- Recommended For - Beginners, and all aquarists who want to change or add too an existing saltwater system of any type they may have.
- Description - 192 pages containing complete profile information on a wide range of marine aquarium set ups with full-color photographs throughout.
- Price - Moderate range.
- Publisher - T.F.H. Publications; Co-published by Microcosm Ltd.
- ISBN #1890087742 (Hardcover; 2003)
Profiling 50 personal, business, and public display reef and fish-only marine aquariums around the United States from 40 to 2,000 gallons in size, and in a wide range of approaches from simplified to high-tech systems, Ultimate Marine Aquariums is a true treasure for anyone new as well as experienced that wants to create and set up a saltwater aquarium dream system.
Simply structured in a profile type format, each aquarium highlighted in this book includes an introduction by Micheal about the system and its creator, full color photographs, and the following profile information:
- Tank
- Circulation
- Controllers
- Filtration
- Lighting
- System Parameters & Chemistry
- Livestock
- Feeding
Taking things one step further, Michael includes personal notes from the aquarium owner with comments on problems overcome with their system, things he or she would like to change, likes best, and finds special about it, as well as incorporates favorite comments by others, and overall positives.
For photographs that contain multiple fishes and corals, common and often the scientific names of the animals are included, and even some of the images have them specificially numbered and named to help with identification of the particular species.
For anyone starting in the hobby that wants to know how to set up, or an aquarium owner that wants to change or add to an existing basic fish-only, full-fledged saltwater aquarium, or reef tank system -- what equipment to get, filtration to use, lights to have, and so on -- Ultimate Marine Aquariums: Saltwater Dream Systems and How They Are Created will give you insight to the broad spectrum there is to choose from when it comes to setting one up. You can see clearly from this book that there is no real right or wrong way to do it.
