Reading matterial on reefs

Hello,

I have just started to build my first SW tank, my goal is to have a reef tank with corals, clownfish, etc..., I have it up and starting to cycle now. I have a 6 hour business flight that I will be taking and nothing to really do on the plane, so... What would be a good book to introduce me to the different types of corals, inverts, etc that I should know about for my tank?

At the moment I am cycling with 3 yellow tailed blue damsels as my bio load for the bacteria and the live sand to have a base set of bacteria in the water. The tank was running for about a week before the introduction of the damsels.

Also for now I only have some florescent lights on the system for the damsels, but in about 3 months was looking to getting the solaris led lighting system, was figuring by around then the tank should be stabilized enough to be starting on some inverts/corals.

System specs;
86 Gallon (48" x 18" x 23")
20 or so gallon sump, don't remember
Octopus skimmer
cpr overflow with a modified durso pipe to keep it quiet
mag 9.5 return pump
400w heater
40 lbs aragonite sand + 20 lbs caribsea live sand
30 lbs diy base rock (will have a total of about 100 lbs, but it i don't have the space to cure it all at once so will be adding more base rock as it cures.)

-Kevin

 

Sounds all good! Good luck and dont forget the pics!

 

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To 3Reef!!! ​

Salutations! Glad to see you found way here!

Great to see you getting into hobby.

For inverts, this is one of my favorites...

Reef Invertebrates: An Essential Guide to Selection, Care and Compatibility​

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(Amazon)

I am a big fan of both Calfo and Fenner.


As far as tanks in general...This is about as good as they come,

Complete Encyclopedia of the Saltwater Aquarium
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(Amazon)


(Of course you can just go to Barnes & Noble, grab a Starbuck's and plop down in one of their easy chairs to read. --- But great to have at home next to tank ----or on a plane. )

The Tao of Marine Aquaria
Tips for Our Hobby and Life

© 1997 Adam H. Whitlock
Edited By Elizabeth M. Lukan 11/25/00
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Stopped by the local Barns and Noble on the way home from work, they didn't have much of a selection in the store. So I drove out to the LFS that I got all of my stuff from and picked up The Marine Aquarium Handbook by Moe. At a glance looked good.

omard: Thanks for the recommendation, I will take a look at those books.