Saltwater Fish and Reef Tanks: From Beginner to Expert
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Saltwater Fish and Reef Tanks is the premier source of information for new and experienced saltwater aquarium owners. If you want a happy, stable, colorful, and healthy saltwater fish tank, you need to read this book. The author is a long-time reef enthusiast who started his first saltwater aquarium setup nearly fifteen years ago. Mr. Blanchard is also a past store owner. Whether you’re looking to setup a saltwater reef or a fish only tank, this book was written as an explanation and road-map to success in caring for your aquarium equipment, fish, corals, and invertebrates. Neil Barnhart called Saltwater Fish and Reef Tanks , “a must have for anyone interested in starting in the hobby,” and went on to say he'd been “in the hobby for 5 years now” and can “finally understand things” he was “embarrassed to ask the store guy” david S. said it is, "Right to the point essential information" and went on to call it, "A must have reference that will make the hobby experience a lot more enjoyable." Matt Brown said, "great tool to use” , “The tables within it are extremely useful” , and “I can't think of another book that was as easy and enjoyable to read.” Blaine Hatton said, “it took many mistakes to learn what this book explains. I would recommend it to anyone that is interested in beginning a saltwater aquarium.” It “will help save you a lot of headaches and probably lots of money.” Bo Garrett said it provides “motivation and inspiration” and it has “an unbelievable amount of information.” Mr. Blanchard walks the reader through the process of owning a saltwater aquarium setup from the perspective of a beginner. Starting with his first reef tank experience, and ending with a chapter on responsible reef-keeping, the reader is offered a vast amount of information that usually costs the aquarist quite a bit of time and money to obtain; the precise reason most hobbyists give up – within the first year - on owning a beautiful saltwater aquarium. Not only is almost every aspect of owning your first saltwater fish tank in this book, but Zechariah explains it in an easy-to-understand conversational-tone. The reader is encouraged to make copies of tables provided in the book and use them for maintenance logs, testing logs, and aquarium cost calculations. There is an extensive amount of information about the cycling period, water parameters and testing, necessary equipment, picking healthy livestock, acclimation of livestock, coral coloration, and lots more information on saltwater aquariums. If you are new to the saltwater aquarium hobby, or just want to brush up on what you've learned about reef tanks over the years, Saltwater Fish and Reef Tanks is the right book for you! Topics: Before the Decision to Buy Deciding on Tank Size The Aquarium Cycle and Biological Filtration Setup Checklist Bringing Home Livestock Acclimating Livestock Feeding the Aquarium Maintaining Your Tank Water Testing Log Sheet General Maintenance Log Sheet Specifics on Water and Water Quality Salts Selecting Healthy Livestock Refugiums and Filtration How to Move an Existing Tank Using Local Markets to Save Money Marine Ich and Your Tank Do I Need Invertebrates? Responsible Reef-Keeping and so much more! This is your moment. Make it the turning point for your saltwater aquarium setup. Get a copy right now to see for yourself how Saltwater Fish and Reef Tanks can help you!
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.35 x 8.5 inches |
| Isbn 10 | 1499203160 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-1499203165 |
| Item Weight | 8 ounces |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 154 pages |
| Publication Date | April 18, 2014 |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
User
Exactly what it says and more!
This is a great guide for anyone in the hobby. I've been reef keeping for nearly 4 years now and this is a great tool to use to make sure you're doing everything properly. The tables within it are extremely useful for any experience level. Not only does it present great information, it also gives you a few laughs here and there, especially in the beginning regarding the writers initial experience with saltwater tanks (we've all been there). I can't think of another book that was as easy and enjoyable to read and also provided some vital information regarding the hobby. Overall, this is a must read for anyone, new or old, within the saltwater fish tank hobby.
User
very helpful
This is the first book i read before seeing up my first tank and it helped me alot. I do wish it had gone a little more in depth about fish species but overall a very helpfull tool and I couldn't have started without it. The only other thing I wish it would have done is given me a dictionary type structure that informed of didn't things. Like what a protein skimmer was or what a refugium was. I had no idea going into what these things were just that I needed them.
