Customer Reviews

Water Chemistry for the Marine Aquarium

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This book goes through everything step by step, without getting getting too technical about the chemistry. Do you ever wonder why your shrimp needs iodine added? Do you know what the dentrification cycle is and why its important? Now you can learn it all. This book really DOES cover everything you need to know about water and what you need to do to keep it healthy for your fish and your inverts. Its under 100 pages, so you can read through it in a day or two, no problem. Really explains everything you need to know.

Even for experts, this book is REALLY helpful because it's written so plainly and covers so much. You'll be amazed at what you've forgotten when you read through this.

This is a great book if you're looking to a deeper understanding on the chemical and biochemical processes that take place within your marine aquarium, beyond just knowing how to test you water for the different pollutants.
From it's first pages, where it describes the basic differences between satwater and freshwater fish in simple but adequate terms, this book caught my attention.
I definitely recommend it!

This is a small, low cost book that explains in more detail than other books the chemistry of seawater in a marine aquarium Provides useful deatils on what is happening or mat happen in your marine aquarium. Not required reading but interesting.

A small book cramed with info. Tells the beginner everything they need to know.

A lot of good information for the new fish keeper. Save yourself some frustration and expense by starting off with some good clear information.

Good book for beginners maybe. Generally covers all important topics but on very entry level. I didn't find here anything what couldn't be found in public resources on the web.

iv eleaned lots from this book and recommed it to anyone starting up with a saltwater aquarium. there is so much more to just adding salt water and fishies.

John Tullock is excellivly extensive on his annallis of water chemestry. You alomst have to be a chemist to understand where he is going. Of course the title of the book is "Water Chemistry ...". For some unknown reason no where in the book does he mention magnesium. Magnesium's primary importanc is its interaction with the calcium and alkalinity balance in the reef aquarium and should be tested periodically. If you are having problems maintaining Calcium or Alkalinity you need to check magnesium parameters that should be at 1250-1350ppm in a healthy enclosed system.
Why no mention of this essenital element in a book on saltwater chmistry, looks like a total oversite by him and/or his publisher.

This was a great little book about the chemistry of salt water. It was a little too detailed on the actual chemistry section but the how's and why's were expertly written so that my children and I could learn about the do's and don'ts of reef aquariums. We have read a lot of books over the last few months about it and this one was one of the best. I recommend it to anyone who is as clueless as we were before we started reading up on it. If you are trying to decide if you want to dive into a salt water set up, you need this book. It doesn't just tell you what you need, it tells you why you need it and how to get it. Very cool. A keeper, totally,

Excellent book dealing with water quality in reef and fish saltwater aquariums. A must for anyone who is seious about the hobby.