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Posted 1/13/2006 12:41:24 AM


 

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cheers All 

I will be adding to this thread more and more in time... please check back often. The purpose of the thread, as per its namesake, it to direct folks and friends to the places where I give and get my information, favorite links, content that I've built at large, etc.

If you are somewhat new to my forum, please do take the time to explore some of these links. It will answer many of the questions you may have, save us both some time, and enable you to discover far more things than merely the answer to a single question!

Best of luck and life...

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Anthony Calfo

Post #19836
Posted 1/13/2006 12:51:05 AM


 

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INFORMATIONAL URLS:

http://www.reefpedia.com/index.php/Main_PageAn online encyclopedia of reef hobby terms!

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic28040-5-1.aspxgrowing list of reef terms/abbreviations

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/archive.htmAsk a Scientist!

http://science.howstuffworks.com

* the name says it all... "How Stuff Works" It's a fabulous databse forfinding answers.

www.fishbase.org

* the authority on all fishes of the world - be sure to explore the many links on species index pages to find more info and data/ref.s on gut analysis, reproduction and so much more.

www.algaebase.org

* a rather scientific database for plants and algae, but a treasure of information. Come armed with some data/tidbits about what you are looking for and you can find much here.

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralsearch.php

* coral identification

http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm

* Hexacorallia database (find where your anemones/corals come from on the reef!)

www.coralrealm.com

* the online residence of our dear hobby friend, noted author and photographer Scott Michael

www.reeffrontiers.com

* fabulous forum and free-content website with one of the most comprehensive galleries of images of tropical marine fish and invertebrates plus many great discusions for hobbyists including:

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=51

www.seachallengers.com

* a small outfit that is one of my fav places to find aquatic field guides, dive and hobby books including some rather uncommon titles such as the outstanding works of the Littlers on plants and algae.

http://scholar.google.com

* a fabulous way to search the scientific archives without the clutter of general search engine results

Note: do take advantage of the other ways to use google products/portals as a search tool by exploring their many options! The "image" finder is a very helpful tool for aquarists: tag the link above the search field on the google.com index page for a good pic search.

Also a MUST READ: http://www.google.com/help/basics.html#keywords

Eric Borneman's citations/references... great reading/biblio:
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic46786-13-1.aspx

http://www.coralgrowing.com/

* Young/growing resource for coral farming information and articles

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Anthony Calfo

Post #19837
Posted 1/13/2006 1:22:05 AM


 

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AQUARIUM HOBBY AND SCIENCE BOOKS:


Soft corals:

"Soft Corals and Seafans" by Fabricius and Alderslade (2001)


Stony corals:

Veron

Woods


Plants and Algae:

Look no further than the published works of the Littlers... decades of amazing publications


Most underrated general hobby book of the last century:


"The Living Aquarium" Crescent Publishing (1981)
* includes DIY glass, acrylic, fiberglass and epoxy-wood aquariums


Beginners Marine Aquarium - General:

"The Marine Aquarium" by Dick Mills, Tetra (1987)
* a dated reference but still gets very high marks. One of my favs for its unique layout.

"The New Marine Aquarium" by Michael Paletta (1999)
* a short, easy, digestible read that is a must-have, first book for new aquarists


Reefkeeping:

Gotta go with Eric Borneman's "Aquarium Corals" (2001) for... well... aquarium corals

"The Reef Aquarium" series by Delbeek and Sprung are valuable and comprehensive tomes!

"Natural Reef Aquariums" by John Tullock (1997)


Classics:

"The Marine Aquarium Reference: Systems and Invertebrates" by Martin Moe, Jr. (1993)- a book of immeasurable impact on the hobby in the earliest years

"The Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder" by Martin Moe Jr. (1992)- this book changed the pathof the aquarium hobby perhaps more than any other work of its kind. Must-have.

"The Reef Tank Owner's Manual" by John Tullock - a pioneer in the reef hobby in the US

Texts written by Steve Spotte- technical but pioneering references


Systems and Hardware:

"Aquatic Systems Engineering: Devices and How They Work" by P. Escobal (2000)
* very technical to read, but an amazing wealth of information here.

