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By Stan & Debbie Hauter, About.com

Top 10 Saltwater Aquarium Books
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The pure pleasure of sitting down with a good book will never be surpassed by staring at a monitor screen for endless hours. Read reviews and compare prices on books considered by your Guides to be some of the Top Picks available on the market for any saltwater aquarium enthusiast from beginners to experts which include information on every aspect of saltwater aquaria from set up to reef systems.
1) "The New Marine Aquarium: Step-By-Step Setup & Stocking Guide"
If you are new to the saltwater hobby, this book is for you! Michael S. Paletta has done a excellent job of putting this new beginners book together. This book contains all the details you'll need to set up a fish-only tank from start to finish, how to cure and add live rock for filtration, how to care for the aquarium and its inhabitants, and much more.
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2) "The Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder"
This book by Martin A. Moe was our aquarium "Bible" when we began our saltwater fish collection business in 1989, and we still use it today! It covers all the aspects of setting up a fish-only tank, and how to select and care for the fish in it. It even includes a chapter on the basic process of Breeding Marine Fish.
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3) "Natural Reef Aquariums"
By John H. Tullock; Foreward by Martin A. Moe. With John's simple approach of how to create and care for a natural reef system, along with over 200 color photos and illustrations to look at, "Natural Reef Aquariums: Simplified Approaches To Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms" is a good resource for both reef tank beginners and experienced reefers alike.
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4) "Marine Fishes: 500+ Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species"
By Scott W. Michael, "Marine Fishes" covers over 500 of the most popularly marine fish species, including full color photographs and the following information about each one: Scientific Name, Common Name, Maximum Length, Range, Minimum Aquarium Size, Foods & Feeding, Aquarium Suitability Index, Reef Aquarium Compatibility, and Captive Care. This is a must have fish profile and aquarium care book for beginners and experts alike.
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5) "Baensch Marine Atlas 1"
This comprehensive atlas by Hans Baensch is a valuable source of information, especially for the new reef aquarist. The "Baensch Marine Atlas 1: The Joint Aquarium Care of Invertebrates and Tropical Marine Fishes" begins by covering all the functioning aspects of setting up and maintaining a reef aquarium, then profiles selecting and caring for Invertebrates, Sea Anemones and Crustaceans, and finishes up by profiling 600 Marine Fish Species. Over 1,000 full color photos are included.
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6) "Baensch Marine Atlas 2"
Continuing on with the same high quality of "Atlas 1" above, "Baensch Marine Atlas 2" covers the following Invertebrate Species: Common Sponges, Hydroids, Jellyfishes, Soft Corals, Gorgonians, Sea Pens, Stony Corals, Flatworms, Tentacled Animals, Molluscs - Chitons, Snails, Opisthobranchs (Sea Slugs), and Nudibranchs. More than 670 full color photos are included.
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7) "Baensch Marine Atlas 3"
"Baensch Marine Atlas 3" continues on where "Atlas 2" leaves off, with more Molluscs - Filibranchs (Oysters, Scallops & Clams), Cephalopods (Squids, Octopods, etc.), then on to Segmented Worms, Echinoderms (Starfishes, Sea Urchins), Sea Cucumbers and Sea Squirts. More than 500 full color photos are included.
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8) "Aquarium Corals"
This authoritative and comprehensive guide by Eric Borneman is packed full of everything you want to know about corals, both how they live in nature and how to take care of them in a marine aquarium. Along with hard corals it includes a diversity of soft corals, as well as popular and rare large-polyp and small-polyp stony corals. The full color illustrations are without a doubt quite spectacular.
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9) "Reef Fishes - Volume 1"
We highly recommend "Reef Fishes - Volume 1: A Guide to Their Identification, Behavior, and Captive Care" by Scott W. Michael. Containing more than 800 full-color species photographs that are truly stunning, and material that centers around understanding the behavior and care of marine reef fishes in aquariums, this book is what we consider to be a must have addition for any saltwater aquarist's fish identification, characteristics, and aquarium care profiles reference library.
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10) "Aquarium Sharks & Rays: An Essential Guide to Their Selection, Ke..."
Once again Scott W. Michael has done an outstanding job! For anyone that wants to know about Sharks and Rays, this book is a must have for your reference library. It provides complete and comprehensive coverage on the nature of all types of Sharks and Rays, from their natural habitats on the reefs to their captive care in a marine aquarium. The species photographs are truly works of art.
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 ~ Stan & Debbie Hauter
 
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