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DiscusHeckel
05/03/2014, 02:35 PM
Hi all,

I have compiled a reading list over the past few years on various aspects of reefkeeping. I would like to share it with you. I hope you find it useful.

Happy reading.

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My Reading List

Reef Chemistry

"How to Select a Calcium and Alkalinity Supplementation Scheme" (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/2/chemistry)by Randy-Holmes Farley

Reef Chemistry Articles (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102605) by Randy-Holmes Farley and Craig Bingman

What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium? (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/index.php) by Randy Holmes-Farley

What is alkalinity? (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2002/chemistry.htm) by Randy-Holmes-Farley

Kalkwasser (http://www.reefscapes.net/articles/breefcase/kalkwasser.html)

Limewater, Acetic Acid and Sand Clumping (http://www.fishchannel.com/media/saltwater-aquariums/aquarium-frontiers/limewater.aspx.pdf) by Craig Bingham

D-D H2Ocean Pro+ Elemental Analysis (http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/files/H2Ocean%20Salt%20Analysis.pdf) by D-D

Aquarium Chemistry: Phosphate And Math: Yes You Need To Understand Both (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/3/chemistry) by Randy Holmes-Farley

Iron: A Look At Organisms Other Than Macroalgae (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/10/chemistry) by Randy Holmes-Farley

Aquarium Chemistry: Effects of GFO (Granular Ferric Oxide) on 'Trace' Metals Concentrations in Artificial Seawater (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/2/chemistry) by Dana Riddle

Bacterial Counts in Reef Aquarium Water: Baseline Values and Modulation by Carbon Dosing, Protein Skimming, and Granular Activated Carbon Filtration (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2011/3/aafeature)
by Ken S. Feldman, Allison A. Place, Sanjay Joshi, Gary White

Elevated Nutrient and 'Trace Element' Concentrations in Reef Aquaria, Preliminary Findings: Their Effects on Zooxanthellae of Porites lobata (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/10/aafeature) by Dana Riddle


Reef Lighting

A Different Look at Lighting: Effects of Prolonged Photoperiod, Spectral Quality, and Light Dosage (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/5/aafeature) by Dana Riddle

Quantitative Comparison of Reef Aquarium Lighting Technologies: Metal Halide, T5 Fluorescent and LED (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/2/aafeature2) by Dana Riddle

Lighting the Reef Aquarium - Spectrum or Intensity? (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/2/aafeature) by Dana Riddle

How to Make Corals Colorful, Part One: New Information, With Particular Attention to Blue-Green Fluorescent Pigments (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/1/aafeature1/view?searchterm=photoperiod) by Dana Riddle

How to Make Corals More Colorful, Part Two: New Information! Green Fluorescent Pigments, Pigment Clades, and Photoconversion from Green to Orange/Red (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/2/aafeature1/view?searchterm=photoperiod) by Dana Riddle

Coral Coloration, Part 3: Pigments Responsible for Yellow and Orange Coloration, With Notes on Photoconversion (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/12/aafeature2/view?searchterm=photoperiod) by Dana Riddle

How Much Light?! Analyses of Selected Shallow Water Invertebrates' Light Requirements (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/3/aafeature1/view?searchterm=too%20much%20light) by Dana Riddle

Photosynthesis/Irradiance (P/I) Curves and Why They Are Important to ReefKeepers (http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/d_riddle_090599.html) by Dana Riddle and Andy Amussen

Facts of Light: Part IV Color Temperature (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-05/sj/index.php) by Sanjay Joshi

Sanjay's reef lighting guide (http://www.manhattanreefs.com/lighting) by Sanjay Joshi

Coral Photoacclimation (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-01/atj/index.php) by Andrew Trevor-Jones

Equipment Review: Getting the Most from Your T-5 Lights: A Look at Reflectors and More (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/5/equipment) by James W. Fatherree

Too Much Light! (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/7/aafeature) by Dana Riddle

Aquarium Corals: Making Corals Colorful: New Information on Acropora species (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/12/corals) by Dana Riddle


Reef Keeping

Elemental Analysis of Skimmate: What Does a Protein Skimmer Actually Remove from Aquarium Water? (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/2/aafeature/view?) by Ken S. Feldman

The Development of a Method for the Quantitative Evaluation of Protein Skimmer Performance (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/1/aafeature2) by Ken S. Feldman, et. al.

