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Myron, As Steve already mentioned, the Baensch Aquarium Atlas, Volume I is well recommended, but I would like to add a couple of other excellent pieces of aquarium literature which I’m sure you’d find extremely useful. Since you mentioned “bible,” it was the Dr. William T. Innes book (in its numerous editions) that was referred to as the “bible” of the aquarium hobby, from its inception in 1935 until its first revised 19th edition published by the Innes publishing Company in 1963. Several other editions have been published after this time, but not as well done. If you could find one of the original editions having the green leatherette cover, you will not be disappointed — with the exception only of the nitrogen cycle (little known at that time), this book covers everything you’ll need to know for aquarium maintenance and descriptions of hundreds of the most popular aquarium fishes, with numerous color plates; its entitled — “Exotic Aquarium Fishes.”
One other book I can highly recommend (and another one of my favorites), and also an older publication, is “Freshwater Fishes of the World,” by Gunther Sterba and published by The Pet Library, Ltd. (1962, ‘63, ‘66 and ‘67), an English printing firm. Such excellent sources of information on the hobby will never be obsolete as they address the basics of the hobby, in depth. They can be found as used fairly frequently on eBay. Ray
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