Keeping live corals has been likened to "bonsai for the cousteau generation" and "the ultimate underwater gardening experience." Beautiful, bizarre, and among nature's most colorful creations, living corals are now being successfully kept and grown in tens of thousands of home saltwater aquariums. For the first time, master aquarist Eric Borneman offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and fully illustrated guide to appropriate aquarium species, including a diversity of soft corals, as well as popular and rare large-polyp and small-polyp stony corals. World-class photographs and text reviewed by leading coral biologists and coral keepers guides the reader through the selection and husbandry of hundreds of species.

This is a beautiful guide to more than 200 species of corals that are available to the reef hobbyist. For the first time ever, corals can now be correctly identified by a standardized common name, and of course all specimens are cross referenced with scientific names.This book contains 112 pages, including color photographs of corals as they appear in aquariums throughout the country -- over 300 magnificent pictures, including close-ups, detail shots, and identification tips. There are easy to follow charts on lighting and water flow requirements, aggressiveness, and difficulty of care. Each specimen has a written description, individual care requirements, identification clues, environmental notes, and much more. This is an outstanding book for the serious reef hobbyist or nature lover interested in learning more about these beautiful and endangered creatures. -- A must have addition to every reef aquarists' library, -- Aquarium Fish Magazine -- Outstanding Photography...a truly beautiful book, -- Marine Fish Monthly -- A beautiful coffee table book for anyone who has ever dreamed of visiting a tropical coral reef -- This is the first book to identify corals by standardized common names. It is quickly becoming an important reference guide the world ever.

The New Saltwater Aquarium Guide: How to Care for and Keep Marine Fish and Corals Do you want to learn how to setup a saltwater aquarium or marine aquarium ? Do you already have a freshwater fish tank and you just want to find out what it takes to have a successful coral reef aquarium? Are you looking to pick up a few tips and tricks to help you take your successful saltwater fish tank setup to the next level? The New Saltwater Aquarium Guide: How to Care for and Keep Marine Fish and Corals will help you build the tropical reef marine aquarium you have been daydreaming about. With a good plan, the right equipment and the right knowledge, you can build a successful, thriving new marine fish tank or saltwater aquarium. This book will help you make important decisions like: What type of saltwater aquarium is right for you? What size saltwater aquarium should you buy? What equipment is necessary to have a successful coral reef aquarium?What testing is necessary and what science do you need to know to have a successful saltwater aquarium? What are the best saltwater fish to start with? How do you set up a reef aquarium or marine aquarium? What can you expect to happen once you set up a reef fish tank or tropical reef marine aquarium in your home?How hard is it to setup a coral reef aquarium? This easy to read saltwater aquarium book will help you get your marine aquarium setup or saltwater fish tank setup and running in no time. Download The New Saltwater Aquarium Guide: How to Care for and Keep Marine Fish and Corals and start reading today!

Keeping live corals has been likened to "Bonsai for the Cousteau generation" and "the ultimate underwater gardening experience." Beautiful, bizarre, and among nature's most colorful creations, living corals are now being successfully kept and grown in tens of thousands of home saltwater aquariums. For the first time, master aquarist Eric Borneman offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and fully illustrated guide to appropriate aquarium species, including a diversity of soft corals, as well as popular and rare large-polyp and small-polyp stony corals. World-class photographs and text reviewed by leading coral biologists and coral keepers guides the reader through the selection and husbandry of hundreds of species.