Lake Malawi Cichlids (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)

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Aquarium hobbyists will find everything they need to know about this interesting species of tropical fish. Books in Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series present basic information for new or soon-to-be owners. Advice and instruction covers feeding, housing, health care, and much more. Texts emphasize pet care basics and are easy for all readers to understand. All books in this series are filled with high quality full-color photos and instructive line drawings. Paperback / 96 Pages / 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 / 2000

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Good little book, but..........2003-03-31

Good little book, but some stunning errors in husbandry descriptions which could be a potential disaster for beginning Mbuna keepers. I highly recommend that aquarists look for at least a second opinion before choosing individual species as described in this book.

Best Little Cichlid Book I've Ever Read!.......2001-05-22

This is THE best little cichlid book for Lake Malawi. But don't let the word little fool you, this book is packed with information on dozens of Lake Malawi cichlids. I especially like that the book breaks down the lake's cichlids into the two main categories of mbuna and Haplochromines. There are over 100 excellent color photos of the most popular species accompanied by descriptions of natural habitat, size, husbandry requirements, diet, and breeding. I always take this book with me when I go to a fish auction or my local aquarium society meeting. There are other books that contain information on more species but none that gives you this much information at such a great price!

Excellent guide to Malawi Cichlids.......2001-02-18

Book Lake Malawi Cichlids describes natural habitats of Lake Malawi, different groups of cichlids and gives very good instructions how to set up aquarium that will match fish's natural requirements. It contains beautiful photos (some of them also taken in the nature!) and descriptions of some aquariums cichlids. It contains a lot of information given in very understandable way, I missed that in many other more comprehensive books. I recommend this book to all beginners and also to more advanced aquarists.

Success with Cichlids from Lake Malawi & Tanganyika

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Success with Cichlids from Lake Malawi
Beautiful Pictures!
Excellent book for new african cichlidists!
Not Much Success With CICHLIDS !
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Success with Cichlids from Lake Malawi & Tanganyika
Sabine Melke
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0866224890

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Success with Cichlids from Lake Malawi .......2006-12-25

This book has some good photos and provides a light overview for people that are new to the hobby. However, if you are new to aquariums you should not try to care for these fish. For anyone experienced this book doesn't provide much useful information. I was trying to get information on breeding African Cichlids and this book provided no useful information that subject.

Beautiful Pictures!.......2006-06-20

I just want to leave a notation for all who get this book. BE CAREFUL OPENING PAGES! The photos on each page are actually on photographic paper! This makes each photo excellent in detail and color, but this book needs to have pages turned with the care of a photo album, and not the casual nature of a book.

Excellent book for new african cichlidists!.......2003-05-15

Despite all the other bad reviews I think this is a great book to dive into African Cichlids. I have owned an aquarium maintenance service for years and have had only one african cichild tank. I bought a bunch of them and threw them all in a 55 gallon tank. It looked great until the fish grew up. After a year or so I only had a couple fish left, most killed by a large pseudotrophus sp. This book explained why and I was finally able to understand these fish. The book goes into species compatibility and their social behavior and explains why you mix certain species, male/female ratios, numbers of each species required, size of tank and how to keep aggressive ones. I feel the topic is so vast with over 1500 species that no one book can cover everything. I'm finding the most difficult part of African Cichlids is the scientific names - some are very difficult to say much less knowing which ones you can house together! If you have had aquariums in the past and know nothing about African Cichlids I would recommend this as your first book! It really informs the reader of the broad overview of what you are getting into and the problems associated with it. It leaves you informed and, if interested, wanting to buy another book or two, specifically one with photos of all the species like Pablo Tepoot's "Pictoral Guide".

Not Much Success With CICHLIDS !.......2002-11-17

More time is spent on discussing basic aquarium set-up and care, than on Malawi Cichlids. Must have had commercial sponsers, they are mentioned throughout. Other than a beginner at cichlids, nothing much new to be learned. Scientific names are outdated, but in the fast changing world of Malawi Cichlids that's not surprising. Better be up on your metric system, there's not an inch, foot, yard, pound or gallon in the book!

A moment from our sponsor(s).......2001-09-10

I felt as though I was reading an info mercial. While it is nice to have info on product availability it was more than I wanted to sort through. I also found it not well organized. Cichlid identification for the purpose of appropriate care and breeding is daunting enough without adding more confusion.

Konings' Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Malawi (Guide to Owning A...)

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Not worth the money
Confusing layout but good coffee table book
A must have book for the cichlid enthusiast!
Cichlids and all other fishes of lake malawi
A Fantastic African Cichlid Reference Book!

Konings' Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Malawi (Guide to Owning A...)
Ad Konings
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
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Binding: Hardcover

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Customer Reviews:

Not worth the money.......2005-07-12

This is one of the most poorly produced books I have ever encountered. At least 25 text pages have been left in German--what was the publisher thinking?--and the design is atrocious. It will be a cold day in Hades before I buy another TFH Publications book.

