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Book of Coral Propagation, Volume 1 Edition 2: Reef Gardening for Aquarists

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The BOOK OF CORAL PROPAGATION Edition 2,is bigger and better then its predecessor! This new edition was rewritten to include even more information than the previous version. It is flooded with stunning photographs, updated techniques, and to top it off, it's published in a larger 8.5 x 11 format and HARD COVERED! Similar to the first edition, I also found that each chapter is written in an easy "laid back" conversational style, allowing for very quick reading and easy understanding much--like Calfo's speaking presentations. A must-read for new aquarists and pros alike.

This is an excellent reference book for anyone who owns corals. I also have Borneman's and Sprung's Coral books (see links below), and between the three books I can find out most information I need on the majority of my corals. Anthony's book is newer than Eric's, and thus covers some information learned since then. The section on how to propagate corals is extremely useful, esp. as many corals grow big and need to be split. Yes, much of this can be looked up on the internet - but I believe having a reference book like this is MUCH more useful, and it is written in a great conversational style that makes it easy to read (it is not a dry textbook!) and understand, with lots of pictures.

If you are going to keep corals in your tank, or just want to learn more about corals, this is one of the best books to own! Thank you, Anthony, for writing this!

Here are the other two books mentioned:

Aquarium Corals : Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History
Corals: A Quick Reference Guide (Oceanographic Series) (Oceanographic Series)

This book was more than I expected! Even though I do not plan on going commercial with coral propagation, there is a lot of great information in this book.

I am an aquarium fan, and I love new ideas and innovations and try to read as much oceanic and aquarium literature as I can. This is a great advanced book. Not so advanced that it's hard to read, but more advanced than someone who hasn't had a reef aquarium before. Mr Calfo shares some really cool ideas that have worked great for me and so far, this has been one of my absolute favorite aquarium books. I buy every one of his magazines too and love them as well. I wish I could get him or Mr Fenner or Mr Borneman to come to my house and help me with my aquarium...that would be my ultimate dream!!! Thanks so much for the great read Mr Calfo!

If your looking to get started in reefkeeping of just taking the hobby to the next level. From aquarium design to spawning clams this book will tech you everything and more than you will ever need to know about corals, water quality, lighting, propagation, etc... The book is rather expensive but so is failure in the hobby we all come to love. Spend the money and you will never regret it. Also try to attend local reef club frag swaps. Frag swaps are a wonderful way to meet local reefers in you area and see guest speakers. I have attended gatherings that Anthony Clafo has attended and gave an opportunity to have 1 on 1 questions with him.

So in closing if you want to be the guy that gets asked the questions rather than asking questions buy the book.


Also check out the C magazine for more species specific detailed information.

Lovely book with lots of information and photo's, wonderful for the Aquarium Hobbyist.
Wrong information for divers, better informative books with more pictures on the market!