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Your First Marine Aquarium (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by John Tullock (Author) "Successful marine aquarium design requires an understanding of the natural environment you are trying to duplicate..." (more)
Key Phrases: photosynthetic invertebrates, marine aquarium, community aquarium, Royal Gramma, Common Clownfish, Maroon Clownfish (more...)
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Biologist and author, John Tullock, shares the secrets of his more than 20 years experience in marine aquarium keeping. He shows that by mastering a few simple techniques, and paying attention to the ecology of the aquarium's inhabitants, even a novice can create a beautiful coral reef in miniature. The book's emphasis is on proper design and careful selection of saltwater species, rather than reliance on costly equipment.

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Information and advice to help you maintain an optimal environment for marine life . . .

Your marine aquarium:
correct water chemistry, temperature, and more
Expert advice: all important aspects of saltwater aquarium maintenance explained
Appreciating marine life: populating your tank with fish, shellfish, corals, and more

  • Step-by-step directions for daily care
  • Informative checklists and sidebars
  • Filled with handsome full-color photos

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    Setting up a marine aquarium is a challenging task, but the rewards will justify your efforts. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

  • Product Details

    • Paperback: 80 pages
    • Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; illustrated edition edition (July 1, 1998)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 0764104470
    • ISBN-13: 978-0764104473
    • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 6.5 x 0.2 inches
    • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
    • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
    • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #255,901 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 1st Marine Aquarium Book for the beginner., January 2, 1999
    By A Customer
    This is a great first book for someone interested in starting a marine aquarium (or mini-reef). It's also a great book for the experienced marine aquarist to have around to loan out. At this price you can have a couple on hand to loan to people who ask how to get started.

    The book is easy to read, concise, and covers most areas of the hobby with 'Tried & True' methods. It has great photographs and illustrations to support the text. There are several tables making it easy for the beginner to understand and choose the correct information. It would have been nice to see a paragraph or two covering some of the more advanced ideas currently being tried in the hobby such as Live Sand filtration and plenums as a reference.

    Whatever facet of the hobby you enjoy, this book is a good starter. Experienced hobbists may disagree with J. Tullocks stocking, metodology, etc. but they need to remember this book is aimed at beginners not the Bleeding Edge. The methods employed are pretty much the Proven 'State of the Art' for beginners to start their first marine aquarium.

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    17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars great starter book for the beginner, February 27, 2000
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    I thought this book was execellent. I learned alot and have set two tanks up with the directions. I have re-read a couple of times for info that I needed down the line and didn't understand at the time. Great book!
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    18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not a First Guide Book, October 27, 2001
    By "katybear" (Dallas Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
    I purchased this book as a "first exposure" to keeping a saltwater fish and reef tank.
    It presented a bit wordy for someone unfamiliar to saltwater--and that turned me off right away. There didn't seem enough information to really get started, but too much for a beginner, if that makes sense. His other book "Natural Reef Aquariums: Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms" (while it did have a very long introduction story) was much better in this respect (it had a Step-by-Step Starter Reef section that I think would have belonged in this book instead.) While "Your First Marine Aquarium" may look like a typical beginners book that you might take home with a tank and equipment, I don't think it covers enough slowly, basically, and simply to serve in this capacity.
    Let me interject here that it is full of good pictures and has some useful reference tables.
    After reading both of these books, I still don't understand the exact mechanism or technique of feeding either corals or marine fish--something I think is very basic and always simply covered in freshwater literature. If I had picked it up and looked this book over in the store, I would have put it back and bought his other book "Natural Reef Aquariums..." instead.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    This book features plenty of details on which marine fish and invertebrates can coexist. This book also has material on successful marine aquarium management. Read more
    Published 16 months ago by James Spangler

    5.0 out of 5 stars Getting educated
    Wonderful book as an "introduction" to the world of starting and maintaining a salt water aquarium. It is excellent in giving anyone who is think of starting a tank the basics of... Read more
    Published on January 19, 2004 by Margaret Ryan-debonis

    4.0 out of 5 stars Very good beginner's guide
    Strengths: Good beginners' guide, including a 30 gallon tank setup, start-to-finish. Reasonable "fish compatibility" guide. Read more
    Published on October 2, 2003 by Hy D. Tran

    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
    Once I started reading this book I couldn't stop until I was done. I have fairly good experience keeping a fresh water tank but I never had a marine one, or for that matter I... Read more
    Published on March 12, 2003 by Alex Stankovic

    5.0 out of 5 stars Great and Simple Book
    Fantastic book. It keeps things very easy and helps people like me in doing the migration from freshwater to saltwater. This is the exact book to start.
    Published on April 8, 2001 by Fernando Marques

    3.0 out of 5 stars Good info but a bit technical .
    I found this book easy to read. Lots of information , but very technical. I was looking for a guide that would 'hold my hand' with the directions. Read more
    Published on September 1, 1999

    5.0 out of 5 stars A Magnificent Little Book
    John Tullock is one of the hobby's greats. Anything by him is worth buying and reading -- although let me say that this little book is fantastic. Read more
    Published on August 24, 1999

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