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Han-@aol.com
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Happy New Year All, Erik's post a few weeks ago re Christel Kasselmann's "Aquarium Plants" book got me curious as to what are some of your other favorite books. I'm a relative new comer and here is what I have found but I'd love to hear what you have on your book shelves ! Aquarium Plants: "A Fishkeeper's Guide to Aquarium Plants" - Barry James, Tetra Press, 1984 - I really liked this book as it really cleary described some good fundamentals of aquarium plant keeping (especially for a newcomer) and the 65 plant profiles covered most of the plants that a beginner might tackle. In fact this book, led me to purchase the other A Fishkeeper's Guide to...books. "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium" - Diana Walstad, Echinodorus Publishing, 1999. Aqurium General - "A Fishkeeper's Guide to The Tropical Aquarium" - Dick Mills, Tetra Press, 1984 - Again I was pretty impressed with this series in it's clarity and ease of read. This more than the aquarium plant book, seems a little dated (and it is!) in it's pictures of tank equipment and I notice that Dick Mills has several more recent books on the shelves (but I got this one cheap at half price books) so you are probably better going with one of them but I liked Dick Mills' writing style. "The Interpet manual of Fish Health" - Chris Andrews & Co., Interpet, 2002. I just got this book and have only read a bit but am impressed thus far. I just bought this book from Green Apple when I went to check out the Aquarium Plant book that Erik mentioned (gone by the way). Very clear and easy to understand coverage of water chemistry and variables as related to the health of your aquarium. I notice that they may have switched publishers and you can get what looks to be the same book on Amazon only now just called "Manual of Fish Health" from Firefly books, 2003 for a cheaper price... sigh. Anyway, hope you all are doing well in this new '04. Hans |
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