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His comments were in a book he published.. (none / 0) (#16)
by Angelee on Sun Dec 28, 2003 at 10:30:41 PM PST

back in the late 70's. It was entirely on guppies. I can't remember the co-author's name. He had a lot of interesting data in it. I just had never heard of the "too much light" theory, and certainly don't want to test it to see if it really makes them sterile or diminishes their color intensity. The book was called "Guppies - the care and breeding of". I figure the amount of light to be okay if: 1. My plants are not turning brown (from burn or too little of light) 2. The water isn't turning green from the overexposure 3. the fish aren't showing signs of distress (HAH sunburn!) I kind of wing it in that department most of the time.
"The Rocky Mountain Gupster" ANGELEE
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Guppies Herbert R. Axelrod, Wilfred H. Whitern ? (none / 0) (#17)
by unclescott on Mon Dec 29, 2003 at 02:47:33 AM PST

That one was out in 1988.

There was also a Fancy Guppies for the Advanced Hobbyist
By C. W. Emmens, Herbert R. Axelrod
Paperback / January 1968

There's an amazing number of books and pamphlets which have been cranked out over the years. Of course if one throws in breeding fish, starting an aquarium and livebearers as topics it really get voluminous. :)

It was a little disturbing to run across a kids' book on keeping goldfish and guppies. No wonder people think they can go together!

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Mine is... (none / 0) (#18)
by guppygirl on Mon Dec 29, 2003 at 11:37:00 AM PST

"Guppies" by Wilfred L. Whitern, cc 1980.
"With a special section on inheritance by Dr. Myron Gordon."

"Front and back endpapaers by Dr. Herbert R, Axelrod." HUMMM, they didn't make it into my copy for some reason. But has many of his photos of guppies throughout.

It is a great book, easy to read, with clear explainations.

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