[APD] Re: Aquarium plants Reference book

[Dave Gomberg <dave1 at wcf_com>]

At 08:25 1/9/2005,  "Ramon" <rams at onvol_net> asked:
> At this stage of my experience with planted aquaria I am trying to find a
> reliable reference book on aquarium plants which apart from a vast list of
> plant species it also gives detailed information on the plants themselves. I
> have been locally suggested to go for Christel Kassellman 's 'Aquarium 
> Plants'.
> Can any one give me some information, personal perspective or criticisms on
> this book? Thanking you in advance,  Regards,    Ramon Vella

The book is expensive ($50 postpaid from me) and a real compendium.  If what
you need is a beginner's primer, it is overkill.  It is also not the 
world's easiest
read because the translator was not allowed to make English that read like 
native
writing.

That said, it is a wonderful book.  More complete, up-to-date and accurate 
than
any other.  And it is so good that it will likely become a classic in 
English as
it has in German.  Trying to do it much better is IMNSHO not worth the 
effort.  I
don't think it can be done.



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Dave Gomberg, San Francisco   NE5EE     gomberg1 at wcf dot com
http://www.wcf.com/apbook  for Kasselmann's "Aquarium Plants" book SPECIAL
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