Home reading report - Ecology of the Planted Aquarium

• Introduction

The book “The Ecology of the Planted Aquarium” by Diana Walstad is a practical manual for people who are interested in aquarium hobby. This book provides useful information about aquarium hobby and all aspects which is connected with it. The scientist presents, describes and classifys her own experience in aquarium hobby and answers the questions from other hobbyists. The book is divided into seven main chapters with subchapters. There are many graphs and diagrams which show the results of her experiments.

Many scientists and professors helped Diana Walstad to by providing comments and ideas to mold and shape her theories.
The goals of the book are: discuss how plants affect the ecosystem, introduce into “aquarium chemistry”, what factors affect plants, how to set up a planted aquarium. …