Good (free) books about biodiversity in reefs

[NoahLikesFish]

Anyone know good books to read? I don’t want to fight with people who keep tanks in 20000k 9 million pad and have more internet points than me about keeping natural reef tanks with simple cheap low tech id buy a book but I need to get the 300$ Hanna checker master test kit :sad:

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

U might be able to find and download pdf files or hit the local library. Some of my books i only paid $8 for. Gotta hit the used book stores and keep ur eyes open.
Used to have barns and nobles book stores around here. Not anymore.

Amazon has taken over. Idk what books cost their. Lol.
Ty for doing the reading and research prior. Will save u a lot of headache and money later. Promise.
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[NoahLikesFish]

Time to look for 80s books on my phone and hope I don’t get a firus

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Why don’t I use my schools public library database I just gotta figure out how to get in

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Eh nothing good I found 1 article I’m reading but it’s 7 pages

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I can reef like a whole encyclopedia in 1 day

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Read*

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Used to be a reef magazine. It might have free articles or issues. Anyone remember the name?
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[tehmadreefer]

Anyone know good books to read? I don’t want to fight with people who keep tanks in 20000k 9 million pad and have more internet points than me about keeping natural reef tanks with simple cheap low tech id buy a book but I need to get the 300$ Hanna checker master test kit :sad:

Want old school tried and true? Look up GARF bullet proof reefing.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Reef hobbysist and coral magazine. Hths youngster!
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[dedragon]

Anyone know good books to read? I don’t want to fight with people who keep tanks in 20000k 9 million pad and have more internet points than me about keeping natural reef tanks with simple cheap low tech id buy a book but I need to get the 300$ Hanna checker master test kit :sad:

your not going to find as much going through that old info, its too dated, referencing like DSB and other things which we dont do anymore as they are more harmful than helpful. You are better off searching up articles on reefbuilders, aquanerd, and most importantly Bulk reef supply videos are the absolute best for beginner information. It might be tough but in depth biotope information would really only be found in scientific articles like those under google.scholar but that is gonna be college level difficulty

 

[tehmadreefer]

Start here for a cheap bullet proof reef

COMPLETE BULLET PROOF REEF INSTRUCTIONS

We teach coral farming online so that we can help save the coral reefs from over collection. Learn to grow coral. As people see reef aquariums they will become interested in saving the coral reefs

www.garf.org

 

[James_O]

your not going to find as much going through that old info, its too dated, referencing like DSB and other things which we dont do anymore as they are more harmful than helpful. You are better off searching up articles on reefbuilders, aquanerd, and most importantly Bulk reef supply videos are the absolute best for beginner information. It might be tough but in depth biotope information would really only be found in scientific articles like those under google.scholar but that is gonna be college level difficulty

Or better yet, just use the search function in the forum, for any of your questions.

 

[dedragon]

I forgot about the reef hobbyest i think they still make them, i think i recall getting one for free from like reefapalooza or something a couple years ago

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I read and understand Diana walstad’s ecology of the planted aquarium. I’m learning about mud reefs in the Lembeh strait i want to get some tube nems and featherdustees and sessile inverts. I think they are cooler than corals and if I have a muddy sand bed with some crushed coral I Can get lots of microfauna to feed the animals

 

[dedragon]

the problem with mud and nps like tube nems, gorgs, and sun corals is that the corals need so much food intake which settles on the substrate over time. This leads to harder conditions to fix and handle in a small aquarium (increased nitrates, phosphates, etc)
The mud can lead to anaerobic environments which can cause issues when they get disturbed from cleaning and fish as well. This is the same issue with deep sand bed (DSB) and why people tend to not run them as much anymore, the benefit does not outweigh the problems. Also flow in and around mud would have to be extremely low or you would have visibility issues when mud flies all over the place