Product Description

For experienced hobbyists and beginners, here are short profiles on more than 40 different plants combined with details on selecting and maintaining water plants. There's even a section on how plants and fish interact in an aquarium. Ninety striking full-color photos.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #237728 in Books
• Published on: 1993-09-08
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

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An expert answers aquarium owners' questions about selecting and maintaining water plants for the aquarium. Readers learn how plants and fish interact, and how to sustain the correct water temperature and chemical balance. Filled with full-color photos and drawings.

Customer Reviews

Best book for the price you will find
Okay, don't bother if you are an expert. But if you aren't, if you are a beginner looking for a GREAT cheap book that has basically all the info you need to get started, this is it. You will not find a better book for(the price).

For example, if you already know about photosynthesis and how it differs from respiration and what the effects are in your tank, you don't need this book, But if you don't, and you want a SIMPLE explanation, here it is.

It has very clear pictures to ID plants. It has very clear info on water chemistry--esp. on co2 and biogenic decalcification. It offers an excellent list of plant problems and reasons why, and it will explain what kinds of plants need which types of conditions.

This is not a detailed book, (see Teepot or Walstaad for those). It has nice pictures but they will not inspire beautiful tanks (see Amano). But if you want to now what to do with that weed you picked up at your local FishyPlace is and how to grow it, here you go.

You can't miss.... Hooray.

Excellent Beginners Book
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.

Well worth the price 4++ stars
This little book is a very good value. It covers more than 40 different plants in its encylopedia section in addition to its glossary and several different info sections, including info on lighting, nutrients, selection and care. It gives more info about plants than can be obtained in the more general information books and is very inexpensive. It could be organized a little better but it is still very useful and very much worth the price.