Nature Aquarium World: How You Can Make A Most Beautiful Aquarium

by Takashi Amano, Christoper Perrius (Translator)

Learn how to make your aquarium a work of art and a part of your home.

Genres: Nature

183 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1994

About the author

Takashi Amano (天野尚, born July 18, 1954) was a photographer, designer and aquarist. His interest in aquaria led him to create the Japanese company Aqua Design Amano.

Amano is the author of Nature Aquarium World (TFH Publications, 1994), a three-book series on aquascaping and freshwater aquarium plants and fish. He has also published the book "Aquarium Plant Paradise" (T.F.H. Publications, 1997).

A species of freshwater shrimp is named the “Amano shrimp” or "Yamato shrimp" (Caridina multidentata; previously Caridina japonica) after him. After discovering this species' ability to eat large quantities of algae, Amano asked a local distributor to special order several thousand of them. They have since become a staple in the freshwater planted aquarium hobby.

He has also developed a line of aquarium components that are known as ADA, and his “Nature Aquarium” article series appears monthly in both Practical Fishkeeping magazine in the UK, and Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine in the US.

Reviews

[Khürt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started reading these books in the late 1990s, a few years before my children were born. Based on his books, I set up two nature aquariums, one dedicated to Blue Discus (Symphysodon aequifasciatus) and the other to Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare). I loved those tanks and was devastated when both failed while I was at my younger brother's wedding in 1998. The person I left in charge of feeding overfed the tank, which upset the delicate balance between flora and fauna. The fish drowned in excess nitrogen.

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guy is amazing! He takes the Japanese approach to gardening and applies it to aquariums. His aquariums look like living paintings, and the pictures in this book are breathtaking. Some of the plants he uses in his aquariums are soft and moss-looking. I've never seen some of these plant in stores, so I don't know where he gets them.

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amano is the master of making aquariums into art. An inspiration for all aquarists.

This is mainly a picture book, but there are some short writings by Amano on what inspired him to make a certain tank, and the plight of Nature in the face of increased man made pressure.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great photos.

[Orgrim Doomhammer · Rating 5 out of 5]

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