User
A Must Read for Reef Aquarists
At this point in time I would consider myself an expert aquarist. It has taken a lot of time, trial and error, and heartbreak to reach this level. This book would have saved me a lot of troubles if I had it when I first started in the reefing hobby. It's very informative and breaks the hobby down in a very simplistic manner that anyone can understand. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in keeping a reef aquarium and even for those who have the experience but would like a refresher.
User
Contains information you won't see anywhere else, but is very poorly presented and unedited
I'm a new marine aquarist. I bought 8 books on Amazon, including this one. This definitely isn't the "one" book you should have. The author is incredibly knowledgeable, but the book is poorly organized, poorly written and unedited. Not many typos, it's just that almost none of the information is presented in form that makes it easy to learn. Seems like a lot of the information was just taken from PowerPoint slides, which it might have been since the author used to teach marine aquarium classes. Author frequently jumps right into a subject without introducing the subject, or introducing it appropriately. He repeats the same information over and over, oftentimes just a paragraph or two later, sometimes in multiple chapters. Definitions are often presented chapters later than when the term was first used. It's obvious this is a self-published book and the author wrote it over a long period of time, with large breaks in writing, and then he didn't re-read the whole thing to remove the redundancy. A few times the suggestions are conflicting, such as he tells you how to add new marine life to your aquarium in a day, and then in a later chapter says never to introduce new marine life without quarantining it for a week plus. With that said, I'm glad I got the book and I do recommend it to any new aquarist. It has lots of commonsense advice that I didn't find in any other book. His was the only book that talked about how to move a large aquarium (boy, I wish I had read that a few days ago). He discussed the refugium the best. He has concise tables on the chemical values you need to be looking for depending on your type of tank (most of the other books discuss each chemical in detail but don't summarize in the end). His is the only book that warns that salt creep can lead to fires (over and over). His is the only that talks about making sure you have drip loops on your electrical, coral dips, an entire chapter on ich sickness, etc. and so on. The author is very knowledgeable and has very good intent, and shares a lot, but the poor organization and zero editing makes this book more of a add-on to your marine book library than a central one.
User
Outstanding book for anyone in the hobby!
This book is a must have for anyone interested in starting in the hobby to the well educated home pro.. It covers every thing need to know to know from starting your first tank to maintaining your tank as well as the store professionals do. I have been in the hobby for 5 years now and I finally understand things about my tank I was to embarrassed to ask the store guy about because I didn't;t want to feel stupid. If this book was out when I first started I am positive my bank account would be larger due to not having to spend so much on all my mistakes.
User
Great guide
I have been away from the saltwater/reef tank environment for a while and this book was helpful and full of valuable information for someone who is a beginner as well as someone who is knowledgeable and needs some refreshing information
User
good for basic tips
As someone who has maintained a tank for about one year, I have already heard 90% of what the author has to say, but the review was worthwhile, and I definitely learned some too.
User
Best investment I've made for my tank
I've kept a tank for 2 years now and experienced my first crash last week. The crash cost me more than I want to mention and quite frankly I almost sold the tank to a neighbor from ill feelings about the hobby. After seeing this book was less than the price of my coffee I picked it up. Although my tank survived for so such a long time, I was missing some key steps in ensuring my corals were happy. This book touched up on everything I knew and so much I didn't. I only wish I didn't have to learn the hard way.
User
Livro apenas para iniciantes!
Considero esse livro indicado apenas para iniciantes e não para "experts", conforme consta em sua capa. Ele tem uma linguagem clara e mostra a opinião de um aquarista e lojista. Algumas dicas importantes e outras que considero personalíssimas e no meu ponto de vista desatualizadas.
User
Excelente libro.
Muy bueno con pequeños detalles del hobby, excelente en las explicaciones. Quisiera que hubiera continuado por que fue corto el libro.
User
New tank
This book is a great read for the newcomer to marine fish keeping, the author explains it so that it is easy to follow
User
Great book
Great book told me everything I wanted to know about setting up a tank
User
One of the best books about mini reef Aquarium keeping
The great merit of this book it is 100 per cent practical. The writter is an Aquarium shop owner and an entenpreneur, he goes right on the ball, and sure his tips would save a lot of money to beginners and even experienced aquarists. I have kept saltwater aquariums for more than 40 years and it is one of the best book I have read about the mater.Gaspar
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