u/Significant_Visit_21

Im looking for book recommendations. I love sci fi and specifically love BIG CONCEPT sci-fi that really makes you ponder and challenges your perspective. I love dream state concepts, weird and surreal, that kind of thing. I also like hard sci fi, but generally only when its well written and ties in all kind of allegory and symbolism. Also open to weird and surreal fiction with philosophical themes that aren't strictly sci-fi. Some of my favorites:

Adrian Tchaicovsky - literally anything he has written, but especially his stand alone works like Shroud, Alien Clay, Cage of Souls, Service Model

Ursula k. Le Guin - all of it

Kurt Vonnegut - everything, but especially Sirens of Titan, maybe my all time favorite book

Philip K Dick - all of it, but Ubik is a favorite

Murakami - everything

China Mieville - Embassytown, Kraken

Joanna Clarke - Piranesi

There are more, but those are the handful that come to mind.

Im looking for recommendations for a physical printed book about aquarium care for a teenager. My daughter has had a few fish tanks for a while, a 20 gallon and a small 5 gallon. The 20 gallon had some guppies and mollies and the 5 gallon had a betta. The fish have all died, probably because of some mistake we were making over time. She has kept her aquariums running with some live plants, but no creatures. She is a very bright and motivated kid, very interested in doing research and learning how to keep the aquarium herself, but both of us get very overwhelmed with combing through message boards and trying to learn. My kid loves books, especially science type books. I'd like to get her a few information books so she can feel like she is well informed and in control of the process. She is easily capable of understanding books for adults. Recommendations for reputable websites are also welcome, but we'd like to avoid getting all our answers from message boards or social media groups - not that theres anything wrong with that, just that it can be overwhelming.

Now that summer vacation is starting, my kid is interested in cleaning her aquariums and getting ready to reintroduce fish. She is a very meticulous kid, and probably won't feel ready to add fish for weeks or months, until she feels she has properly cycled the aquarium and has done all her research, and has established the perfect water quality balance.

Some specific areas of interest and/or areas we have struggled with:

Water quality - testing, adjusting, maintaining

Filtration options - UV sterilizer? Types of filters?

Keeping live plants - species, substrate, fertilizer?

Selecting the right fish species

ALGAE!

And, general trouble shooting of common problems.

General advice for our situation is also welcomed, but books or resources are especially helpful! Thank you!