Product Description

Bettas occur in a variety of vivid colors, and make beautiful additions to the tropical fish tank. Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals Instruct Owner's How To Care For Their Pets. Includes Information On Purchasing, Feeding, Healthcare And More

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #509593 in Books
• Brand: Barrons Books
• Published on: 2001-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780764116537
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Not a beginner's book. More for a breeder...
This book goes into great detail on the history and breeding techniques of bettas. It has a seperate chapter on Siamese fighting fish. It covers the basics on tank and food requirements. Compared to the other few betta books out there....this, I felt, was the best one for the money. After reading it, however, I still wanted more. Now I rely on tropical discussion boards for detailed information I need to care for my betta.

A great source of in-depth information about bettas
This wonderful book has heaps of information about the various bubblenesting and mouthbrooding betta species groups. It covers the selection of bettas, their housing (the 2001 edition has a chapter on Tanks for Bettas), feeding, breeding, genetics (covering stuff like Betta Genes and the Punnet Square), as well as the prevention, identification and treatment of common betta diseases (environmental, chemical and infectious). It is indeed a great source of in-depth information about bettas and a complete pet owner's manual.

absolutely useless marketing exercise
This is a pretty book: lots of gorgeous color photos of gorgeous Siamese fighting fish ("Bettas") and glossy pages. That's its main, and only, selling point.

Unfortunately, the info contained is mainly academic filler which is badly organized so that it's difficult to skim through and find the more practical bits, such as: 1. how often and how much to feed these fish, 2. how a Betta would do if mixed in with other fish in a large aquarium (answer: badly), 3. how often the water should be changed if a Betta is kept in a small filtration-less container of 1 gallon or less, 4. most common types of commerical food and which ones are better, etc. I could go on and on, but you get the idea.

Thankfully, Petsmart has a liberal return policy...this one's going back pronto!