Further Studies on Protein Skimmer Performance (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/1/aafeature) by Ken S. Feldman, Kelly M. Maers

Bacterial Counts in Reef Aquarium Water: Baseline Values and Modulation by Carbon Dosing, Protein Skimming, and Granular Activated Carbon Filtration (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2011/3/aafeature) by By Ken S. Feldman, Allison A. Place, Sanjay Joshi, Gary White

The Units of Measure of Reefkeeping (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-08/rhf/index.php) by Randy Holmes-Farley

Vodka Dosing...Distilled! (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php) by Nathaniel A. Walton and Matt Bjornson

Reef Food (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/eb/index.php) by Eric Borneman

Keeping a Saltwater Aquarium (http://www.thetipsbank.com/marine.htm) by Hennie Landman

Deep Sand Beds (http://www.ronshimek.com/deep_sand_beds.html) by Ronald L. Shimek

Deep Sand Beds (http://www.reef-eden.net/DSBs.htm) by Simon Garratt

The Infamous Detritivore (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/rs/index.php) by Ronald L. Shimek

An SPS Recipe for Success (http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/reefs-magazine/71913-sps-recipe-success.html) by Keith Berkelhamer

Marc's Hidden Treasure (http://www.melevsreef.com/index.html) by Marc (Melevsreef.com- Everything you need to know from sump designs to reef photography)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sumps (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/gt/index.php) by Gregory S. Taylor

Measuring Salinity and Specific Gravity in your Aquarium (http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/measuring-salinity-and-specific-gravity-your-aquarium) by Stuart Bertram

Water flow is more important for corals than light. Part 1. Introduction to Gas Exchange (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/6/aafeature2) by Jake Adams

Water flow is more important for corals than light. Part II: The science of corals and water flow (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/8/aafeature) by Jake Adams

Water flow is more important for corals, Part III (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/9/aafeature2) by Jake Adams

Water Flow is More Important for Corals Than Light Part 4: Basics of Hydrodynamics (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/11/aafeature)by Jake Adams

Water Flow is More Important for Corals Than Light, Part V (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/1/aafeature) by Jake Adams

Mything the Point: Part One (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-11/eb/index.php#a) by Eric Borneman

Mything the Point: Part Two (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/eb/index.php) by Eric Borneman

Old Tank Syndrome (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/10/aafeature) by Julian Sprung

Old Tank Syndrome (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/5/aafeature2) by Mike Paletta

Probiotics Demystified (http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/probiotics-demystified) by Murray Camp

Marine Fishes

Aquarium Fish: Deep Water Reef Fish Communities: Part I: A Survey of Deep Reef Fishes (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/8/fish) by Scott Michael

Aquarium Fish: Deepwater Reef Fish Communities: Part 2: A Survey of Deep Reef Fishes (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/9/fish) by Scott Michael

Anthias Imposters! - The Genus Pseudanthias, Part I (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/hcs3/index.php) by Henry C. Schults III

Anthias Imposters! - The Genus Pseudanthias, Part II (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-12/hcs3/index.php) by Henry C. Schults III

Boldly Colored Beauties: The Tuka Anthias (http://www.reefsmagazine.com/forum/reefs-magazine/71849-boldly-colored-beauties-tuka-anthias.html) by Matt Wandell

Swallowing One Victim at a Time: The Genus Genicanthus (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-02/hcs3/index.php) by Henry C. Schults III

Aquarium Fish: Surgeonfishes, A.K.A. the Tangs (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/12/fish/) by James W. Fatherree

Food Habits of Teleostean Reef Fishes in Okinawa Isiantd, Southern Japan (http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publish_db/Bulletin/no25/no25000.html) by Mitsuhiko SANO, Makoto SHIMIZU and Yukio NOSE


