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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This small but delightful book contains a wealth of information on the successful care of aquarium plants. The text is clear and illustrated as necessary with drawings as well as full colour photographs of the plants. General care topics are covered as well as the propogation of the plants and health issues. The book only covers the 40-odd most current aquarium plants, but given the dearth of books on such plants, this is a little gem.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have one word for this book, BAD!. The content of the book was very thin, there many plant references but hardly any information on them. It was basically just a picture book of plants, not the reference guide it is made out to be.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Beginners Book
29 April 2000
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are a non-scientific or beginner with aquatic plants, this is a terrific reference book for the price. You won't find anything this good for less than 20 bucks. It has excellent pictures so you can ID plants correctly. It has solid info on substrates, co2, and fertilizer. It is the most accurate cheap book on water conditions, ph, buffering, etc.
It also has crystal clear easy to understand explanations of complex things such as photosynthesis and respiration, biogenic decalcification, and iron use. It also has terrific clear info about how to recognize plant problems.
It clearly IDs the most popular species and these are outstanding pictures--much better than those most other and even more expensive books offer. And the writing and diagrams are absolutely fuss-free, clear and plain. A monkey could read this and grow a decent plant!
This will not be particularly useful to an experienced aquatic horticulturalist but it is hands-down the most accurate simple intro level book available.
If you are a botanist or water chemist, you'll be dissappointed, but for the average person trying to grow some decent plants in his or her tank, wow. It's fanatastic! And a great bargain. For 30-40 more you could get great books by Teepot and Walstaad, but this slim volume is essential for the beginner.
It also has crystal clear easy to understand explanations of complex things such as photosynthesis and respiration, biogenic decalcification, and iron use. It also has terrific clear info about how to recognize plant problems.
It clearly IDs the most popular species and these are outstanding pictures--much better than those most other and even more expensive books offer. And the writing and diagrams are absolutely fuss-free, clear and plain. A monkey could read this and grow a decent plant!
This will not be particularly useful to an experienced aquatic horticulturalist but it is hands-down the most accurate simple intro level book available.
If you are a botanist or water chemist, you'll be dissappointed, but for the average person trying to grow some decent plants in his or her tank, wow. It's fanatastic! And a great bargain. For 30-40 more you could get great books by Teepot and Walstaad, but this slim volume is essential for the beginner.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A Good Beginner's Reference
29 Dec 2002
Format:Paperback
This is a good, inexpensive book with basic information on how to set up a planted aquarium. I'd recommend this book in conjunction with Barry James' A Fishkeeper's Guide to Aquarium Plants. Although there are a few mistakes (photos of Riccia fluitan and Java moss have been switched), you can't beat the amount of info you get for the price.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Best planted aquarium book [for this amount]
13 Feb 2003
Format:Paperback
Please excuse me, I'm about to gush. If you are just going to buy one book, and you have [little] to spend, buy this one. (If you have unlimited funds, buy this one plus Aquarium Plants by Christel Kasselmann).
As the planted aquarium chairman at our aquarium club, I get a lot of questions. The answers to most of them are in this book. It is a great beginner reference, but be sure to go back and reread it after you've been in the hobby for six months, because you'll learn a lot more about pruning, aquascaping, trimming, etc.
Just buy it!
As the planted aquarium chairman at our aquarium club, I get a lot of questions. The answers to most of them are in this book. It is a great beginner reference, but be sure to go back and reread it after you've been in the hobby for six months, because you'll learn a lot more about pruning, aquascaping, trimming, etc.
Just buy it!
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