Marine

Gerald Bassleer

Causes-Symptoms-Treatment

An  experienced professional presents the principal information about diseases in marine aquarium fish.

Presented in a clear, easy –to-understand manner.

Contents include:

Causes and prevention of diseases in fish.

Recognizing symptoms of disease – in practice and under a microscope.

Jeffrey Kurtz

Contents Include:

Mini-reef aquariums

Modern aquarium practices

Ecologically sound advice

Filtration

Lighting

Protein Skimming

Water

Fish-only marine tanks

Compatibility

Once thought to be far too difficult for mere mortals, a successful marine aquarium is now well within the grasp of any interested hobbyist. One of the biggest reasons for the increased emphasis on saltwater fishes and invertebrates in the aquarium hobby is that advances in aquarium equipment, coupled with advances in knowledge about marine biology, have made the keeping of marine animals of all types easier than it has been ever before. The tanks themselves are better synthetic sea salts are better, filtration equipment is better and lighting systems are better. These improvements add up to making it much simpler than it once was for aquarium hobbists to reap the rewards that the marine end of the aquarium hobby can bring – including actually being able to set up a miniature coral reef and enjoy its fascinating, colourful diversity of life forms….all with “no grief to the reef”.

500 + essential – to – know aquarium species.

Ronald L. Shimek Ph.D.

This essential concise reference guide is authoritative and very up to date. With 450 colour photographs. The captive care and feeding advice is extremely useful to all marine aquarists from beginners in the hobby to the experts out there.

It covers all popular and commonly available marine invertebrates.

This trustworthy pocket book is a must for all hobbyists who dream of keeping invertebrates successfully.

Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod

For the past 100 years of aquarium keeping there has been a steady increase in hobbyists successfully keeping mini-reef aquariums. Now, with the advent of powerful filter pumps, excellent artificial salts with a substantial assortment of trace elements, and the necessary lights with the correct spectrums of radiation, keeping a mini-reef aquarium is almost as simple as keeping a freshwater aquarium. Not satisfied with just keeping reef fishes, hobbyists have turned to adorning their mini-reef aquariums with invertebrate life. The most beautiful and interesting of invertebrates are the flower animals ….. corals.

Here for the first time is a complete listing of all the corals that have successfully been maintained in mini-reef aquariums. Each listing provides a wonderful photograph to assist in the proper identification of the coral animal, along with ALL the information necessary to maintain the flower animal successfully in your mini-reef aquarium. Included in the listing is such vital information as the degree of difficulty hobbyists can expect in dealing with the coral, its range and origin, the amount of light it requires and how much water movement is necessary.

Photos by Walt Deas.

James W. Fatheree

Reef aquariums are more popular now than ever, and the need for accurate reliable, and easy-to-read information is at its greatest. Unlike larger and more comprehensive books, The Super Simple Guide to Corals is written for ‘reefers’ who are just getting their feet wet in this wonderful and fascinating hobby. Make no mistake about it – this book may be ‘super simple’ in designe, but its contents contain a wealth of information. This volume explores the following:

Natural History of Corals

Coral Nutrition

Coral Weapons

Reproduction

Water Quality

Propagation

Species Guide

The basics are all in here!

Vincent B. Hargreaves

A comprehensive reference guide to more than 700 marine fish and invertebrate species, and how to set up and maintain a living reef aquarium.

A ground-breaking reference book, demonstrating how to set up and maintain a coral-reef aquarium in the home.

Complete up-to-date information on current equipment and practices.

Detailed descriptions of over 700 species that make up a coral reef.

Superbly illustrated with many unique photographs from the author’s own private collection.

This is one of our favorite books!

Dr. Leon P. Zann

Dr. Robert J. Goldstein

The home coral reef aquarium balances water chemistry and light to nurture beneficial algae. In such an environment, myriad other coral reef creatures flourish, giving you a complex mini-reef in your home. This manual shows you how to grow corals by controlling their environment. You’ll also find information on sponges, echinoderms,

molluscs, crustaceans, and fishes compatible with your mini-reef aquarium – how to grow and propagate them.

Scott W. Michael

The definitive reference on all fishes a marine aquarist might ever encounter….

Covering 68 FAMILIES and thousands of species, Reef Fishes is an authoritative guide designed to be a lifelong reference for saltwater aquarists, divers, and armature reef naturalists. This volume covers coral reef habitats and fish families, with detailed information on the following groups:

Moray Eels                                  Trumpetfishes

Conger & Garden Eels                 Sea Moths

Snake Eels                                    Ghost Pipefishes

Eel Catfishs                                  Seahorses & Pipefishes

Lizardfishes                                  Shrimpfishes

Livebearing Brotulas                    Coral Crouchers

Toadfishes                                     Waspfishes

Frogfishes                                      Scorpionfishes

Walking Batfishes                         Lionfishes

Flashlight Fishes                           Flatheads

Pineapple Fishes                           Helmet Gurnards

Squirrelfishes &                            Dwarf Seabasses

Soldierfishes                                 Hamlets, Anthias

Wonderful photographs of every species of interest to aquarists – and an accurate, readable, and visually appealing reference guide to reef fishes from around the world.

Robert M. Fenner

A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists

Providing a new, hands-on-manual for the fast-growing saltwater aquarium hobby, noted marine science writer Robert Fenner demystifies the process of planning, setting up, and managing a thriving captive slice of the tropical ocean.

