A Practical Guide to Corals for the Reef Aquarium

by Ed Puterbaugh

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0945738994
• ISBN13: 9780945738992
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Crystal Publications (KY)
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Quite simply, the quickest, easiest-to-use reference guide

I've found this book to be, quite simply, the best, easiest-to-use reference guide for quickly identifying and getting essential information -FAST!- about most of the corals you'll find offered for sale in your local fish shops, and rank it right up there with Scott W. Michael's book "Marine Fishes, 500+ Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species" as the other must-have buying/reference guide for the saltwater aquarist. With its beautiful pictures, "A Practical Guide to Corals..." will also be an excellent addition to any coffee table!

A must have book!

This book made the selection process for my first reef tank a snap! It's easy to use, has great pictures, and good information.

Fabulous and informative

This book was an amazing and very helpful guide to corals. Anyone who is need of help with this often troublesome hobby will be delighted at the help they recieve. It gives very specific, worthwile information, and is very usefull. I'd recomend this to any type of aquariast, and even those people who are just curious. Enjoy...

When shopping for corals be sure to take this book with you.

This book is well catalogued, containing brief, to-the-point but fundamental information on what to look for when buying and how to care for various types of coral. Excellent colour photos of each species make identification extremely easy. This book should avoid aquarists buying corals which are not compatible with either their skill level or the other aquarium inhabitants.

Delightful Diplomacy

A marvellous study guide for the would be reef aquarist. Everything is neatly detailed and photographed with care guides to assist the shopper in his or her purchase. A consumer reports guide for coral purchasing, and a must to have when on any pet store shopping spree.