how you find out you may be a little obsessed

started tidying my fishbooks and realised holy heck i might be a bit obsessed in this hobby

heres my book list

Catfish - Gris
Corydoras Catfish an Aquarists Guide –Lambourne
Corydoras Catfishes – Burgess
Catfishes – Back to Nature
L – Catfishes – Back to Nature
Aqua log special – All C numbers
The World of Catfishes – Kobayagawa & Burgess
A Fishkeepers Guide to African & Asian Catfishes – Salamander
Bristlenoses – Jinkings
Catfishes – Finley
A Complete guide to Corydoras - Burgess

Discus a Reference Book -Degen
Degen Discus Book - Degen
Discus - Degan
Discus – Back to Nature
TFH Angelfish

Tropical Freshwater Aquaria – Cust & Bird
The Complete Aquarium encyclopaedia of tropical freshwater fish
The Ultimate Aquarium – Bailey & Sandford
The Tropical Freshwater Aquarium - Sandford
Aquarium Fish – Bailey & Sandford
An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aquarium Fishes -Sandford
The Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guide to Aquarium Fishes
Haynes Aquarium Manual – Jeremy Gay
Tropical Aquarium – Dr. Sean Evans
The Aquarium Owners Handbook – Alderton
Aqua log Special – fishes of the year
The Natural Aquarium – Yoshino & Kobayashi
The Biotope Aquarium – Stawikowski
Nature Aquarium World – Amano
Tropical Aquariums – Harman
Handbook of Tropical Fishes – Schultz & Axelrod
The Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Fishes – Hamlyn
Dr. Axelrod’s Atlas of Freshwater Tropical Fish
Aquarium Atlas 1 – Riehl & Baensch
Aquarium Atlas 2 – Riehl & Baensch
Aquarium Atlas 3 – Riehl & Baensch
Aquarium Atlas 4 – Riehl & Baensch
Hamlyn Guide to Aquarium Fish
You & Your Aquarium – Dick Mills
Aquariums for Dummies
Interpet Mini Encyclopaedia the Tropical Aquarium


A Guide to Owning Cichlids – Stratton
A Complete Guide to Cichlids - Goldstein
South American Dwarf Cichlids – Mayland & Bork
Cichlids of the World – Goldstein
All about Cichlids - Walker

Tanganyikan Cichlid Aquarium – Zulo
Malawi Cichlids in their natural habitat 3rd edition – Konings
Cichlids a pictorial guide volume 1
Cichlids a pictorial guide volume 2
African Cichlids of Lake Tanganyika – Boruchowitz
African Cichlids of Lake Malawi & Tanganyika – Axelrod & Burgess
Tanganyikan Cichlid 2nd Edition - Back to Nature
Malawi Cichlids 2nd Edition – Back to Nature
Lake Malawi Cichlids – Bredell

Tetra press aquriology – fish breeding and genetics
A Super simple guide to Breeding Freshwater Fishes – Muha
Breeding & Raising Angelfish – Stansbury
TFH Breeding Aquarium Fishes Book 1
TFH Breeding Aquarium Fishes Book 3
TFH Breeding Aquarium Fishes Book 4

The Complete Aquarium Problem Solver
Fish Diseases – Dulin
Common Fish Diseases – Jepson
Interpet a practical guide to Keeping Healthy Fish in a stable environment

Nuts eh??

Whoops found 6 more books
The Cichlid fishes of Western Africa - Anton Lamboj
Interpet Livebearing Fishes
Feeding Aquarium Fishes - Ford
Aquarium Keeping & Rescue - Delfavero
Cichlid Atlas 1 - Dr. Uwe Romer
Culturing Live Foods - Michael R. Hellweg

sheag35 wrote:

Breeding & Raising Angelfish – Stansbury
TFH Breeding Aquarium Fishes Book 1
TFH Breeding Aquarium Fishes Book 3
TFH Breeding Aquarium Fishes Book 4

The Complete Aquarium Problem Solver

Just wondering what happened to Book 2 ????

Its hard to get Christy, cheapest I have seen it for is $125 plus postage, looking for a cheaper one

LOLZ- also envy, just cause I'm a bookworm!

Is this a strictly fish related phenomenon or are you a bookworm in general?

sheag35 wrote:

Its hard to get Christy, cheapest I have seen it for is $125 plus postage, looking for a cheaper one

You're not really obsessed so!

@ Muirgheasa nope this is definitely a fish related phenomenon, well that and 20 odd aquariums running at the minute

@ christyg lol well kinda sorta lol

Hmmm maybe just a little I think just the catfish section would be a sure sign

Here's the thing, I haven't even got a fish yet and I own five of those books!

::forsees future with 20 aquariums::

lmao never say never and to make it worse i found 6 more books, added them to the list above.

The really scary part is that isnt even including all my
practical fishkeeping Magazines since 2004,
all the Cichlade Magazines that are available since 1975,
buntbarsche bulletins dating back to 1966,
the cichlid scene magazines,
Aquarium International Magazines,
Redfish Magazines
Amazonas Magazines
or the online pdf's

yep think i have lots of info on hand

Now that's some collection of books is the Complete guide to Corydoras worth the read Shea



Mark

all that money wasted on bewks when it could be buying you another tanks!

@lemonjelly i think i have enough tanks at the mo. and the knowledge gained in those books especially the older ones is invaluable to me

SpiderMonkey wrote:

Now that's some collection of books is the Complete guide to Corydoras worth the read Shea



Mark

Hey Mark its a book well worth the investment ok its a little out of date regarding newer species but full of useful information

72 Books on Fish Keeping

definite obsession...





Des

lmao crap didnt even count them, yep its a lot and probably a little obsessive, ah well i could have worse obsessions i suppose

sheag35 wrote:

SpiderMonkey wrote:

Now that's some collection of books is the Complete guide to Corydoras worth the read Shea



Mark

Hey Mark its a book well worth the investment ok its a little out of date regarding newer species but full of useful information

Cheers Shea i'll have to look into some, im sure someone has done a updated version..


Mark