book swap

[JNye]

bring your books to the meeting today if you wanna trade temporarily. I really like reading/learning from differeant sources. Books are expensive and virtually useless after you read them.
I have:
Advanced Marine Aquarium Techniques by Hemdal-very good, very advanced techniques.
Reef Secrets by Nilsen and Fossa-okay, slightly beginner, very nice reference section.
The New Marine Aquarium by Paletta-very beginner book.
Marine Inverttebrates and plants of the living sea Dr. Colin-very outdated(1978) reference type book, i never use it, but does have a lot of nice photos.

 

[bigevill1]

Books? what are books?

 

[pescadero]

I read a lot. Its gotten to be a habit after 28 years of formal education.

The Lake County Public library has a bunch of marine aquarium books. Most of them seem to be geared toward beginners, though. I don't remember ever seeing anything that really went beyond FOWLR setups.

They have, for example, the New Marine Aquarium by Poletta. For anyone who is interested in getting started, a trip to the library is a good idea. You could borrow the Poletta book and read it in a day or two, and you wouldn't have to spend $20 on a book that you don't really want when you're finished with it.

I like your idea for a book swap.

 

[JNye]

most library books are too outdated for me and like you said too beginner, I can't wait for the new coral propagation book by borneman to come out, looks real good. anyone have any Calfo...never read any of his stuff or Sprung, and very interested in clownfishes by joyce wilkerson.

 

[pescadero]

well, one thing about libraries is that they do listen when people tend to make requests. if 20 people with library cards make a request for a specific book, they'll probably add it to their list of things to buy. That's especially true if its related to a subject that they person who orders the books doesn't know anything about. They actually like to receive guidance on what types of books to buy when it comes to arcane subjects like this one.

normally, the publishers try to push books on the libraries. the libraries get a list of stuff that's recommended by the publisher for libraries, and they normally just check-off the things that they think would be a good addition to the collection. they tend to shoot for the lowest common denominator most of the time.

unfortunately, the library might have already spent this year's budget, and the book might have to be added to next year's list. unfortunately, acquisitions can seem move along at a snail's pace. by the time you actually get the library to buy them, you probably would have brought your own if its something you really needed.

The Sprung & Delbeek Reef Aquarium series is pretty expensive. I've read all 3 books. You'll spend $200+ to buy all 3 Reef Aquarium books from Amazon. Its best to borrow something like that if you can. In comparison, Wilkerson's Clownfishes is pretty cheap and its easy enough just to buy it. I've never read Calfo though I'd like to.

I'm gonna be hauling a lot of stuff today to deliver things from the DFS order. Looking at the time, I gotta leave now.

 

[zeblisik]

I have 'Reef Invertebrates' by Calfo and Fenner.
Really good book but I wish there were more specifics about vegtable filters and micro fauna reactors.
Its still pretty expensive I see, like 50$ soft cover.

I know ive seen recommended reading lists some place on this site but I can seem to find it......

I'm also looking to buy something good to read.