A Practical Guide To Corals For The Reef Aquarium

Download or read book A Practical Guide to Corals for the Reef Aquarium written by Ed Puterbaugh and published by Crystal Publications (KY). This book was released on 1996 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a beautiful guide to more than 200 species of corals that are available to the reef hobbyist. For the first time ever, corals can now be correctly identified by a standardized common name, and of course all specimens are cross referenced with scientific names.This book contains 112 pages, including color photographs of corals as they appear in aquariums throughout the country -- over 300 magnificent pictures, including close-ups, detail shots, and identification tips. There are easy to follow charts on lighting and water flow requirements, aggressiveness, and difficulty of care. Each specimen has a written description, individual care requirements, identification clues, environmental notes, and much more. This is an outstanding book for the serious reef hobbyist or nature lover interested in learning more about these beautiful and endangered creatures. -- A must have addition to every reef aquarists' library, -- Aquarium Fish Magazine -- Outstanding Photography...a truly beautiful book, -- Marine Fish Monthly -- A beautiful coffee table book for anyone who has ever dreamed of visiting a tropical coral reef -- This is the first book to identify corals by standardized common names. It is quickly becoming an important reference guide the world ever.

Download or read book The Coral Reef Aquarium written by Ron L. Shimek and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-08-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of corals imported into the U.S. rose 249 percent between 1995 and 1996, an indication the coral reef hobby is booming. Concerned hobbyists have begun growing corals domestically so that people can enjoy reef tanks without destroying natural reefs. This book combines information on setting up and maintaining a reef, as well as ecological concerns.

Download or read book The Reef Aquarium written by J. Charles Delbeek and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium written by Svein A. Fosså and published by Ricordea Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aquarium Corals written by Eric Borneman and published by TFH Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping live corals has been likened to "bonsai for the cousteau generation" and "the ultimate underwater gardening experience." Beautiful, bizarre, and among nature's most colorful creations, living corals are now being successfully kept and grown in tens of thousands of home saltwater aquariums. For the first time, master aquarist Eric Borneman offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and fully illustrated guide to appropriate aquarium species, including a diversity of soft corals, as well as popular and rare large-polyp and small-polyp stony corals. World-class photographs and text reviewed by leading coral biologists and coral keepers guides the reader through the selection and husbandry of hundreds of species.

Download or read book A ReefBum's Guide to Keeping an SPS Reef Tank written by Keith Berkelhamer and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn how to achieve optimal growth rates and amazing colors with SPS (small polyp stony coral)? A ReefBum's Guide To Keeping an SPS Reef Tank - A Blueprint For Success, relates insights from an award winning reef keeper who's earned tank of the month honors once from Reef2Reef, and twice from Reef Central (one of the few to do so on RC).This book covers a number of topics including equipment, aquascaping, optimal parameters, husbandry and pest/nuisance algae control, interspersed with a sprinkling of (hopefully;) amusing personal anecdotes. Much of the subject matter focuses on SPS reefs, but there will also be info applying to all types of captive reefs. The book also delves into a principle called "reefology", the science behind the science of reef keeping. Specifically, it refers to practicing the basic principles of doing your homework, being patient, and keeping things simple. In a nutshell, this easy-to-read book provides basic guidelines and advice on how to keep a kick ass SPS reef tank!

Download or read book Reef Invertebrates written by Anthony Calfo and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: