Marine Reef Aquarium Handbook (Paperback)
This expanded and updated edition of a valuable manual for marine aquarium hobbyists provides the latest scientific discoveries and aquarium techniques for keeping and propagating living corals. The coral reef, both in the ocean and in a marine aquarium, is a symbiotic system of corals and beneficial algae in a community with other marine life forms. The author also discusses sponges, echinoderms, mollusks, crustaceans, and fishes, and advises on controlling and eliminating diseases and parasites in a marine aquarium. Filled with instructive color photos.
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(back cover) The latest scientific discoveries and aquarium techniques for keeping and propagating living corals Plus information on keeping Sponges Echinoderms Mollusks Crustaceans Fishes and advice on eliminating diseases and parasites in a marine aquarium
3.0 out of 5 stars
Basic for Beginners
The was is a great over veiw for people just getting started with the reef hobby. However if you are an intermediate hobbiest the book is very basic and you will most likely not…
2.0 out of 5 stars
Way too technical
This book was thoroughly disappointing. Provided OK information, but was entirely too technical in its approach. If you do not have a Ph.D.
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compact reef guide
It should be rated at 5 stars but I give only 4 stars because of its technical nature and my beginner’s comprehension.
3.0 out of 5 stars
No common name references
Don’t get me wrong, this book is good, however… while reading the book, it uses mostly the scientific names for everything.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good reference
I like the pictures & the info is good for a reef beginner like me. I’ve had freshwater tanks for years, so the basic salt intro was what I needed & this fits the bill.
3.0 out of 5 stars
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I purchased this book to educate myself about reef tanks before beginning. I learned quite a bit; however, most of the information went over my head.