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Ines Scheurmann Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Date Published: First English Language Edition September 8, 1993 Language: Translated to English Format: Paperback 96 Pages | Complete Pet Owner's Manual Book 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 |
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Peter Hiscock Publisher: BowTie Press Date Published: July 1, 2004 Language: English Format: Paperback: 96 Pages | Aquamaster Book Description Written by fish keeping experts who have first-hand experience in answering hobbyists questions. |
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Peter Hiscock Publisher: Howell Book House Date Published: First Edition August 7, 2000 Language English Format: Hardcover 141 pages | Book Description The allure of the natural aquarium is that it is both a spectacularly beautiful and all-natural environment - the ideal backdrop for an aquarium of colorful fish . The plants and accessories needed to create a natural aquarium are more abundant than ever, giving aquarium hobbyists may more choices. This book explores the full range of natural aquarium possibilities, and with its abundance of full-color photos and drawings makes setting up and lm maintaining the design of choice as simple(and successful) as possible. From the Publisher The allure of the natural aquarium is that it is both a spectacularly beautiful and all-natural environment - the ideal backdrop for an aquarium of colorful fish . The plants and accessories needed to create a natural aquarium are more abundant than ever, giving aquarium hobbyists may more choices. |
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S. Yoshino Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: March 1993 Language: English Format: Hardcover 128 Pages | How to Imitate Nature in Your Home This is a beautifully photographed resource, with many ideas for creating natural or biotope type aquarium setups. They range from heavily planted setups to rocky Rift Lake Cichlid aquariums. There are suggestions for fish, plants and technical considerations. The Natural Aquarium - How to Imitate Nature in Your Home does not go into large amounts of detail about individual fish species or habitats. |
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Takashi Amano Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: January 1999 Language: English Format: Hardcover 64 Pages | This resource book is the extract and translation of the Aqua Journal (Japanese edition). It covers the waterscaping, selection of plants, composition of the tank, wood, rock and care of plant. The book is full of colour photographs with quite a few descriptions. The book provides some basic techniques of the author's style in decorating a well planted aquarium. |
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Peter Hiscock Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Date Published: May 2003 Language: English Format: Hardcover 208 Pages | "Inspired by Nature" Book Description This lavishly photo-filled volume demonstrates that having an aquarium to be proud of means much more than keeping fish in a glass tank. The aquarium enthusiast who takes his hobby seriously reproduces a part of the aquatic natural environment in miniature inside his home. Author Peter Hiscock offers practical instructions on setting up a freshwater tropical aquarium. He describes substrate, aquarium plants, and appropriate combinations of fish. Much of this book focuses on fish and plant life in nature, and then offers details on replicating natural settings in the aquarium. Both plants and fish varieties are shown in vivid color photos and described in detail. More than 450 color photos and illustrations. About the Author Peter Hiscock trained at Sparsholt College in Hampshire, one of the U.K.’s leading schools for aquatic studies. He has published widely on fish behavior and aquarium keeping. Among his other books published in North America by Barron’s are A Practical Guide to Choosing Aquarium Plants and A Practical Guide to Creating and Maintaining Water Quality. |
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Peter Hiscock Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Date Published: April 2003 Language: English Format: Hardcover 208 Pages | Book Description This heavily illustrated volume will prove a blessing to every aquarium hobbyist who has had to settle for superficial plant descriptions in general fish-keeping books. It presents a detailed A-to-Z directory covering hundreds of aquarium plants with high quality color photos and succinct profiles of each plant. Information includes the plant’s common name, botanical designation, growth cycle, and general description. The book’s additional sections offer details on how to grow and propagate aquatic plants, and how to protect them from parasites and other problems. This handsome volume features approximately 450 color photos and illustrations. From the Back Cover * The natural biology of plants * Water quality and filtration * Choosing substrates * Selecting plants * Planting techniques * Lighting * Feeding * Propagation * Essential maintenance * Aquascaping * Populating with fish A complete guide to more than 150 popular aquarium plants Fully illustrated with more than 250 color photos and graphics |
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Christel Kasselmann Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company Date Published: July 12, 2005 Language: English Format: Hardcover: 160 Pages | Creation and Maintenance Book Description Planted Aquariums: Creation and Maintenance starts with a discussion of light, soil, and water requirements for keeping plants in aquariums. The next chapter gives the reader guidelines for choosing the right plants for their tanks. The major portion teaches how to plan for, purchase, and install plants in the aquarium. There is a detailed section that is useful for someone who just wants to put a few hardy plants into a small tank as well as for the serious hobbyist aiming to create a show tank. Sections on plant care, water quality, problem solving, and fish in planted aquariums round out the picture. A special section on Dutch and Japanese planted tanks provides a wider perspective. "Hands on" information is available for hobbyists who want their tanks to shine. Although the book is comprehensive, the beginner can learn how to create and maintain a simple tank or a more complex one. |
