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Summary: Best book on the subject
Review: At the present time, this is the best work of its kind. It is a must have for anyone interested in corals. Eric is a gifted person and we are lickey to have him share his knowledge with us.
A "must have" book.
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Summary: Cutting edge book for the serious Reef Keeper!!!!
Review: Excellent book for the serious reef aquarist and anyone interested in corals. Provides technical, but easily understood information on the husbandry and care of these beautiful organisms in the home aquarium- from identification, propagation, lighting, and all techniques needed to keep these beautiful creatures not just surviving, but thriving in your tank. The information on stony corals, zoanthids, gorgonians, corallimorphians, and other cnidarians is exhaustive, but easily digestible by the normal aquarist.The book chapters are sensibly divided and there is so much wonderful information packed into each paragraph that it is difficult to stop reading it once you get started. The book introduces technical terms and defines them, even providing a pronounciation key for each genera. Nothing is forgotten. The photography is beautiful. The paper that it is printed on is thick, glossy, and weighty. All in all, this is one of those must-have books for the aquarist, especially those who are interested in reef keeping. For the fist time marine tank keepers, I must add that this is one of those books you must purchase to read to help prevent mishaps when first starting out. There are no questions left unanswered. For the advanced marine keepers, I think you will find this book a true gem, insightful and covers all those relevant propagation questions one might have. For your money, you will not find a better book!!!!!
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Summary: Cutting edge book for the serious Reef Keeper!!!!
Review: Excellent book for the serious reef aquarist and anyone interested in corals. Provides technical, but easily understood information on the husbandry and care of these beautiful organisms in the home aquarium- from identification, propagation, lighting, and all techniques needed to keep these beautiful creatures not just surviving, but thriving in your tank. The information on stony corals, zoanthids, gorgonians, corallimorphians, and other cnidarians is exhaustive, but easily digestible by the normal aquarist.The book chapters are sensibly divided and there is so much wonderful information packed into each paragraph that it is difficult to stop reading it once you get started. The book introduces technical terms and defines them, even providing a pronounciation key for each genera. Nothing is forgotten. The photography is beautiful. The paper that it is printed on is thick, glossy, and weighty. All in all, this is one of those must-have books for the aquarist, especially those who are interested in reef keeping. For the fist time marine tank keepers, I must add that this is one of those books you must purchase to read to help prevent mishaps when first starting out. There are no questions left unanswered. For the advanced marine keepers, I think you will find this book a true gem, insightful and covers all those relevant propagation questions one might have. For your money, you will not find a better book!!!!!
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Summary: Another readable, useful winner from Microcosm!
Review: First of all, if Martin Moe said it's good, right here on Amazon, that means a lot already. But I didn't see his review before I bought this book, or until I starting writing this. And it really is as great as all the other reviewers say it is. It's definitely not just another catalog of corals. With so much wonderful, easy-reading text to curl up with and enjoy, and so many terrific photographs... It's right up there with "Natural Reef Aquariums" (Tullock), "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist" (Fenner), and "Clownfishes" (Wilkerson). In addition to the taxonomy and identification, the book includes small but helpful sections on husbandry, including feeding, disease/predation, equipment, chemistry, selection, etc. To balance with at least ONE negative, I would comment that some of the photos seem a little over-saturated, but in fact, that's pretty typical in these books! My Sincere Thanks to Eric Borneman for a wonderful addition to my aquarist's library.
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Summary: Excellent book.
Review: Great book for newbies and established coral keepers. Eric sort of spoon feeds you knowledge about corals and nuances associated with the hobby.
Worth its weight in gold!
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Summary: Excellent coral book!
Review: I cannot say enough positive things about this book. I have a significant collection of books on marine fish and reef aquariums,and this is easily one of the best I have. If you are planning to keep corals and are really serious, you should buy this book and follow Borneman's advice. The pictures are excellent, and the depth and intelligence of the coverage on everything from corallimorphs to stonies is exceptional.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I have The Modern Coral reef Aquarium -vol 1 and 2- and this is much cheaper and BETTER!!
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Summary: Superb Book on Reef Corals
Review: I'm a marine biologist who has published many papers on the subject of corals and coral reefs. I picked up a copy of Borneman's book just to check out what is now available for the nontechnical reader and was delightfully surprised to see how complete and accurate this substantial volume is. It is well organized, very well written, and even includes some thoughtful environmental conservation perspectives oriented to the marine aquarist (for whom it should be the bible on coral husbandry). The pictures and illustrations are excellent, and the publisher has done a superb job bringing them to print. This book is a must have for anyone who loves corals and coral reefs.
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Summary: Perfect support
Review: It is full of pictures, clear in classifying species and clear also in "likes and dislikes" of each type of corals. I also found some species that didn't believe they will be included in this book, and they were.
It has also a part for illness. That part is not so large as I wanted but its OK for a beginner that doesn't know very much of corals.
In general, this is a perfect book, very helpfull and clear in every explanation it has.
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Summary: Informational.
Review: This book is deep yet remarkably simple to understand. If anyone wants to seriously take care of corals in the modern aquarium they would be nuts to not own this book. It provides information in a way that doesn't confuse the average hobbiest such as myself, yet is detailed enough to give you the confidence to keep some of the hardest coral available to the hobbiest.
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