... and more titles/suggestions coming soon! So many good threads to start, build and pin

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Anthony Calfo

Post #19840
Posted 1/13/2006 1:37:21 AM


 

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WORKS BY Anthony Calfo:

"C... The Journal of Aquatic Science, Travel and Adventure" (reef/aquatics magazine)
issue 1, volume 1 (October 2006)... a quarterly publication: www.readingtrees.com
issue 2, volume 1 (January 2007)
issue 3, volume 1 (May 2007)
issue 4, volume 1 (August 2007)
issue 1, volume 2 (winter/spring 2008)
issue 2, volume 2 (summer 2008)
issue 3, volume 2 (fall/winter 2008)
issue 4, volume 2 (April 2009)
issue 2, volume 3 (Aug/Sept 2009)

"The Book of Coral Propagation: Reef Gardening for Aquarists Vol. 1" edition 1 (2001)
"The Book of Coral Propagation: Reef Gardening for Aquarists Vol. 1" edition 2 (2007)
"The Book of Coral Propagation: Reef Gardening for Aquarists Vol. 1" edition 2 (2009) [second printing]

"Reef Invertebrates" by Anthony Calfo and Robert Fenner (2003)

Reef Poster series in 2' X 3' glossy pic tutorials of favorite reef creatures:

- Stony Corals (2005)
- Soft Corals (2005)
- Reef Fishes 1 (2005)
- Reef Fishes 2 (2005)
- Invertebrates (2005)
- Plants and Algae (2006)
- Anemones and Clownfishes (2007)

CALFO ARTICLE INDEX:

Italian: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic59541-13-1.aspx

Portugese: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic59538-13-1.aspx

Spanish: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic59554-13-1.aspx

http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_marine_depot_educational_newsletter_articles__index.asp

DSB summary
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic59558-13-1.aspx

Coral Propagation
http://www.coralgrowing.com/CoralFragmentation.php

Coral Attachment
http://www.coralgrowing.com/SecuringPropagatedCorals.php

Fluorescence
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-11/ac/index.php

Hurricane Katrina announcement
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-09A/index.php

Atlantic Lionfishes?!?!
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volum...tic_Pterois.htm

Acanthastrea
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-08/ebac/index.php

Anthiines - Seabasses
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-04/ac/index.php

Reef Trendy
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-02/ac/index.php

Frogfishes
http://www.reefland.com/rho/0505/cover4.php

Microdesmids (Firefishes/Darts)
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i.../wormfishes.htm

Indoor Pond
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i...fo/diy-pond.htm

Scorpionfishes Part 1
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i..._lionfishes.htm

Scorpionfishes Part 2
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i..._lionfishes.htm

Outdoor Garden Pond 5/8/05:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volum...Garden_Pond.htm

Water Changes/Exchanges 5/3/05:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/watchgantart.htm

The Static on Static Lighting: Moving Light Systems (MLS) (October 2003 issue)
http://advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2003/feature.htm

Plumbing A Water Return Manifold -Goodbye Powerheads (Sept 2003 issue)
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2003/short.htm

Coral Culture in Suspension
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-...ature/index.php

Coral Fragmentation: Not Just For Beginners!
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-...ature/index.php

The Henry Doorly Zoo and Scott Aquarium: Omaha, Nebraska
www.wetwebmedia.com/AqSciSubWebIndex/PublicAquariums/DoorlyZoo.htm

The Tragedy of Artificially Colored Live Corals
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-...ature/index.php

Securing Propagated Corals: Methods of Fixing Live Coral to Hard Substrates
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-...ature/index.php

Aquarium Culture of the Aeolid Nudibranch Berghia Predator on the Nuisance Anemone Aiptasia
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-...ature/index.php

To Pulse or Not to Pulse? Indentification and Behavior of Xeniid Corals in the Aquarium Hobby
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-...ature/index.php

Starfish: Considerations of the Common (and Commonly Misunderstood) Varieties
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-...ature/index.php

Thoughts on Reef Aquarium Lighting... Keep Your Eye on the Prize!
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-...ature/index.php

Mangroves for the Marine Aquarium
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-...ature/index.php

Best Plants and Algae for Refugia - Part I
http://www.reefland.com/rho/1104/main.php

Best Plants and Algae for Refugia - Part II: "Vegetable Filters"
http://www.reefland.com/rho/0105/main2.php

