How to get started -- Lighting -- Filtration, circulation, and heating -- Feeding aquarium plants -- The importance of carbon dioxide -- How to aquascape -- Hardscape -- Choosing, preparing, and maintaining your aquarium plants -- How to choose your fish, shrimp, and snails -- Maintenance

"Learn how to create and maintain your own underwater ecosystem. Aquascaping is the art of creating beautiful aquariums with natural materials and live plants. From the brilliance of Takashi Amano and numerous other innovators, aquascapes have become a popular way to enjoy aquariums. In Aquascaping: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planting, Styling, and Maintaining Beautiful Underwater Aquariums, planted aquarium expert George Farmer teaches how to create the perfect aquascape."--Amazon website