Marine Invertebrates

The Coral Library (http://coral.aims.gov.au/)

Coral Care Sheets (http://sites.google.com/a/asira.org/www2/caresheets)

LPS Corals (http://www.aquacon.com/lps.html)

Scolymia Showcase (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-11/reefslides/index.php)

Sea Urchins, A Testy Subject (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-11/rs/index.php) by Ronald L. Shimek

Elegance Corals: Sustainability and Disease Impacting Catalaphyllia Jardinei (Wells 1971) in the Aquarium Trade (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-01/eb/index.php) by Eric Borneman

Biosynthesis of 'essential' amino acids by scleractinian corals (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1218179/pdf/9078264.pdf) by Lisa M. Fitzgerald and Alina M. Szmant

Availability of two forms of dissolved nitrogen to the coral Pocillapora damicornis and its symbiotic zoxanthellae (http://bio.mq.edu.au/aroubice/bio_new/centres/marine_ecology/Papers/Pocillopora.pdf) by O. Hoegh-Guldbergh and J. Williamson

Coral farming: the effects of Light, water motion and artificial foods (http://www2.hawaii.edu/~cbird/files/Download/Forsman%20et%20al%202011%20Coral%20farming.pdf) by Zak H. Forsman, Bethany K. Kimokeo, Christopher E. Bird, Cynthoa L. Hunter and Robert J. Toonen

Coloration in Acropora nana (http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/1298/1298_2.html/view?searchterm=acropora%20nana) by Eric Borneman

The Elusive Blue Tipped Acropora and the Last (but not the Final) Word on Coloration (http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0597/0597_2.html) by Eric Borneman

Factors That Influence the Reproduction of Sea Cucumbers (http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/classes/biology/bio515/hentschel/PDFs/Mackey%282001%29.pdf) by Angela Mackey

Aquarium Invertebrates: Sea Stars -- Linckia spp. (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/5/inverts) by Rob Toonen

Aquarium Invertebrates: Captive Husbandry Of Goniopora, Spp. With Remarks About The Similar Genus Alveopora (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/12/inverts) By Julian Sprung

Effects of phosphate on growth and skeletal density in the scleractinian coral Acropora muricata: A controlled experimental approach (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098111004588) by Jeremy G. Dunna, Paul W. Sammarcoa, Gary LaFleur Jr.

Aquarium Invertebrates: Featherdusters In The Aquarium (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/8/inverts) By Julian Sprung

Aquarium Invertebrates: Doughnut, Cat's Eye, Knob, Beaker, Flat Brain, Or Modern Meat? A Review Of What Are Scolymia And Cynarina, With Comments On Their Relatives And Taxonomical Status (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/11/inverts#section-3) by Julian Sprung

Bleaching and Tissue Loss in Corals - What's the Difference? (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/2/coral) by Eric Borneman

White Corals, Part II: Bleaching and Disease 'Look-Alikes' (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/4/coral) by Eric Borneman

White Corals, Part Iii: Coral Disease 'white Syndromes' (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/6/corals) by Eric Borneman

Recent Observations On Berghia (?) sp. Nudibranchs (http://web.archive.org/web/20030804210221/http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/aug/features/1/default.asp) by Eric Borneman

The Berghia Training Program (http://www.reefs.org/library/article/e_borneman.html) by Eric Borneman

Coral Feeding: An Overview (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2013/12/aafeature) by Tim Wijgerde, Ph.D

Coral farming: effects of light, water motion and artificial foods (https://skydrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=53FF310B97C965AF!155&cid=53ff310b97c965af&app=WordPdf&wdo=2) by Zac H. Forsman, et. al.


Tridacnid Clams and Other Mollusks

Tridacnid Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium by James Fatherree, ISBN: 0-9786194-0-4, 2006.

