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Aquarium Corals : Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History [Hardcover]

Eric H. Borneman (Author)
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March 2001
Beautiful, bizarre, and among nature's most colorful creations, living corals are now being successfully kept and grown in a rapidly growing number of home reef aquariums. Designed to help new and experienced aquarists to select the most appropriate corals for their systems and to provide guidance in keeping them healthy for the long term, this all-new book is packed with the advice of a seasoned coral keeper. More than 700 world-class full-color photographs and text reviewed by leading coral biologists and reef aquarists guide the reader through the selection and husbandry of hundreds of species including soft corals, corallimorpharians (mushroom corals), gorgonians, zoanthids, large-polyp stony corals, and small-polyp stony corals.

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  • Hardcover: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Microcosm Ltd (March 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1890087475
  • ISBN-13: 978-1890087470
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.6 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent coral book!, March 30, 2002
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Ann C. Gassiot (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aquarium Corals : Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History (Hardcover)
I cannot say enough positive things about this book. I have a significant collection of books on marine fish and reef aquariums,and this is easily one of the best I have. If you are planning to keep corals and are really serious, you should buy this book and follow Borneman's advice. The pictures are excellent, and the depth and intelligence of the coverage on everything from corallimorphs to stonies is exceptional.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Up-to-Date modern Information on maintaining corals, June 6, 2001
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Wow, what an awesome book. At first I thought it would be just another Coral ID book, but it is A LOT MORE! It's an easy reading text, while providing some good in depth technical meat. The pictures are top notch, and He actually has corals in there that I feel are common or have seen for sale in stores, yet no other book I have ever seen covers them, until now. Eric's experience and knowlegdge is top notch. He provides some really good information based on radical new discoveries as well as more current accepted practices etc.

My advice: this is a must buy for any reef aquarist, both novice and expert. The information is modern and up-to-date. If you don't have time to read all the current information on reef aquariums and coral husbandry online on the Internet, you might want to get this book, as it will give you a nice summary of current information.

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cutting edge book for the serious Reef Keeper!!!!, February 29, 2004
Excellent book for the serious reef aquarist and anyone interested in corals. Provides technical, but easily understood information on the husbandry and care of these beautiful organisms in the home aquarium- from identification, propagation, lighting, and all techniques needed to keep these beautiful creatures not just surviving, but thriving in your tank.

The information on stony corals, zoanthids, gorgonians, corallimorphians, and other cnidarians is exhaustive, but easily digestible by the normal aquarist.The book chapters are sensibly divided and there is so much wonderful information packed into each paragraph that it is difficult to stop reading it once you get started.

The book introduces technical terms and defines them, even providing a pronounciation key for each genera. Nothing is forgotten. The photography is beautiful. The paper that it is printed on is thick, glossy, and weighty.

All in all, this is one of those must-have books for the aquarist, especially those who are interested in reef keeping. For the fist time marine tank keepers, I must add that this is one of those books you must purchase to read to help prevent mishaps when first starting out. There are no questions left unanswered. For the advanced marine keepers, I think you will find this book a true gem, insightful and covers all those relevant propagation questions one might have. For your money, you will not find a better book!!!!!

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Coming home from Woolworth's with my first 10-gallon fish tank, complete with undergravel filter and freshwater angelfish, I had no vision of the day when aquariums and aquarium literature would take over a large part of my life, occupying every available surface and shelf in my home and becoming a passionate fixation for most of my waking hours. Read the first page
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cluster acropora, autozooid polyps, retractile polyps, other stony corals, mat polyps, tubular corallites, dimorphic polyps, heavy mucus coat, housing corals, many octocorals, pineapple coral, disk coral, elephant ear mushroom, frogspawn coral, paliform lobes, captive corals, sweeper tentacles, aposymbiotic gorgonians, finger leather coral, reef assessment, flowerpot coral, radial corallites, polyp expansion, aquarium imports, coral keepers
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Special Information, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Florida Keys, Lembeh Strait, Coral Sea, Family Clavulariidae, Family Faviidae, Family Xeniidae, Order Pennatulacea, Cnidaria Class, Family Nephtheidae, North Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, West Indies, Alf Jacob Nilsen
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