Where can I buy this book in Singapore?

[paranoid]

Dear all,

I wish to know where in Singapore is selling this book below;

Ecology of the Planted Aquarium: A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist
by Diana L. Walstad.

Thanks!

Paranoid

[Desewer]

You can borrow it from NLB if you want to save cost. I believe I borrowed a copy a few months back from Tampines Regional Library.

[juggler]

You can check out the long discussion in this thread http://www.aquaticquotient.com/phpbb...ic.php?t=16417

[Sleepy_lancs]

Hi,

Talk to VincentTan. He has a spare copy of the 2nd edition. What the library has is the 1st edition.

[budak]

As far as I know, Kinokuniya provides a special ordering service for books, but I am not sure at the charges and user-friendliness.

I also saw recently a bookstore called Research Books, which is near United Square (a road-side shophouse beside the Mary Chia slimming centre at the MRT entrance), which claims to be able to order direct from publishers at whatever price quoted on Amazon, with no additional shipping charges to boot.

Maybe this would be a viable option for ordering books like Walstad's and Kasselmann's???

[hammy]

Hi all, I wonder if there are any similarities between the books mentioned below:

- Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants by Peter Hiscock
- Aquarium Plants manual: Expert advise on selection, planting, care, and propagation by Ines Scheurmann, Dennis W Stevenson
- Aquarium Plants by Christel Kasselmann
- Ecology of the planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad

[budak]

If there are similarities, why should there be different books in the first place?

Anyway, a quick summary:
Hiscock - A decent, well-illustrated all-round beginner to intermediate level book
Scheurmann - more compact than Hiscock, but still a good bargain.... my top recommendation for beginners (especially cheapo ones)
Kasselmann - encylopedia in content and price, not much pratical advice on plant care, but more on the physio-chemical aspects of plant growth and also taxonomy/morphology. Very extensive and detailed listing of species, esp. Crypts and Echinodorus genera.
Walstad - offers a "radical" low-tech approach to planted aquaria, using no CO2, little water changes and soil base.

[Plantbrain]

I think her book is good for a non CO2 method if someone wants that method.

If you use CO2, I think this book is something that may confuse the horticultural aspects of aquatic plants for many.

It is also good for some understanding of plants in CO2 limited conditions in nature also.

But for CO2 enriched tanks, there's not much out there that is an equilvalent to her book. Web is your best bet for now.

Maybe I'll get around to it sometime in the fall or winter this year, but don't hold your breath, it'll be a year or so at the earliest.

Regards,
Tom Barr