If you are interested mainly in plant culturing information, I think the Walstad book ("Ecology of the Planted Aquarium") is far superior to Kasselmann. If your "nearest and dearest" really is that close, ask for both. Bill _______________________________________________ Aquatic-Plants mailing list Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/aquatic-plants