Book recomendation

[Troy F]

My four favourites so far are: Aquarium Corals by Eric Borneman, Reef Fishes by Scott Michael, The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium by Svein Fossa and Alf Jacob Nilsen and the Natural Reef Aquarium by John Tullock. Tullock's book is great for both the beginner and advanced aquarist. I like his information on biotopes myself.

[rossb]

ak...I'm kinda a cheap old bug*(& so for my buck I would start reading and following the threads in some of the bulletin boards, such as this one. I was given a number of books but reading information from a wide variety of seasoned amateurs is not to be underestimated. You can read and ask questions in a number of different forums and get lots of opinions...some good, some bad and some stupid. Most are gentle to beginners...and you can learn lots.

I would also recomend getting alot of travel brochers and looking at pictures of exotic places..that you will likely never travel to after you start down this path