interpet Publishing; illustrated edition (July 2000)
ISBN-10: 1903098068
ISBN-13: 978-1903098066

Cold water fish can be as interesting and rewarding as tropical fish, and there is less worry about heating the water to a level compatible with the different types of warm water fish . Fish keepers still need to ensure that water quality is good, and that they keep the fish healthy by other disease prevention measures, including giving each fish enough space for its size and type. This book helps both with aquarium design, and provides help with choosing fish. It can save you a lot of money and heartache if you read it before you set up the aquarium and buy the fish, though this book is also useful for people who already have fish and want to learn more about keeping them healthy and happy.

R. D. Bartlett
John Wiley & Sons (2 Mar 2007)
ISBN-10: 0470099135
ISBN-13: 978-0470099131

Keeping koi takes more thought than keeping goldfish. Koi are quite expensive, and a lot of thought has gone into the breeding of the finer specimens. They can be long-lived and reward you with their beauty as you sit by the pool on a sumer's day. You can even learn how to breed koi, but first you need to learn the basics for providing them with a healthy environment, and for choosing good, healthy stock as your pioneer fish. This guide gives you a wealth of information, from building ponds and setting up aquaria, to prevention and treatment of disease and parasites, and even helps with coping during a power cut. It is clearly written enough for novices, and has enough information to be useful for people who already keep koi.

David Alderton
Dorling Kindersley; Re-issue edition (1 Aug 2011)
ISBN-10: 1405378824
ISBN-13: 978-1405378826

This guide gives you information on all types of fish, including tropical and marine, as well as cold water and fresh water fish. There is information on more than 800 species, their needs, size, and other information to help you choose fish. Specialists in different types of fish will want more in-depth information, but this is a very attrcative guide for people deciding what types of fish to specialise in, whether to go for a pond or aquarium, and the basic demands of each system whether marine, or tropical, or a coldwater pond. It is also an attractive book which would make a good present for people who just like fish.

Balfour Hepher
Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (19 Mar 2009)
ISBN-10: 0521105471
ISBN-13: 978-0521105477

This is a serious work on fish nutrition, which combines information from different academic disciplines, such as ecology, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and animal nutrition. Dr Hepher was a pioneer in this field, and his work is a classic, representing some three decades of research. This is not a book for your average fishkeeper, but it is a fascinating reference book for anyone seriously interested in aquaculture and fish biology.