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

This is the 1st of the books in a series of 3 by these authors.Excellent book, very informative, and helpful with so much information and great pictures in gloss.Great for anyone interested in this hobby.

Excellent

great book

If you are wanting to keep a reef aquarium for the first time, or are an experienced aquarist, this book provides VITAL information for you. The layout and content are fascinating and the pictures that accompany the text are quite stunning. All aspects of the hobby are covered from setting up right through to propagating your inverts. There is an extensive taxonomy and recognition section as well as comments on how to keep species and their requirements in your system.Quite simply...BUY THIS BOOK!Also, volume two is an excellent volume dedicated to soft corals and anemones. Get them both and feel at ease with what you are doing.

I love this book. It's like a textbook - it provides information in a simple manner that is extensive and will impress the most advanced fish master. Though it doesn't contain info on the latest accessories, it covers pre-1995 tanks that often ran with nothing but a skimmer or algae scrubber. Fancy colored corals were a decade away when this was published but knowing the basics presented in this book is the difference between a novice and an expert. Lighting, for example: modern lighting was not able to be discussed back then but learning the specifics of natural lighting for all the coral species was and can be applied today when choosing between super-expensive lights or cheaper lights that do the equivalent. The knowledge contained in this book will take you from reading 100 different posts to coming up with your own solutions.My book was in great condition and arrived promptly.

Very good condition

Alot of useful info in this book.

Ne fait pas double emploi avec les volumes suivants.Quelques concepts un peu dépassés mais les bases sont expliquées en détail, très en détail.

This book is an excellent reference related to the aquarium techniques. If you are interested in setting up the Berlin system, the book contributes great power of knowledge. Unfortunately the book is not translated into Japanese, it is valuable for all of Japanese aquarists to read through page by page in English.