Customer Reviews

Marine Algae Control Secrets - Remedies for the Marine and Reef Aquarium

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I am like many aquarists who have problems with algae. I bought 2 books trying to find answers to get rid of those fast growing algae, but what I encountered is that I don't know what kind of algae is bad, and how they looked like. The general reef aquarium book would briefly go over about nuisance algae with a few color pictures, but I was still quite lost in recognizing and controlling the algae in my tank. When I saw this book title, I was eager to read this book expecting that the book would be full of pictures showing me what's considered a nuisance algae and how to minimize it. I was very disappointed. This 38 page "book" doesn't look like a book, it looks more like a pamphlet with 100% words(9"H x 6"W). Not a single picture is in the book to show me various kinds of algae, which I think is essential to any book on the topic of aquarium. Both of my general saltwater aquarium books are over 300 pages in color with many pictures, and sells for $23-$25. I just don't know how can this small 38 page all text b/w "book" can sell for $8.99. I think I was ripped off. I still gave it 3 stars for the content of the book, in which is useless to me because there are NO pictures. I would need to spend another $60 to buy the reef aquarium identification book to really know what Dr. Bob Goemans is talking about.

Definitely needs pictures. Great information about causes and actions you can take. Get this book and another with pictures too.