Re: Axelrod's Cichlid Lexicon

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

K & D martin wrote:

> Jeeez!!! so how are us novices(at some things, heh heh), supposed to learn
> the end all be all if we can't trust the books? Hmmmm?  What is a good book
> that has a higher percentage of accuracy of identification than other
> books??  What about Baensch? I was thinking of getting his 3set volumes
> (FW).  I probably will jsut for the vast amount of fish covered, but what
> about specialty books, what is a really good dwarf/apisto and a good cichlid
> and a good killie book?

If you want up to date info that's mostly accurate (perfection is impossible) try
The Apisto-Gram (ASG's journal) and JAKA (AKA's journal). Their information will
be more up to date than any books.

>
>
> thanks, kym
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IDMiamiBob@aol.com <IDMiamiBob@aol.com>
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
> Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 10:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Axelrod's Cichlid Lexicon
>
> :Lee Newman writes:
> :
> :>
> :>  While difficult to defend, Axelrod has earned his reputation by
> :>  publishing photographs of boiled stiffs and abundant mis-idenifications.
> :>  However, the recent European hobby literature (particularly the
> :>  AquaLogs), seems only to have improved on the former. I find the qualtiy
> :>  of the photographs matched only by the inability to edit, and provide
> :>  accurate information on the subjects. The AquaLogs are merely expensive
> :>  picture books, the info associated with the photos can not be trusted.
> :>  What was that about money, money, money?
> :>
> :Just to give an example of how harmful TFH's misinformation can be, the
> :ancient Greeks had both a round-earth and a flat-earth thoery floating
> around.
> :The round-earth proponents had established the diameter of the earth to
> within
> :1% of its currently accepted value.  Aristotle was the most published
> author
> :of scientific knowledge, including an encyclopedia of all knowledge of
> Greek
> :civilization of that day.  He was a flat-earther, and published his
> flat-earth
> :theory in said encyclopedia.  Because of his apparently vast knowledge, the
> :people of Europe in the midievel period assumed that he must be right, and
> so
> :it became "scientific truth" by virtue of his genius.
> :
> :TFH is undoubtedly the most prolific Aquarium publishing house in the U.S.
> :today.  Most neophytes in the hobby read Axelrod's work with the same blind
> :faith that Christendom accepted Aristotle.  It is good to try to spread the
> :word, and when a friend becomes interested in fish, steer him/her clear.
> :
> :Bob Dixon
> :
> :
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