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"Hawai'i's Sea Creatures"
A full book review and 4.5 star rating from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on Hawai'i's Sea Creatures - A Guide to Hawai'i's Marine Invertebrates by John P. Hoover. This is an excellent marine invertebrates indentification and characteristics reference book for any saltwater aquarium owner to have on hand.
"Ultimate Marine Aquariums"
A full book review and 5 star rating from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on Michael S. Paletta's Ultimate Marine Aquariums - Saltwater Dream Systems and How They Are Created. Simply structured in a profile type format, Ultimate Marine Aquariums will give you insight to the broad spectrum there is to choose from when it comes to setting up or changing a saltwater aquarium or reef tank system. You can see clearly from this book that there is no real right or wrong way to do it.
"Reef Secrets"
A full book review and 5 star rating from your Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on Reef Secrets - Starting Right, Selecting Fishes and Invertebrates, Advanced Biotope Techniques by Alf Jacob Nilsen and Svein A. Fossa. Reef Secrets is a book we highly recommend for any potential or new reef aquarists, as well as anyone who wants to convert an existing basic saltwater aquarium into a reef system, or is simply planning to add new livestock to a tank they now have.
"Reef Life"
A full book review and 4 star rating from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on Reef Life - Natural History and Behaviors of Marine Fishes and Invertebrates by Denise Nielsen Tackett and Larry Tackett. Because Reef Life profiles uncommon, rare and unsual marine life not often found or seen either in nature or fish stores, it is an excellent book for any saltwater aquarist to have to help identify and learn about the characteristics of these types of fishes and invertebrates.
"The Marine Aquarium Handbook"
A full book review and 5 star rating from your Guide to Saltwater Aquariums on The Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder by Martin A. Moe. We highly recommend The Marine Aquarium Handbook as a valuable asset for any beginner or intermediate level aquarists to have in their reference library.
"The New Marine Aquarium"
A full book review and 5 star rating from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on The New Marine Aquarium: Step-By-Step Set Up and Stocking Guide by Michael S. Paletta. This is a book we highly recommend not only for beginners, but one that would be a valuable resource for any saltwater aquarist to have in their reference library.
"The Conscientious Marine Aquarist"
A full book review and 4.5 star rating from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on The Conscientious Marine Aquarist - A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists by Robert M. Fenner.
"Clownfishes"
A full book review and 4.5 star rating from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on Clownfishes - A Guide to Their Captive Care, Breeding and Natural History by Joyce D. Wilkerson. Being one of the pioneers in the field of breeding Clownfishes in captivity, Joyce has taken her expertise and created what is considered by many to be the first popular handbook on the husbandry of what are perhaps the most endearing of all reef fishes.