Here are the books that I own and use.
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The book gives a very good grounding on the biology of corals (Hydrocorals, Zoanthids, Corallimorphs, Soft Corals and Scleractinia) as well as how to care for them. It also contains comprehensive information on most of the families, genera and species commonly seen in the aquarium trade. This book is a must for anyone attempting to keep corals. |
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Both volumes of The Reef Aquarium are invaluable for anyone thinking of starting a reef aquarium or even a fish only aquarium. It is also an extremely useful book for those people who have been keeping marine aquariums for years. Volume 1 gives a very good introduction to natural reefs and the biology of corals and clams. It goes on to describe various methods of setting up a reef environment in an aquarium including lighting, filtration and general maintenance. |
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The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 1 covers most of the same topics as Volume 1 of The Reef Aquarium except it does not have biology or identification information for corals or clams and includes details about the various divisions of alga. It contains some useful information on Live Rock hitchhikers. Fosså and Nilsen go into a lot of detail into the chemical reactions that occur in the sea, in our tanks and with additives. |
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This book gives an excellent introduction to keeping reef tanks with a more natural approach, including live rock and live sand. |
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This book works well as a field guide as it is quite compact. There are photographs of many species of algae, invertebrates and vertebrates and there is an introduction for each group. There is little or no detail on each species photographed, but the book is still useful for identification purposes. |
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Over 90 genera in 22 families of soft corals and sea fans (Alcyonacea, Octocorallia) are found in the tropical shallow water of the Indo-Pacific. Plates of under-water photographs, sclerite drawings, and detailed descriptions of the taxonomic and ecological characteristics introduce the reader to each of the 90 genera. It will allow reliable identification of soft corals and sea fans both in the field, from underwater photographs, and in the laboratory. |
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The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 2 discusses, in detail, the biology and taxonomy of the various groups of cnidarians. This book is useful for both identification and care details |
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Volume 2 continues on from Volume 1 giving biology and identification details (at least cursory) about the other cnidarians: soft corals, zooanthids, corallimorpharians (mushroom anemones) and (true) sea anemones. |
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This is an excellent book for identifying scleractinian corals from Australian waters. It is a little old now, but most of the information is still current. |
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A very interesting book that explores the question of "what is a species?" . This is a particularly interesting question in relation to corals, some of which show a great deal of morphological variation. |
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I have both the book and the CD-ROM and they are an excellent source for the identification, description and habitats of 113 named species of Acropora. |
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I have both the book and the CD-ROM and they are an excellent source for the identification, description and habitats of 113 named species of Acropora. |
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This volume includes every species of Angelfish and Butterflyfish that was known at the time of publication. Includes detailed descriptions and photographs of each species, including their known distribution. It is an excellent book for the identification of Angelfish and Butterflyfish, but the information of keeping the fish in an aquarium is sparse. |
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The Atlas is an extensive work covering almost every species of fish one is likely to encounter either at the local fish store or even while diving just about anywhere in the world. The details for each fish are very brief and general, but is still useful especially as a starting point to identify a species so that more information can be sought. |
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This is an excellent book for identifying the fish species found around Australia and in particular Sydney. For each fish there is at least one photograph, a map showing distribution and text describing characteristics of the fish as well as notes about where juveniles and adults may be found. Rudie has been diving and collecting fish in Sydney and the rest of Australia for well over 20 years. |
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This is a new softcover edition of the 1993 hardcover work and it appears to have some updates. It is an excellent book for the identification of fish found in Sydney and the surrounding region. It also includes details on where juveniles of certain species of angelfish, butterflyfish and wrasses can be found. |
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This is a fairly dated book, but is still helpful in the identifcation of butterflyfish and angelfish in Australian waters. |
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This CD-ROM sits between Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific and Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Guide in terms of the species covered and the detail about each species. The "book" is in PDF format, but only works with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0. The quality of the pictures is only average, but adequate for identifications. Being on CD-ROM makes it very handy to carry with a notebook computer. |
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This book gives identification and aquarium care information for single-celled organisms; sponges; marine worms; crustaceans and a number of small phyla. |
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This is an excellent book for identifying invertebrates, particularly hitchhikers. For each group, there is a small introduction and each photographed animal has details on identification, natural history and distribution. |
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This is my old Invertebrate Zoology textbook from University. |
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This is the 6th Edition of the great Robert D Barnes work. (Dr Barnes died in 1993.) This is a very useful book for general biological information about the various groups of organisms we may have in our tanks. |
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Last updated: May 30, 2006