books

[SuperT]

I'm looking for a good general species book for both fw aquarium flora and fauna or two books one on plants and one on fish species.  What would you recommend?

Thanks,

Terry

[mseguin]

Depends how detailed yuo want to be. I.e. do you want a book for example that has 3 species of cories but menions ther'es more, or one that has all of them.

[SuperT]

i would prefer that it have more detail.  why i used the term 'general' is beyond me.  sorry about that 

Terry

[mseguin]

Well then you really can't beat the Baensch Atlas, especially the photo Atlas.

[SuperT]

Is it all one book (Baensch Aquarium Atlas : Photo Index 1-5) ?

Just checked amazon and they don't have it.

I was wondering if Big Als carries it and what it (approx) retails for?

Thanks,

Terry

[mseguin]

The photo atlas is one book, contains photo listings for each species and brief symbols regarding compatability, requirements, size, etc. Then there's a series of books with more detaield species descriptions, not all are available in English yet. BA should be able to order the photo atlas, but check with Jody or Andrew.

[SuperT]

Thanks Matt

[zapisto]

for plant
check this one :

The Aquarium Plant Handbook (2002)

not bad at all, even for a dummy in plant like me 

[BigDaddy]

Kasselmann's two books "Planted Aquariums Creation and Maintenance" and "Aquarium Plants" are both good as well.  The former is a write up on lighting requirements, ferts, aquascaping, etc... while the latter is a reference book listing just about every aquatic plant you'll find in the aquarium trade.

Both are available from the OVAS library

[Julie]

I have the simon and schuster aquarium manual for fresh and salt.  It's quite extensive and too the point.