Marine Atlas, Volume II Revised Edition

by Harry Erhardt (Author), Horst Moosleitner (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-1890087104

ISBN-10: 1890087106

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Already a standby among European reef aquarists, this second in the series of Baensch Marine Atlases has been long awaited by North American hobbyists. Included are soft corals, stony corals, leather corals, gorgonians, sponges, gastropods, nudibranchs, and other fascinating invertebrates.

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The Baensch Atlases are found in the personal and professsional libraries of aquarium keepers throughout the world. Lavishly illustrated in color with information from leading biologists and aquarium experts, these fact-filled volumes will provide years of inspiration and reference for the diver, reef explorer, and marine aquarist.

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Publisher : Aqua Medic Inc; Revised edition (September 1, 1998)
Language : English
Paperback : 736 pages
ISBN-10 : 1890087106
ISBN-13 : 978-1890087104
Item Weight : 1.8 pounds
Dimensions : 5 x 1.25 x 7.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #6,327,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Randi Elder

It's a GREAT reference book

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2014

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The book is a bit outdated but I knew that when I bought it. It's a GREAT reference book!

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Johannes

Good follow-up of the original!

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2001

Well,I own the german original edition of this book,which I got before it was released in english,but it`s the same book. I can still read some german - it`s an easy language to understand.
Anyway,I prefer to write a review in english.
When I got the first book about two or three years ago,I thought there was something missing. There was only fishes of the order Perciformes,and the only invertebrates included were crustaceans and some anemones. I thought that was very strange. As there was some trouble when making this massive seven-book series,the second volume should have included other fish,but instead,here comes the missed invertebrates. It begins with a lot of sponges.
Although care advices are beeing given,sponges are NOT recommended as aquarium animals,due to their feeding habits. Therefore,all of them has a high difficult grade. But if you shall go diving in the caribbean or something,it could be valueable as a marine life identification guide.
The next chapter are treating the missing cnidarians from the first book,with stony corals and soft corals,and even some jellyfish!This section is taking up almost the half of the book,but as the corals is a rather dominating group of marine animals,that is completley understandable. Practical advice are beeing given for all of them. After reading it,I would mostly recommend the leather corals as suitable aquarium animals. Forget the jellyfish. The stony corals often have beautifull shapes but they`re not very colourfull. After this huge chapter,the next animal group dealt with are the flatworms. We often think of worms as disgusting animals,but these are very beutifull,but difficult too keep in an aquarium as they eat sponges. They are often mistaken for sea snails,but they have no gills on their back. Also included are the comb jellyfishes,a rare group of pelagic sea animals related to jellyfishes.
The final chapter are dealing with the molluscs,a very diverse group of marine animals. Here,we can see mostly shells of different kinds,and they are very beautifull and varied. Especially the small,but incredible section for nudibranchs. Some of these shells,altough not the cowries,can be kept in a marine aquarium very easily. So far,this book has been a valueable resource for me,as it has so many species included. Do not forget to buy the first and third volume,while volume 4-7 are additional species introduced. I do not own volume 5,but I`ll get that some time too. But so far,volume 1,2,3,4,6 & 7 are the BEST marine life identification guides available!

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