Product Description

The renowned author H. J. Mayland has written this fourth volume of the Aqualog South American Cichlids Series. On over 900 fantastic color photos you see beautiful discus and angels. Wild caught, German, European and Asian breeding forms plus all variants, color and breeding forms with trading names and code numbers. VOLUMES I-IV presents a comprehensive lexicon about all known cichlids of the new world.

If you want to identify all the different South American Cichlids then you should get all 4 volumes of this series.

All AQUALOG -reference books introduce each fish (incl. breeding forms etc.) with at least one color photo and a short description. The ingenious code number system labels every known or newly discovered fish with an individual code number. This number remains, despite any scientific renaming. Moreover, it enables you to communicate internationally about any fish without the danger of confusion regarding local names! Your AQUALOG -reference book always stays up-to-date! All newly discovered or bred species are regularly published as supplements or so-called "stickups" in our AQUALOG News. These stickers can be attached to the empty pages at the end of your book. 240 pages, hardcover, over 980 color photos.

And if you want more information about the Discus (breeding, feeding, and more...), you'll find it in our AQUALOG -Special "Majestic Discus " ISBN 393170243X.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1483462 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06-01
• Original language: English, German
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

Unbeatable Books for the Aquarist
All of the Aqualog books are excellent value, although they are not particularly cheap. They are full to the brim with first class colour photographs and to reproduce these in a book is an expensive process. Whether they are about many of the different beautiful fishes now coming into the aquarist trade or in this case specifically the Cichlid species of fishes many of which are among the most beautiful fishes. They are first class for identifying that fish that you have had for some time, but have not been able to put a name to.

This is a really beautiful book with some stunning photographs and for anyone interested in Cichlids in particular and fish-keeping in general it is a book to be treasured.

For the more advanced......
This is not a beginner book that deals with care or even breeding of these beautiful fish. This is a book that deals with the many wild locale forms and MANY varied aquarium colour strains that breeders have created over the years. As the book description above states, if you want breeding and care information, have a look at the Aqualog Special "Majestic Discus". This book can help you identify where your wild discus came from, or at least the form used to create the colour form swimming in your tank.

Great pictures; little else.
If you want pictures of every possible discus or angelfish color, then this is a very good book. It seems to be targeted to breeders of show fish. For anybody else, it is probably a waste of money. There is no information on breeding or care. There is no attempt to describe the differences between the various sub-species or "breeding forms". Comparing the many beautiful pictures only adds confusion to identification. Reading the several short articles, reinforces the idea that the common discus or angelfish owner should ignore the fancy names (which seem to be very arbitrary at times) and just buy fish that appeal to you. Definitely do not spend extra money for a name.