Giant Clams Provide Beauty and Benefits (http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2158+2225&aid=3097)

Aquarium Invertebrates: A Look at the Hippopus Clams (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/3/inverts) by James W. Fatherree

Identifying the Tridacnid Clams (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/jf/feature/index.php) by James W. Fatherree

Aquarium Invertebrates: Tridacnid Clams (Usually) Don't Need to Be Fed in Aquaria (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/7/inverts) by James W. Fatherree

A Close-up Look at Tridacna crocea (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-10/jf/index.php) by James W. Fatherree

A Look at "Mysterious Clam Deaths" (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/3/aafeature1) by James W. Fatherree

Troubles with Tridacnids: a Look at Two Common Problems" (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/jf/index.php) by James W. Fatherree

Invertebrate Non-Column: Flame Scallops (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/7/inverts) by Rob Toonen

Pinched Mantle Syndrome in Giant Clams (http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/volume_6_4/clams.html) by Dr. David Basti, Deborah Bouchard and Barry Neigut

Distressed Clam? Take a Good, Hard Look (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-02/nftt/index.php) by Chris Stewart

Aquarium Invertebrates: Green-Lipped Mussels (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/5/inverts) by Rob Toonen

Aquarium Invertebrates: A Look at the Giant Clam Tridacna squamosa (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2013/4/inverts) by James W. Fatherree

Coral Coloration, Part 9: Tridacna and Other Photosynthetic Clam Coloration, With Observations on Possible Functions (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/1/aafeature3) by Dana Riddle

The Giant Clam: Hatchery and Nursery Culture Manual (http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/118699/2/15.pdf) by Richard D. Braley

Spawning and Early Larval Rearing of Giant Clams (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae) (http://aqua.ucdavis.edu/DatabaseRoot/pdf/CTSA130.PDF) by Simon Ellis


Marine Algea

'Bubble' Algea: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments (http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/hcj/feature/index.php) by Horge Cortes-Jorge Jr

A Warning Sign of Impending Caulerpa Sporulation (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/nftt/index.php) by Gene Schwartz


Aquarium Photography

Aquarium Photography: Five Tips for Better Images (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/7/photography) by Richard Aspinall

snorvich
05/03/2014, 02:56 PM
And for fish diseases and parasites?

DiscusHeckel
05/04/2014, 02:05 AM
Can you please point me to the right direction?

Reefer54
05/04/2014, 02:07 AM
awesome. this is the kind of information i was talking about. we all need this. especially the newbies. I cant wait to pick through and buy some new books.
thanks.

heres some more contribution. There should really be a sticky for this type of compilation.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2400588&highlight=literature

thenewguy997
05/04/2014, 02:08 AM
Very nice, ive enjoyed "the nano reef handbook" it applies well to all size tanks

chris.scang
05/04/2014, 07:59 AM
As a newbie I really appreciate you putting all of this information in one place! I have TONS of reading to do!

snorvich
05/04/2014, 09:49 AM
Two books I highly recommend for fish diseases and parasites are:

Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment by Dr. Edward J Noga.

Captive Seawater Fishes: Science and Technology by Dr. Stephen Spotte

While not the easiest reading, they are both superb.

DiscusHeckel
05/04/2014, 10:04 AM
Two books I highly recommend for fish diseases and parasites are:

Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment by Dr. Edward J Noga.

Captive Seawater Fishes: Science and Technology by Dr. Stephen Spotte

While not the easiest reading, they are both superb.

Thanks very much.

The price of the first book on Amazon.co.uk is very stiff, £93. The second one is even more expensive, £161. I will try to source them second hand.

snorvich
05/04/2014, 12:36 PM
Thanks very much.

The price of the first book on Amazon.co.uk is very stiff, £93. The second one is even more expensive, £161. I will try to source them second hand.

They can be found second hand. Amazon sometimes has them as does ebay. However if you are planning to be in this hobby long term, I highly recommend them.

HumbleFish
05/04/2014, 12:39 PM
:thumbsup: for the list

mpderksen
05/04/2014, 12:49 PM
Sticky this please!

thenewguy997
05/04/2014, 01:21 PM
I just go to the local library they can special order you anything