leggomyeggow
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I hear The New Marine Aquarium is good. Are there ary others I should read? I am completely new to saltwater tanks btw. Thanks!
Good Books For Salt Water Beginners?
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small triggers
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authors, Julian Sprung, James Delbeek(Delbek?), and Scot W. Michael all are good. Its kinda a give and take on info,,, and make sure you dont get anything more than about 7 years old. Libraries usually have a decent section to look at too.
leggomyeggow
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Do you have any titles that you recomend?
small triggers
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I have these few, really good ones; The complete Encyclopedia of saltwater aquarium, the new encyclopedia of the saltwater aquarium, Reef Life, The new marine aquarium,These are all called 'pocket books' i think Marine Fishes, Marine Invertabretes, reef aquarium fishes. The Not to helpful ones were;Saltwater aquarium models & the inspired aquarium. Just my opinion of course,,,,
brokendeck
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go with marine fishes. its got alot of info on any fish you can have. great book.
snowrider84
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i thought the Conscientious Marine aquarist by Robert Fenner was a good one
bs21
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Originally Posted by snowrider84
http:///forum/post/3025502
i thought the Conscientious Marine aquarist by Robert Fenner was a good one
This ^ and the one you mentioned in your first post are very good IMO.
also The Reef Aquarium Science Art and Technology by Delbeek and Sprung
is another good book. however this is a pretty large book but covers a plethora of more topics than the others but is heavy on the science and lingo. So this one may be better after you get some experience under your belt. Or certain processes explained in the other books can be explained in more detail in this book so you could supplement the others with this but not a stand alone for every beginner in my opinion.
Books are a great reference and starting point but don't undervalue the experience of the people here also. If you have questions about things you read check for answers here also.
http:///forum/post/3025502
i thought the Conscientious Marine aquarist by Robert Fenner was a good one
This ^ and the one you mentioned in your first post are very good IMO.
also The Reef Aquarium Science Art and Technology by Delbeek and Sprung
is another good book. however this is a pretty large book but covers a plethora of more topics than the others but is heavy on the science and lingo. So this one may be better after you get some experience under your belt. Or certain processes explained in the other books can be explained in more detail in this book so you could supplement the others with this but not a stand alone for every beginner in my opinion.
Books are a great reference and starting point but don't undervalue the experience of the people here also. If you have questions about things you read check for answers here also.
florida joe
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Go to the library and take out all the marine aquarium books you can. While some may be out dated IMO to understand the foundation that has taken us to were we are today is important to understand