Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #79534 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover

Customer Reviews

A must-read for all real aquarists
For those really interested in maintaining a planted aquarium and those looking for reading on chemical and biological interaction between soil, water and plants this book is a mandatory one. Walstad exposes on a perfect scientific way (but still readable) how a mini-ecosystem like an aquarium works.

Very interesting
This book has a lot of scientific data and an analytical feel to it. The writter put a lot of thought into this book and provided a lot of information not found in most aquarium books. She focuses on low tech tanks which is nice for those of us that don't have a lot of money to invest in equipment but want the look of a planted tank. I recommend this book to anyone that has a low tech tank or is interested in a different perspective on planted tanks.

Practical, yet scientific.
This book can be useful to the layman and has the depth for the pro.

The author clearly knows her subject and has the technical expertise. The biology and chemistry is over my head (it has been a loooong time since taking those classes), but it is actually readable. Some items simply have to be taken on faith if you haven't got the background to fully comprehend everything. In other words, one does not have to understand 'redox equations' to get the content.

I haven't tried her methods yet, but I am intrigued. It goes against most of my library, but she makes a lot of sense.