Ecology of the Planted Aquarium Third Edition by Diana Walstad

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ECOLOGY of the PLANTED AQUARIUM
A Practical Manual and Scientific
Treatise for the Home Aquarist
Third Edition (2013)

by Diana Walstad

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Articles by Diana Walstad Available Here for Free Downloading

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Have questions about your planted aquarium? See the El-Natural forum of Aquatic Plant Central for lively discussions about plants, soil, water chemistry, and the author's method of aquarium keeping. Also, see the Aquatic Gardeners Association for more general information on planted tanks.

ISBN: 9780967377360
Hardcover, Third Edition (2013)
194 pages, 8½" X 11" page size
46 tables and over 50 figures and plant drawings
70 questions and answers
color plates of author's aquariums
hundreds of scientific references

About the Author

Diana Walstad, a long-time aquarium hobbyist, trained as a microbiologist and spent many years doing medical research at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). Her last position was as a cell biologist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Science.

2012, she published Cooking and Experimenting with Pressure Cookers. The new book's website has five cooking articles (by Ms. Walstad) that can be downloaded free.

In 2013, she wrote ‘Tuberculosis and One Family’s Story’, a 35-page article about the effect TB had on her grandparents. Article contains recent scientific information on the disease. You can download it free from the author’s blogsite: www.dwalstad.com

Why Not Have a Successful Aquarium?

Diana Walstad's Aquarium

Juvenile Tanganyikan cichlids in a 20 gal. "grow-out" tank

This book will be your constant reference for setting up and maintaining a successful freshwater aquarium. You’ll come back to it again and again as you encounter (and learn to appreciate) the enormous complexities of aquatic ecosystems.

You’ll learn:

How plants purify both water and substrate to make the aquarium healthier for fish
What aquarium maintenance is important and what is counterproductive and/or a waste of time
Facts about plants and algae that will come
in handy for preventing those inevitable algae takeovers
How to successfully grow plants without
expensive equipment and supplies

Reviews below. For 70+ additional reviews, see Amazon.com

"Ecology of the Planted Aquarium" is outstanding in every respect. In my opinion, this is a definitive, practical guide for the aquarist who wants to set up a beautiful planted aquarium. Beyond the basics, it is an in-depth exploration of the aquatic ecosystem and how it affects the plants.

This book belongs in the library of every serious freshwater hobbyist who wants a lush, beautifully planted aquarium that he or she has only dreamed about in the past.
— Don Dewey, Editor of Freshwater and Marine Aquarium

I am delighted with the tack taken in which you provide scientific information for hobbyists to make sound aquarium management decisions. I applaud the approach to educate non-scientists about their subjects; too often the scientific laypersons are greatly underestimated. I was particularly pleased with the book’s total avoidance of ‘gadgets’ that are mostly quite useless. The book’s ecosystem approach and balance of the system is the only reasonable direction long term.
— Robert G. Wetzel, Biology Professor and author of Limnology, the foremost reference book on aquatic ecology

Diana Walstad's Aquarium

Community tank with low-maintenance fish

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