Aquarium Plants Manual (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) (Paperback)

by Ines Scheurmann (Author)

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Product Description
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.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 1st English Language Ed edition (September 8, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812016874
• ISBN-13: 978-0812016871
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #648,743 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Beginners Book, April 29, 2000

By A Customer

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Beginner's Reference, December 29, 2002

By	R. Anderson (Santa Fe, NM United States) - See all my reviews

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best planted aquarium book [for this amount], February 13, 2003

By	Dave Millman "davemill" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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!