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I love books and have started a collection on aquatic plants, what are your favourite plant books?

So far I have

1. Ecology of the Planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad

2. Aquarium Plants by Christel Kasselmann

3. Nature Aquarium Complete works by Takashi Amano

I'd be interested in finding a book with a good aquatic moss section.

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Freshwater Algae of Australia By Entwise, Sonneman and Lewis

The 101 Best aquarium Plants by Mary Sweeny

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Its OK, a bit light on the number of species it outlines specifically, but good if you need basic info on size, water parameters ect.

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See if you can get your hands on Aquarium plants, their identification, cultivation and ecology by Dr Karel Rataj and Thomas horeman, published by TFH publications, Inc. Ltd.  It was available in Australia from Pet Imports Pty Ltd PO box149 Brookvale 2100 NSW. I bought mine about 30 yrs ago. Another good plant book is a Fishkeepers guide to Aquarium Plants by Barry James, Published by Salamander Books Ltd.  Here is another, Water Plants in the Aquarium by Ines Scheurmann  Published by Barron Books.  Another good one if you can still get it is Oriental Aquarium printed in Singapore  ( Oriental Aquarium (S) Pte Ltd. 652 Lim Chu Kang Road Singspore 2471. Fax 6690406.)  My book was published in 1991, unsure if any of these contacts are still viable, but would be worth a try if you are keen.   Hope this may be of help.

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You'r welcome, hope you can find them, they are really great books,i would even try some of the used book stores.

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The Nature Aquarium is my drool book, soooooo many gorgeous tanks.

My favourite fish book is the Encyclopedia of live foods by Charles Masters, definitely a must for any fish breeder. :thumbsu:

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