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Mary E. Sweeney Photographers: George Farmer Neil Hepworth Aaron Norman Jeff Ucciardo Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: August 2008 Language: English Format: Paperback 192 Pages | How to Choose Hardy, Vibrant, Eye-Catching Species That Will Thrive in Your Home Aquarium Book Description: Whether you are a new or intermediate hobbyist, The 101 Best Aquarium Plants is the perfect pocket-sized guide for navigating the booming planted aquarium market. The 101 Best Aquarium Plants makes aquascaping and keeping healthy aquatic plants simple by providing clear, expert advice and recommendations that greatly improve the hobbyist’s chances of success. It presents 101 full-page species accounts of plants that are not only appealing in appearance but can thrive in aquarium tanks. Also included are 33 species to avoid—plants that are not compatible with home aquariums or that tend to perish in the hands of inexperienced aquarists. Written by an experienced aquarium hobbyist, this title features must-know buying, fertilization, and keeping tips, plus easy-to-use keys to sizes and care requirements. The book is organized for instant look-up, with color-coding to highlight species that will fit into aquarium systems of different sizes. The brilliant full-color identifying photos serve as the perfect completion to this reference. About the Author Mary E. Sweeny is the former editor of Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine and a longtime book author and editor. She lives, writes and keeps and breeds tropical fishes at the Water Witch Club, her family home in Monmouth Hills, New Jersey. |
 | Mini Encyclopedia Series for Aquarium Hobbyists Book Description Hundreds of different aquarium plants are illustrated in color with detailed descriptions of each plant, its common name, botanical designation, and information on its growth cycle and general care. A brand-new title in the growing Mini Encyclopedia Series for aquarium hobbyists, this book helps aquarium owners plan, create, and maintain a colorful and interesting environment for fish and aquatic life. Each volume provides in-depth information and instruction on a specific subdivision of fish keeping. Complementing the text are sets of illustration panels filled with full-color photos, each with its own detailed and instructive caption. The team of authors, all recognized aquarium experts, show readers how to set up an aquarium, select species, and maintain an optimal environment for the tank’s aquatic and plant life. Approximately 250 color photos and illustrations in each volume. From the Back Cover Mini Encyclopedia This mini encyclopedia is packed with sensible advice and practical guidance. The first part explores all aspects of growing plants in the aquarium, from choosing healthy specimens and using the right substrate to providing the best lighting and feeding systems. This is followed by advice on setting up planted displays based on natural environments. Part two presents a wide-ranging selection of popular aquarium plants, including details of their mature size, optimum growing conditions, suitable aquarium zone, and propagation techniques. |
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Diana L. Walstad Publisher: Echinodorus Publishing Date Published: 2nd Edition January 2003 Language: English Format: Hardcover | A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist Second Edition This book is an excellent complement to the photo-laden coffee table books on planted aquariums. It is a thoroughly-researched treatise on what biological and chemical processes happen in an aquarium. Unlike most technical books, it manages to combine both detailed discussions of the science involved (including many references to the scientific literature) with practical tips that would be useful to the beginner, using a question-and-answer format in boxes scattered throughout the text. The author, formerly the Technical Advisor to the Aquatic Gardeners Association, proposes a "low-technology" approach to maintaining a planted aquarium, with emphasis against the exotic materials and gadgets favored by the German and Japanese schools of aquarium design. |
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Takashi Amano Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: March 1994 Language: English Format: Hardcover 192 pages | How You Can Make A Most Beautiful Aquarium Book 1 Takashi Amano's work for his reference books always have superb aquascapes and pictures. Amazing sections in this book about the use of Carbon Dioxide processes used to get tanks to have a very balanced nature world to the aquarium. |
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Takashi Amano Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: February 1997 Language: English Format: Hardcover 120 Pages | Book 3 (Bk. 3) Important to note this is part III in the series. This is volume 3 of a group of Natural Aquarium book reference series and should be either bought one book at a time or as a whole serires. Many recommend getting the Volumes in Order as this book although great for intermediate to experienced aquarits the first volumes deal with more beginning knowledge in the World of the Nature Aquarium A great book of inspiration once you know the essentials of aquatic plantscaping & fishkeeping. Amano's tanks are a living work of art. If you're already into freshwater planted fishtanks, get this book! After you've bought book one, Nature Aquarium World, of course. |
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Takashi Amano Publisher: TFH Publications Date Published: January 1, 2011 Language: English Format: Hardcover 264 pages | Complete Works 1985-2009 Book Description Nature Aquariums: Complete Works 1985-2009 takes you on a journey through over two decades of the most innovative and breathtaking designs from nature aquarium pioneer Takashi Amano. In this collection of works from the world-renowned aquarist, over 200 vibrant, full-color photos display the captivating beauty of nature aquariums while providing detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to create your own aquatic masterpiece. Along with expert advice on plant and fish selection, water chemistry, and maintenance, the author includes essays outlining aquarium aesthetics and his own personal design philosophies to inspire readers to create their own harmonious and tranquil nature aquarium designs. About the Author Takashi Amano has been a leader in aquarium design for more than two decades. He established the Aqua Design Amano Company in 1982 to promote natural aquarium design and developed a line of products to make creating and maintaining a nature aquarium easier. Though he lives and works in Niigata, Japan, Amano travels extensively to study natural aquatic habitats. |