Confusing layout but good coffee table book.......2004-12-27

While this book has some great pictures in it, and the information about the species and lake is good, the arrangement of the species could really use some work. For some reason, Konings has decided to to arrange the species based on outdated classifications, something he acknowledges doing. The reasoning for this is not entirely clear, maybe its because he's an old fuddy-dud who insisted on using archaic and inaccurate classifications. This alone could be forgiven, after all, the book was published over 10 years ago, at a time when the more accurate classifications were still relatively new. However, what is more confusing is that konings has changed the names of the species to reflect the new system of classification. So while the species are arranged in the order of the old classification their names do not reflect this. For example, under the outdated naming system the Cyrtocara group of fish is arranged alphabetically as Cyrtocara ahli, Cyrtocara anagenys, Cyrtocara anaphyrmus and so on. However, Konings does not label these species as Cyrtocara xxxxx, rather he names them using their accurate names of Sciaenochromis Ahli, Exochromis anagenys, Maravichromis anaphyrmus and so on. Thus when you try and look up Otopharynx lithobates, rather than looking for the names starting with "O" you must flip randomly through the book (all 495 pages of it) or look it up in the index at the back. Needless to say, this becomes very frustrating. Oh, by the way, I hope you can read German, because about 10 pages of the book are written in it. I'm not sure if this is a problem with only my copy or with all of them but it too is very annoying. (maybe that explains why the book sold for almost 40% off) Anyway, despite these problems the book does contain some good info and pictures and as a coffee table book it succeeds wonderfully, particularly if your guests don't know much about fish. However, as a reference book it is inferior to much of the information and pictures that can be found on the internet. My adice: check out www.cichlid-forum.com for some good info on the species, then pick this book up to impress your friends.

A must have book for the cichlid enthusiast!.......2000-12-14

This is one of my favorite books. Once again Ad Konings does a wonderful job of presenting the fish of Lake Malawi.

This book provides the Konings typically wonderful photos of virtually all of the fish and color morphs. The information provided on each fish is excellent as well.

This is a must have for the serious cichlidiot.

Cichlids and all other fishes of lake malawi.......1999-12-31

This book is excellent for someone who is more interested in identifying lake malawi fish as opposed to general information on how to properly keep these fish in a home aquarium. For someone who is not a beginner, this definitely is a must have book. The pictures are great and there is a whole lot of information on lake malawi and the general characteristics of each fish. Buy this book, it will be a decision you will not regret.

A Fantastic African Cichlid Reference Book!.......1999-12-20

Mr. Konings has provided the african cichlid enthusiast with a lavishly illustrated reference work that covers the vast majority of mbuna encountered in the hobby as well as rare open water cichlids. Also included are photos of many non-cichlid species of fish (catfish,etc.) found in Lake Malawi. Detailed descriptions of each type of cichlid are given including size, spawning behavior, diet, and habitat. An excellent book!

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Lake Malawi Cichlids (Aquaguide S.)
Peter Bredell
Manufacturer: Interpet Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Celebrating Cichlids from Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika

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Celebrating Cichlids from Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika
Ad Konings
Manufacturer: Cichlid Press
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 1932892028

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Just the words East African Rift Lake convey sufficient magic to attract the attention of those that have never even heard of cichlids. Imagine a body of water as large as the state of Maryland, filled with crystal clear water fresh water and teeming with millions of gaudily colored fishes. Just like a coral reef without the salt water, the currents, and the tides. And Africa has two such lakes, both about the same size and both with a unique set of fishes, almost all of them found only in that particular lake. A part of Lake Malawi has been declared a World Heritage Site, the world?s first freshwater park. The fauna of Lake Tanganyika, with a depth of 1470 meter/4,822 feet, the second deepest in the world, is thought to be older than six million years, and perhaps as old as 20 million. The lake may have been the cradle of most cichlids found today in East Africa. One of the most exciting groups of fishes, the cichlids, is dominant in both lakes Malawi and Tanganyika, with each lake harboring a staggering number of endemic species whose ranges are restricted not only to the lake in question but often also to a particular section of each lake. Some of the species occur only around tiny rocky reefs, with population densities as low as a few hundred individuals, while others are found lake-wide with millions caught every year by local fishermen. Since the 19th century, when Lake Malawi was discovered by Livingstone and Lake Tanganyika by Burton and Speke, scientists have been intrigued by the fact that so many species could originate in a single body of water. Leaving aside the intense scientific interest in African cichlids, these colorful creatures are also extremely popular with aquarists who are able to keep and breed many of them with ease. Each cichlid has an interesting story to tell; this book shows a collection of cichlid fishes that were caught in the act, the act of their behavior, the act of displaying their splendor, all demonstrating that they are celebrated segments of the rich tapestry of life in the magical lakes of Africa. 176 pages finest quality paper, 11.75 x 11", 400+ color photographs, linen bound, dust jacket, hardcover.

