The Reef Aquarium: A Comprehensive Guide to the Identification and Care of Tropical Marine Invertebrates (Volume 1)

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Summary: The Best Reef Reference Book there is!
Review: As a reef aquarist I am always looking for good resources on how to be successful in this rewarding and very challenging hobby. This book covers all of the methods of reef keeping and allows the reader to decide which method is best for them. It also contains extensive chapters on the care and propogation of stony corals as well as giant clams. This is the best single resource a reef aquarist can add to their aquatic library. The authors have a tremendous amount of experience as reef keepers and both contribute regularly to such magazines as Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine, and Aquarium Fish Magazine. It's an expensive book, but it's well worth the price. Reviewed by Brian Fox

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Summary: The Best Reef Reference Book there is!
Review: As a reef aquarist I am always looking for good resources on how to be successful in this rewarding andvery challenging hobby. This book covers all of the methods of reef keeping and allows the reader todecide which method is best for them. It also contains extensive chapters on the care and propogation of stony corals as well as giant clams. This is the best single resource a reef aquarist can add to their aquatic library. The authors have a tremendous amount of experience as reef keepers and both contribute regularly to such magazines as Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine, and Aquarium Fish Magazine. It's an expensive book, but it's well worth the price. Reviewed by Brian Fox

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Summary: Excellent reef aquarium and hard coral/clam book
Review: Delbeek and Sprung's knowledge and experience is evident in this up to date guide to mini reef keeping. The basics of reef keeping are explained, as well as coral biology and aquarium nutrient regulation. They describe various methods of filtration and lighting and their benefits/drawbacks. They explain how to construct and attach live rock and coral aquascapes in the aquarium. The text is also beautifully produced with many color photographs. Volume 1 focuses on stony corals and clams. There are many pictures of the different species, and they describe each species natural environment and needs. The book also covers coral disease, how to collect and transport corals, and several pictures of outstanding reef tanks are shown to give you something to shoot for. This book is the best I have seen for reef aquariums, and I have seen just about all of them. Volume 2, still in the works, will cover soft corals and gorgonians, from what I hear

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Summary: The Bible of the Reef Hobby
Review: Everyone from Expert to beginner reef keeper should have this book as their "bible" of "How to". Don't consider a reef tank without it. This book will not only help you build a successful reef, it will allow you to help others who have trouble in their reef(s).

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Summary: Helpful books
Review: I keep a 30 gallon reef aquarium in my apartment and I am blessed with having a considerable amount of success for my first attempt at the hobby. I have purchased a couple of clams in the past, both of which turned out to be failures. Through word of mouth this book was recommended to me for the animals that I currently keep and the animals I would like to keep (SPS corals and clams). This book is full of information ranging from algea control to water quality to even identifying different species of SPS corals and clams. My only dissappointment was that I was hoping for a very detailed list of compatible organisms. I understand that certain corals tend to send out stinging tenticles that can harm recessive corals. Although this phenomenon is mentioned in the book it fails to give the specific list that I was hoping for. But don't let this negativity dissuade you from this purchase. There is so much other information in it I feel that it is critical for everyone who is new to the hobby to regard this book as their bible. Even the experienced may have something to learn from this literature.

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Summary: The Reef Aquarium Vol. 1
Review: I keep a 30 gallon reef aquarium in my apartment and I am blessed with having a considerable amount of success for my first attempt at the hobby. I have purchased a couple of clams in the past, both of which turned out to be failures. Through word of mouth this book was recommended to me for the animals that I currently keep and the animals I would like to keep (SPS corals and clams). This book is full of information ranging from algea control to water quality to even identifying different species of SPS corals and clams. My only dissappointment was that I was hoping for a very detailed list of compatible organisms. I understand that certain corals tend to send out stinging tenticles that can harm recessive corals. Although this phenomenon is mentioned in the book it fails to give the specific list that I was hoping for. But don't let this negativity dissuade you from this purchase. There is so much other information in it I feel that it is critical for everyone who is new to the hobby to regard this book as their bible. Even the experienced may have something to learn from this literature.

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Summary: The bible of reef-keeping...
Review: I manage a reputable aqarium shop, and we've referred to this book so often that the cover became damaged (a good thing). Also, we've highly recommended this title to our customers (beginner's included) due to it's easy to comprehend nature. An all-around gem in the reef-keeping world.

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Summary: Fish store's bible
Review: I work at an aquarium store specializing in corals, inverts, and saltwater fish and this book is our bible. If there is a question that know one knows the answer to the book always has it.

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Summary: Fish store's bible
Review: I work at an aquarium store specializing in corals, inverts, and saltwater fish and this book is our bible. If there is a question that know one knows the answer to the book always has it.

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Summary: A must-own book
Review: If you can only have one book on reef-keeping in your collection, you shouldn't own a reef. :-)

Still, this is a book which you should purchase if you are serious about keeping marine invertebrates in captivity.