Book Facts
Supplemental Articles
Interviews of the Author
Author’s 55 Gallon Aquarium with Plants and Rainbowfish
Ecology of the Planted Aquarium
by Diana Walstad
• Third Edition (2013)
• 194 pages, 8½” X 11” page size
• over 50 figures and plant drawings
• 46 tables
• 70 questions and answers
• hundreds of scientific references
• ISBN 978-0-9673773-6-0
• Retail: $37.50 (hardcover) and $19.99 (eBook)
• Discount Price: $24.50 (hardcover) and $14.50 (eBook)
REVIEWS
“I am delighted with the tack taken in which you provide scientific information for hobbyists to make sound aquarium management decisions. I applaud the approach to educate non-scientists about their subjects; too often the scientific laypersons are greatly underestimated. I was particularly pleased with the book’s total avoidance of ‘gadgets’ that are mostly quite useless. The book’s ecosystem approach and balance of the system is the only reasonable direction long term.”
—ROBERT G. WETZEL, Professor of Biology and author of Limnology, the foremost reference book on aquatic ecology
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BOOK SAMPLE (1 .2 MB)
Peek inside the book to see its first 25 pages with color plates, title page, table of contents, first chapter, etc.
REVISIONS 2020 (0.5 MB)
For recent (2018 and 2020) reprintings, the author revised five pages of the 2013 book (Third Edition). Readers can download those pages here.

Supplemental Articles
Nitrogen Uptake in Aquatic Plants
Small Planted Tanks for Pet Shrimp
Potted Plants for Fish Breeding Tanks (2021)
Mycobacteriosis in Aquarium Fish
Treating Fish for Camallanus and Other Nematodes
Parasite Surveys of Aquarium Fish
Small Scale Guppy Breeding (2022)
Breeding Guppies: Genetic Pitfalls and Successes (2022)
Hatching and Growing Brine Shrimp (Artemia)

Interviews of the Author
Interview of Diana Walstad (2013)
by aquariss.net about her ‘Natural Planted Tanks’
Audio Interview (2015) at Aquarimax about her progression to natural planted tanks
Audio Interview (2016) at Aquarimax about mycobacteriosis (“Fish TB”)