Authors: Peter Hiscock
ISBN-13: 9780764155215, ISBN-10: 0764155210
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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.
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.
Part 1 | Practical section | |
Introduction | 10 | |
The natural biology of plants | 12 | |
Water quality and filtration | 26 | |
The right substrate | 38 | |
Choosing and planting | 48 | |
Lighting the aquarium | 56 | |
Feeding aquarium plants | 66 | |
Propagating aquarium plants | 78 | |
Maintaining a planted aquarium | 84 | |
Aquascaping | 94 | |
Fish for the planted aquarium | 118 | |
Part 2 | Plant profiles | |
Introduction | 122 | |
Plant Profiles | 124 | |
Index and credits | 198 |