African cichlids of Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika

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Best book out there for African Cichlids
A great spectrum of stupidy !
A great disappointment
Full of pictures with missing information
Don't repeat my mistake

African cichlids of Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika
Herbert R Axelrod , and Warren E Burgess
Manufacturer: T.F.H. Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Customer Reviews:

Best book out there for African Cichlids.......2006-01-11

What an amazing book!!! Amazing content with very useful information and beautiful pictures to boot. I dare you to find a better book out there on African Cichlids.

A great spectrum of stupidy !.......2003-10-02

First of all the book is 448 pages long (you would think there would be an abundent amount of usefull information) well THINK AGAIN ! The book is full of pictures with outdated scientific names, the only information about breeding any type of cichlid (being malawi or tang) is that you throw in a male with two or three female keep the water clean and BAM, you will have fry everywhere! It takes him about 20 pages to say this, in which he keeps repeating about just putting the fish in together and keeping the water clean. This book is trash and I am highly dissapointed, I wouldnt sell it for the simple fact that I would feel as though I am cheating someone out of money. If you are, on the other hand, looking for a book because your 2 year old seems to be fascinated by fish and fish pictures, then this would be ok for you. Out of the 448 pages 300 are pictures with no information about keeping the fish in an aquaria whatsoever, no explanations & poor "guessing at the correct names"; as he refers to over and over again "this is probably a ___ sp " Very jumbled and poorly organized ; even with the photos ~ this book doesnt even deserve 1 star!

A great disappointment.......2003-09-29

I thought that this book will have all the info i'll need for my African cichlids aquariums, but this book is a total flop ,
surprising with the names that were responsible for its release.
It has little info on the life of the African cichlid of lake Malawi & Tanganyka and nothing else , it is mainly a picture book (more then 90%) WITHOUT any data on the fish in the pics.
It seems i'm stuck with it but you can find much much better books to spend your money on.

Full of pictures with missing information.......2001-05-09

I bought this book in order to gain practical information on cichled species and their identification but I am highly dissapointed. It is full of pictures with a lot of missing information (such as sexsing, behaviour or breeding) and it is full of technical descriptions which are not helpful for an amateur aquarist. Photos of the lake Malawi and Tanganyika fishes are all mixed up; pages are not organised at all.

Don't repeat my mistake.......2001-04-24

One expects when buying a book by such a respected author to acquire a truly great book. This is not the case with this book. First of all, most photography are of very poor quality. Second, not all pages are numbered! This make the job of identifying fishes a lot harder. I'm very disapointed.

Malawi Cichlids in Their Natural Habitat

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Malawi Cichlids in Their Natural Habitat
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0966825535
Release Date: 2001-07-31

Book Description

This third, revised, edition of the definitive study of Lake Malawi cichlids discusses and illustrates more species than any previous publication. Basing his study on more than 900 hours of underwater observations all over the lake, the author characterizes the species by their habitat preference, distribution, and coloration. More than 1400 excellent photographs ? many never published before ?illustrate the cichlid fauna of the entire lake. Almost all of these photographs were taken in the lake and show the fishes in their natural habitat.

The book is a large edition (8" x 11") composing 352 pages. Hardcover.

Aqualex Catalog: Cichlids from Lake Malawi, Second Revised & Expanded Edition
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Aqualex Catalog: Cichlids from Lake Malawi, Second Revised & Expanded Edition
Andreas Spreinat
Manufacturer: Hollywood Import & Export, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 3921684498

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This is the new expanded and updated second edition. This picture lexicon, with an introduction in German and English, shows the most interesting variants, species and genera of the cichlids of Lake Malawi.

The color plates (most often 8 pictures per page) contain scientific name and symbols, which explain the most important facts for the successful keeping in an aquarium. The sequence of new species and color forms from Lake Malawi has still not come to a halt.

This new, expanded (105 new species) and updated edition of the proven catalog, which has been sold more than 15,000 times, brings condensed information on the Cichlids of Lake Malawi.

Presented are:
-A color photo of the most important species
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-Indication of the total length of the fish
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A colorful, quick and concise information source on the Cichlids of Lake Malawi in a compact, practical form, with over 700 color photos. A must, for every friend of the cichlids from this East African lake.

Lake Malawi Cichlids from Tanzania
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Lake Malawi Cichlids from Tanzania
Andreas Spreinat , and Andreas Spreinat
Manufacturer: Hollywood Import & Export Inc.
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ASIN: 3931328007

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This is the first book on the classification of the Lake Malawi cichlids from Tanzania. It includes more than 550 new color photographs on 316 pages. Most of the photographs are unique underwater pictures of the newly discovered species.This expert book offers the interested reader a professional aid in the determination of the new cichlids. Both cichlids and biotopes are comprehensively described in the clearly arranged text.

African Cichlids of Lakes Malawi & Tanga

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