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Title: Marine Fishes: 500+ Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species by Scott W. Michael ISBN: 1-890087-38-6 Publisher: Microcosm Limited Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: great guide!!
Comment: This is a great book, and I am glad I bought it! It has almost anything an aquarist should know and use in the aquarium habit; it shows lots of fish whom are familiar to the common aquarist. It is a true encyclopedia. It surely worth the money you will spend. Don't miss it- buy it! This book, more than everything, is very useful.
It covers more than 500 species, every species has a picture, and it includes: the aquarium size it should have, the foods it needs, and who are the species it will live with in peace and more.
Rating: 4
Summary: Value for your aquarium dollar
Comment: Interested in setting up a Fish Only Marine aquarium? Concerned about fish that will be compatible with the invertebrates in your Reef aquarium? Want to expand your knowledge beyond the 10 basic marine fish that your local aquarium store has in stock? Then this is a good book to consider. Loaded with full color pictures (on glossy paper)of marine fish, the book gives a concise summary of hundreds of these salt water inhabitants. The book itself is easier to handle than the smaller dimension Baensch Atlas and the print is larger. And the price is good value for your aquarium dollar. Bring this book with you to the aquarium store, and when you see that incredibly beautiful marine fish that you have never seen before, a quick read in this book will give you some of the information you will need to make an informed decision as to whether this fish will fare well in your aquarium at home.
Rating: 3
Summary: The Picky Specifics Need Work
Comment: This book has some very good features and will almost certainly be useful to beginning and even intermediate marine aquarists. It has entries on most of the fishes likely to be found in the average aquarium retail shop accompanied by truly excellent photos for each species. The book's best feature is its reef compatibility entry which details which fishes are totally reef safe, which will eat soft corals or Large Polyped Stony corals but not Small Polyped Stony corals, and which will simply devour every invertebrate in the tank. I also like the rating (from 1 to 5) of each species' ease of maintenance in the captive environment, though the reader must always keep in mind that this is a general rating and that numerous variables (collection methods, shipping speed, water quality and live food availability, etc., etc.) can alter such a rating considerably. As a marine hobbyist, I would say this is a good book. As a marine biologist, however, I would caution the reader to beware of some misspelling of scientific names (the genus Macolor is listed as Malcolor, and there are a few others), the fact that the "maximum lengths" listed for many of the species are rather small according to other sources (also keep in mind that healthy fishes never truly stop growing), and the very general home range listed for each species (the "Indo-Pacific" is rather vague, to my mind). That said, I have gotten much use out of this book, and find it a good reference when the cautions mentioned above are held in mind.
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Title: The New Marine Aquarium: Step-By-Step Setup & Stocking Guide by Michael S. Paletta, Edward Kadunc, Scott W. Michael, John Goodman, Michael D. Paletta ISBN: 1890087521 Publisher: Microcosm Limited Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists by Robert M. Fenner, Christopher Turk ISBN: 1890087025 Publisher: Microcosm Limited Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Aquarium Corals : Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History by Eric H. Borneman, Scott W. Michael ISBN: 1890087475 Publisher: Microcosm Limited Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Natural Reef Aquariums: Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms by John H. Tullock, Martin A. Moe ISBN: 1890087009 Publisher: Microcosm Limited Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Saltwater Aquariums for Dummies by Gregory Skomal ISBN: 0764553402 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 22 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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