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Creating a beautiful, thriving first saltwater aquarium has never been easier, using the natural, simplified methods learned and practiced by the world's leading reef hobbyists. By helping newcomers avoid the pitfalls of outdated, high-maintenance filtration techniques, the author offers an easy-to-follow route to long-term success with live rock, appropriate equipment, aquascaping, disease prevention, and essential husbandry techniques. Includes a photographic guide to selecting fishes, with dozens of hardy choices that are highly recommended for beginning hobbyists or others wanting beautiful, interesting, and long-lived marine species.
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All you really need to know
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This is a simple, easy to understand book that will give you all you really need to know to succeed with saltwater. Most other books of this type do more to confuse you than help because they give you too many choices and leave you at the whim of your local fishstore. I really like the fact the author gives you a number of different options for setup including the critical choices of what fish / inverts to use and a simple rating system for aquarium suitability. However - it's not oversimplified and you will find a lot of interesting and complex topics are covered. Buy this book first, and as you develop the hobby you can go from there.
Rating: 
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out of 5) @ 2008-12-15
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Great book, lots of important information!
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Great book, lots of important information! Answered a lot of questions we had about selecting fish for salt tank. Book was in great condition, seller shipped fast. Very happy.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-12-12
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Great for beginners
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It is a great book for beginners. It is not an in-depth information material but enough to give you fundamentals and get you started. It is also easy to read and well organized. The author has very solid credentials.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-10-27
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Excellent!
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This book is so well written and includes everything you need to know in detail, yet remains a very pleasent and easy read. This book is great to both those new to salt water as well as those with exsiting tank,"
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-09-30
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Awesome book for first Marine Fish tank
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If you've ever considered buying a saltwater fishtank - this is " THE BOOK " to read first. It covers all the basics you need for a Saltwater Fish tank with Live Rock and Fish.
This book gives a complete soup to nuts blueprint of the basics needed - equiptment needed - and even an option to get started on a smaller scale if need be - although the ideal minimum size would be a 40 gallon for Saltwater Tank - there is a blueprint for a 15 or 20 gallon tank - along with suggestions to get started on a restricted budget.
This book is a great reference book - but doesn't attempt to cover more advanced topics such as corals / refugium tanks ( I wish this would have been included ). I'd highly recommend this book as a first read compared to the other 4 books I've read. After reading this book - I'd suggest joining an online community like Reef Central or one of many other online saltwater forums. These sites can fill in the gaps for any questions taht may arise while getting started - or more advanced issues you may experience while upkeeping your tank.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-06-03
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