Natural Reef Aquariums | Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms
Natural Reef Aquariums | Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms
Debunking the myth that reef aquariums need to be unaffordable and too tech and complex, John Tullock provides a new and quite radically easy approach to producing beautiful, captive microcosms, a live rock and sand method that really works.
Using live rock and live sand as part of your aquariums natural filtration, the home aquarist can now have a vibrant reef tank that is not only biologically stable, but simple to maintain too.
With Tullock’s methods, reef-keepers can mimic the natural habitat such as a Florida Lagoon or a Red Sea Patch Reef.
With over 200 color photos and illustrations, Natural Reef Aquariums gives inspiration for both beginning and expert marine reef aquarists.
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Comprehensive, great info on simulating regions, great photo,
This is a wonderfully comprehensive book on the challenging project of keeping a salt-water reef aquarium. Although still technology dependent, it emphasizes natural materials and methods to simulate this complex environment.
Plumbing, temperature control, lighting & filtration systems are covered in detail with step-by-step instructions on setting up the aquarium and establishing a living reef colony utilizing live rock & sand.
My favorite feature of the book is the detailed analysis of the reef biology of different regions with recommendations for simulating them in the aquarium. These include Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Pacific reefs.
There are great color photos throughout the book of the fascinating & beautiful corals, invertebrates and fishes that can inhabit the reef aquarium. A superb list of sources completes this essential reference.
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John Tullock has created a significant work. This excellent book should become a benchmark in the hobby.
I am a beginner in the marine realm but experienced in freshwater. Mr. Tullock has managed to allay my fears of adding saltwater fish and reef-keeping to my hobby interests. In researching the marine aquarium, I have heard conflicting opinions over and over regarding how the environment should be built and maintained. This has been frustrating, furthered my confusion, and left me with little confidence and understanding concerning successful methods or that I could even hope to succeed. “Natural Reef Aquariums” is a work which satisfactorily answers my questions and compels me to continue my course without trepidation.
This up-to-date book contains “fact” concerning the mechanical and biological factors in maintaining a successful reef system and provides a much needed ecological perspective as well. Without being an extensive encyclopedia of invertebrate and fish species, it gives a clear view of which creatures will thrive in the various environments suited for the reef-keepers system and which species should support each other while successfully sharing the environment.
Tullock’s book is full of in depth descriptions concerning filter mediums – including very detailed “live rock” and “live sand” information – lighting options, water quality, nutrients, disease, temperature, equipment options, feeding, etc., and is chocked full of gorgeous photographs and includes maps diagramming the world’s major reef systems. The reader may be particularly interested in the descriptions of various reef biotypes that may be created to provide the most natural reef system imaginable.
Don’t miss this book. It’s solid.
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