Recommended Books

[Tobman]

Can you all recommend your top 3 books on reef aquariums?

I realize the technology is changing rapidly, and the best source of info. is likely Reef Central and other such on-line resources. But it would be nice to have a comprehensive source to start doing my research.

Also, I'll bet this question has already been threaded, but the search engine hasn't worked for me in days. So, sorry for repeating.

[Dubbin1]

Aquarium Corals by Eric H Borneman

Marine Fishes by Scott W. Michael

Marine Invertebrates by Ronald L Shimek

[bertoni]

[ericsbook]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1890087386/reeflink/104-3721873-5675133

The second book's author has a fair number of books that I have and enjoy.

[Pekkle99]

Corals of the World by JEN Veron
Aquarium Corals by Eric Borneman

I just bought both of these, they're great :)

[Tobman]

Those books look great. Thanks. Do they discuss the setup of a reef aquarium too?

What about: The Reef Aquarium: Science, Art, and Technology, Vol. 3
by J. Charles Delbeek and Julian Sprung?

[bertoni]

I haven't had a chance to read it yet.

Neither of the books I posted have a step-by-step guide to set up a tank. There are threads here that might help, though. Maybe, "Natural Reef Aquariums" by Tullock or "The New Marine Aquarium" by Paletta would be worth considering. I like the first book; haven't read the second, but the authors are both knowledgeable about tank setup, IMO.

[richardf]

I really found this book to have a lot of great information. I also ran into the author, Robert Fenner at a LFS in San Diego. Great guy!

It walks you through step by step setting up the tank and towards the end of the book it has a ton of great information on the different types of stocking options and their compability.

The Conscientious Marine Aquarist: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1890087025/ref=pd_sxp_elt_l1/002-7899682-7958438?n=283155

[PVitty77]

Natural reef aquariums by tullock, and Aquarium corals by borneman are both great books to start with. i bought them and found alot of what i thought to be good fishkeeping habbits was all wrong. i would recommend them to any beginning SW hobbiest.