Customer Reviews

The Nano-Reef Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Reef Systems Under 15 Gallons

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I had a nano reef tank several years ago. Since I plan to take up the hobby again I'm doing alot of research to avoid the mistakes of the past. I purchased this book among others. My opinion is that the information in this book is covered in other books much more clearly and thoroughly. It seems to me that some of the info in this book is too unnecessarily technical, while other info is glossed over and not well explained. I picked up two good tips, but that was all. I guess I would rather that someone read this book than nothing at all when first entering the world of marine/reef/nano tanks, but it would not be on my top ten list of recommendations.

This book is an excellent place for beginners to start learning about keeping a nano-reef. It contains some good basic information about getting started and choosing livestock. Some topics are a little overdone but in my opinion that is better than too little information. If you have already been keeping a nano-reef for some time you will probably find one or two helpful things that you may not have known but for an experiended reefer who is looking to improve their skills I would look elsewhere. But once again if you are new to the hobby I recomend this book as an excellent starting place.

The cover of this book sealed the deal for me when I wavered on whether to purchase this...it represented what I thought would be inside its pages. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed. The photographs were of extremely poor quality and looked dated. Many pictures looked like they were taken with a disposable flash camera (either that or the print quality is poor). The chosen photos were not good illustrations for the respective information. If you are looking to be inspired by beautiful photos or trying to find design ideas for your nano, look elsewhere. If I could rate just the photos in this book, it would get a ZERO.

The organization and layout of this book is poor. While it does have good information, it is dispersed and and sometimes even repeated in various parts of the book. The basic facts are not clear and concise. This is more of a reference book that beats around the bush. It is neither simple enough for beginners, nor advanced enough for the experienced. If you are new to reef keeping, this is not the book for you. This book was not styled to teach somebody new to the hobby or lure you into the hobby (which should have been its goal). Do yourself a favor and buy a complete and comprehensive guide on reef-keeping or go to a number of great websites.

This is one of the few books on nano reefs and had a lot of potential as a quide for current and future hobbyists. The whole appeal of nano-reefs is the wide-eyed-mouth-agap 'wow' factor of living colors and textures in a tiny slice of ocean. The book should represent this in every way. "The Nano Reef Handbook" surely missed the bullseye.

This book is a decent beginners guide. A lot of the opinions in it are a bit outdated, but the facts are dead on. My wife "had" to have this book, but everything I needed to know was on the internet.

A "nano-reef" is an aquarium that is less than 15 gallons in total volume and houses reef organisms -- and especially suited for a home, office, or classroom. An aquarium hobbyist for more than 25 years, Christopher Brightwell draws upon his experience and expertise in The Nano-Reef Handbook to provide aspiring aquarium developers with a comprehensive, "user friendly" instructional guide to creating and maintaining their nano-reef aquarium including such factors as filtration, lighting, temperature control, water chemistry, and identifying more than thirty of the most highly recommended fishes and invertebrates for placement into their nano-reef aquarium. Whether a novice or seasoned aquarium enthusiast, The Nano-Reef Handbook will prove to be of exceptional interest, especially with respect to increasing the probability of success through suggested routine maintenance and sensible stock levels, creating a balanced system throughout the entire nano-reef habitat. Anyone considering establishing their own aquarium nano-reef should give Christopher Brightwell's strongly recommended The Nano-Reef Handbook a very careful reading.

The book has all the necessary info I needed to start my Nano also I liked the chapter about coral compatible chapter very informative refreshing and not too much jargon. A very nice read informative but not too heavy like Sprung and Delbeek.

this book was only helpful to me when selecting which fish I would put in my nano reef aquarium. other than that it was a waste of time. way too much unnecessary information.

hi,

excellent book for newbie in marine. I learned a lot from it.

all the information that yo need to a succesfull start with nano reef's

The seller that I bought this book was great..no problem there. However this was not the book I thought it would be. While lacking in some major areas the book seemed to "dumb itself down" for lack of better terms. People that are researching reef aquariums would be much better off if information was dumbed down for them. This causes confusion in general. The book while helpful on some points lacked any real "meat" to say the least. If I was going on a point system 1-5 I'd rate it about a 2.