Coral books for diehard coral junkies like ourselves are few and far between, which is why we spend so much time digging through the scientific literature. We frequently come across new discoveries, new species, but occasionally, we come across a…
Colours of the Reef, a sprawling new book by Roger Steene
Colours of the Reef is a massive new picture book by Roger Steene that is setting new benchmarks for marine life photography. The sprawling new work consists of three volumes, with more than 7,000 pictures spread across an astounding 1,400 pages.…
Advances in Cephalopod Science, a new book to cover their biology, ecology, cultivation and fisheries
Books are getting rarer and books on Cephalopods are especially few and far between. It’s a good thing then that the new cephalopod book of the day seems to be a huge pile of information on so many different aspects…
101 Nano Reef Species is Scott Michael’s newest aquarium guidebook
101 Nano Reef Species is a new forthcoming book from Scott Michael, the archetypal aquarium fish guru who laid down the tracks for young fish nerds and the next generation of rare fish enthusiasts alike. 101 Nano Reef Species is…
Tanne Hoff has written one of the most Practical Guides for the Reef Aquarium
When someone first gets tarted with reef aquarium keeping, one of the first things we like to tell them is to not read anything that is written online. Not because there’s bad information here on the interwebz, but because there’s so…
Read what reefs were like in free pdf booklet, Reef Reminiscences
We all know that coral reefs are in trouble, but one particularly worrying thing with reef ecologists is the idea of shifting baselines. This very important idea basically means that coral reef researchers who began studying reefs in the last,…
Practical guide for the reef aquarium published by our own Tanne Hoff
It is easy to forget we all started with this hobby once in our lives. Sometimes it feels as if we were born with knowledge about salinity, water chemistry and animal husbandry. Beginners nowadays have the luxury of being able…
Biology of Butterflyfishes, a new book focused on the beautiful Chaetodontidae
Biology of Butterflyfishes is an exciting new book which will bring some much deserved knowledge and information about this charismatic group of iconic reef fish. In the marine aquarium world, the marine angelfishes get their lion’s share of the spotlight,…
Book Report: Practical Coral Farming available in an expanded second edition
Practical Coral Farming by Miguel Tolosa is, as far as we know, still the only book ever written about broader coral propagation by someone who actually has experience growing, cutting and selling corals. We first popped into Miguel’s ghetto-fabulous headquarters for…
Saving Giants, new Ebook on giant clams by Gerald Heslinga available now
When we first got wind of Gerald Heslinga’s new book on giant clams, Saving Giants was an obligatory download to our iPad ebook collection; the giant clam authority and IPSF frontman knows a thing or two about Tridacnids. Little did…