Includes:

Honest Advice for Beginners

Great Fishes & Invertebrates

Foolproof Setup Techniques

Species to Avoid

Appropriate Care & Feeding

Intelligent Disease Prevention

Creative Aquascaping Ideas

Dazzling Photography

Julian Sprung

Under specific conditions just about any seaweed, turf alga, phytoplankton or cyanobacteria can bloom and become ‘problematic’. In this book Julian Sprung focuses on the varieties of algae that commonly do so in aquariums. He identifies them with Latin and common names, photographs of their gross morphology and photographs taken under the microscope that depict important identifying features. The author gives an extensive set of recommendations for ways to control the growth of each alga through a combination of aquarium husbandry practices and the use of specific herbivores.

Dr. C.W. Emmens

Success

Diseases

Stocking

Families & Species

Marine fishes can be an attractive and pleasurable addition to any home or office. In an easy-to-read format, this book lists according to family both the scientific and common names of many marine fishes suitable for the tropical marine aquarium. The beginning hobbyist will find the necessary information to maintain a successful aquarium – including the compatibility of various fishes, tips on general upkeep, potential diseases, and more. The book’s many beautiful full-colour photos serve as an excellent guide to the identification and recognition of individual fishes.

Gordon Kay – Consultant: Nick Dakin

A comprehensive family-by-family guide to keeping tropical marine aquarium fish.

Easy-to-use key symbols for each species, showing characteristics such as feeding habits, compatibility with invertebrates and other fishes, and the ease of keeping different species.

Detailed guidance on setting up and maintaining a seawater aquarium…

Troubleshooting section for diagnosing and treating common diseases….

200 full-colour photoghraphs and illustrations….

Directory of 33 fish families, covering 109 different species…

Question- and-answer panels addressing common problems….

A Comprehensive Guide to Pomacanthidae

Helmut Debelius. Hiroyuki Tanaka. Rudie H. Kuiter

Among the reef fishes, few could compete with the beauty of angelfishes. The ‘bill-board’ appearance of the large species may surprise an encountering diver and arouse some curiosity when a loud bongo-like sound hits them.

Angelfishes can be found on all tropical reefs, but usually occur in small numbers. Many species remain small in size, around the10cm mark, and combined with their beauty, and often rarity, are sought after in the aquarium trade. At present 8 genera and at least 88 species are known, some still undescribed, and all are included here with colour photographs. Even those species that live in deep water are presented here in living colour. In addition, many new colour morphs are shown.

Comprehensively illustrated with hundreds of spectacular underwater photographs, the majority of which are published here for the first time.

Information on behavior, habitats, colour morphs, hybridization, aquaculture and aquarium requirements for the various groups or species.

Introduction to genera and subgeners and picture index pages for visual quick-find of genera, subgenera and species.

Alf Jacob Nilsen

Svein A. Fossa

Starting Right

Selecting Fishes & Invertebrates

Advanced Biotope Techniques

Reef Aquariums made Simpler:

Expert advice from two world-class Marine Aquarists……

A fresh, easy-to-follow approach to setting up and stocking a reef aquarium, filled with simple but authoritive advice from two of the most respected pioneers of the Marine hobby.

REEF SECRETS includes:

A profusely illustrated guide to selecting fishes, corals, and other invertebrates….

Lessons from the wild to create simpler, more stable reef aquariums….

Secrets of good water quality, water motion, lighting, aquascaping, live rock, and substrates…..

Understanding algae, feeding, reef ecology….

Denise Nielson Tackett & Larry Tackett

A natural history and behaviors of Marine Fishes and Invertebrates.

Fantastic Life Forms: rare and unusual reef animals are captured in their natural haunts going about their daily business…..

Face-to-Face Encounters: intimate observations from over a decade of thorough underwater research…..

Biology in Action: fundamental lessons in reproduction and other marine life processes….

Profiles in Biodiversity: the fishes, invertebrates, and other animals of the coral realm….

“A must-have book for every diver, aquarist, and underwater naturalist who wants to slow down and understand what he or she is seeing on the coral reef or in the Marine Aquarium”…… Scott W. Michael. Author, Reef Fishes

Robert M. Fenner

A regional account of species of use to the Marine aquarist, with notes on suitability, husbandry and behavior

BOOK ONE: The Tropical West Atlantic, Hawaii, Baja and the Red Sea

A regional guide to the best fish livestock by geographic region for the Marine aquarium hobby and business of ornamental marine collecting and wholesale.

An account of Marine fishes hailing from the worlds primary collection locals with pertinent notes on their appropriateness and husbandry.

This volume includes:

A Rating of Species by:

Historical survivability, and geographical distributions.

Collection methods - Species to avoid and others unknown to consider. Diving.

Live macro algae.

Notes on selection, care, ultimate size and maintenance.

Rudie H Kuiter

Helmut Debelius

A comprehensive Guide to Acanthuroidei

This book includes:-

Detailed information on the families, genera and more than 100 known species of the world…..

Illustrated with hundreds of spectacular underwater photographs…..

Information on behavior, habitats and details of aquarium set-ups for the various groups…..

Picture index pages for visual quick-find of species…..

Comprehensive index of common and scientific names of families, genera and species…..

TMC publishing.

Gregory Skomal

A Reference for the Rest of US!!

Dive into the colourful world of SALTWATER FISH

This fun, Hassle-free guide will help you to fully enjoy your saltwater aquarium.

Marine biologist Gregory Skomal offers clear and easy step-by-step instructions on how to set up a tank, maintain proper water conditions, and feed and care for your saltwater fish.

Gregory Skomal is an experienced aquarist and Marine Fisheries Biologist at Martha’s Vineyard Fisheries, Department of Game, Massachusetts.

The Dummies Way.

Explanations in plain English “Get in, get out” information Icons and other navigational aids.

Tear-out cheat sheet

Top ten lists

A dash of humour and fun