Kaspar Horst

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Kaspar "Perry" Horst (born November 21, 1929 in Cologne ; † June 21, 2014 ) was a German aquarist and publisher .

Horst has been involved in aquaristics since childhood, especially aquarium plants . One of his developments in the 1960s was a synthetic nutrient carrier that not only supplies the plants in the aquarium with iron, but also other nutrients and trace elements. His method of carbon dioxide fertilization in water has been patented . Together with Horst E. Kipper , in whose company DUPLA Aquaristik GmbH he later joined as managing director, he undertook a series of research trips to Sri Lanka , Thailand , Malaysia , Borneo and Australia . In 1976, together with Kurt Paffrath, he founded the Aquatic Plants Working Group in the Association of German Associations for Aquarium and Terrarium Studies . From May 1983 he published the aquarium magazine Aquarium heute and made aquaristics a profession by giving up his position as a merchant in a Cologne publishing house.

Publications

  • Kaspar Horst, Horst E. Kipper: The perfect aquarium - the sure way to success. Guide to setting up and maintaining your freshwater aquarium. 4th edition. Tetra Verlag, Melle 1981.
  • Kaspar Horst, Horst E. Kipper: The optimal aquarium - guidelines for setting up and maintaining the freshwater aquarium. Ad aquadocumenta Verlag, Bielefeld 1992, ISBN 3-925916-15-6 .
  • Kaspar Horst: My first aquarium. Introduction to aquarium science for everyone who wants to become an aquarist. 2nd Edition. Ad aquadocumenta Verlag, Bielefeld 1995, ISBN 3-925916-24-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Kaspar Horst. Retrieved November 23, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Christel Kasselmann : Kaspar Horst (November 21, 1929 - June 21, 2014) . In: DATZ 2014, No. 9, p. 10, ISSN  1616-3222 .
personal data
SURNAME Horst, Kaspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perry (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aquarist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 2014