Beautiful Seagrasses: Keeping True Flowering Plants in Your Marine Aquarium
http://www.reefland.com/rho/0305/main3.php

Understandng Calcium and Alkalinity
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/calcalkmar.htm

Marine AquariumLighting
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marlgtganthony.htm

Types of Water Flow, Wave Devices, etc.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/circmarart.htm

Budding in Trachyphyllia corals
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/trachyreproart.htm

DIY protein skimmer
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/diyskimmer.htm

Alkalinity
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/alkalinity.htm

Deep Sand Bed Intro
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/deepsandbeds.htm

Acclimating Corals to New Light
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/acclimcoralslight.htm

Large Marine Systems
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/large_setups.htm

Puffer Dentistry
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volum...try/puffer2.htm

Growing Corals
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/growingcorals.htm

Keeping Saltwater Mangrove Trees
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/mangrovetrees.htm

Light Canopies and Fixtures
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marcanopies.htm

Feeding Reef Invertebrates
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fdreefinverts.htm

Intro to Closed Loop Manifold (Goodbye Powerheads!)
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/pbh2oret.htm


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Anthony Calfo

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Posted 1/13/2006 1:38:49 AM


 

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DISCUSSIONS:

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic41993-13-1.aspx Acclimation tips

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums...read.php?t=4328 Agaracia (stony coral)

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25398-13-1.aspxAggression, stocking/crowding among Inverts

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic34197-13-1.aspx Air lifts for water flow

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic29761-13-1.aspxAlgae/PLants - ID, nuisance control

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic30678-13-1.aspx Allelopathy

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24714-13-1.aspxAnemones: handling, propagation, health- New

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic39327-13-1.aspxAutomatic water changes

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=706257Automatic water changes

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24721-13-1.aspxBiotope advice

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24859-13-1.aspxBusiness and Industry Tips and Info

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic28751-13-1.aspxCalcium and Alk

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/rhf/feature/index.phpCalcium article by RHF - excellent!

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25275-13-1.aspxCarbon use/rec's

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=707656Catching creatures

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic28029-13-1.aspxCaulerpa topics

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic38780-13-1.aspxCavitation of pumps... excellent!

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums...ht=cespitularia Cespitularia (soft coral)

http://www.todomarino.com/forum/showthread.php?p=71153#post71153"Cooking" live rock

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic26465-13-1.aspxClosed Loop Manifolds

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic28845-13-1.aspxClosed Loop Manifolds

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic30582-13-1.aspxControllers - pH ORP recommendations

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25081-13-1.aspxDI/RO filter and water topics

* for DSB topics see "Sand and Substrate Threads"

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums...=duncanopsammia Duncanopsammia (stony coral)

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic62964-13-1.aspxEfficiency - optimizing systemms/Green-reefs

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic41373-13-1.aspx Energy saving tips

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic37021-13-1.aspx?Highlight=Ethics+Aquaculture Ethics of Aquaculture

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic53559-13-1.aspxEthics- Consumer buying

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic39296-13-1.aspxFeeding Reef Creatures

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24988-13-1.aspxFlatworms - ridding nuisance Acoels

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24242-6-1.aspx

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic28388-13-1.aspxGreenhouse/Natural Sunlight

Horizontal overflows... see Overflows in this alphabetical list

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic47373-13-1.aspx Harlequin Shrimp

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic42678-13-1.aspxHumidity from Aquariums - control

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic29074-13-1.aspxIodine dosing

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic23353-13-1.aspxInternational hobby/science links/languages

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic30835-13-1.aspxKalkwasser slurry dosing

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic52794-13-1.aspxLED lights (also see Lighting below)

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25116-13-1.aspxLighting - all topics

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic43438-13-1.aspxMacroalgae, plants, veggie-refugia

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24280-13-1.aspxMagnesium solutions for ridding live rock of pests

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic43952-13-1.aspx Mangroves

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic38780-13-1.aspxMicrobubbles (also see entries for "Plumbing")

Moonlights: see lighting

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic32715-13-1.aspxMoving corals/fis

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24255-13-1.aspxNatural seawater (NSW)cautions

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic36562-13-1.aspx Nitrate control

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic26696-13-1.aspxOverflows

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=619976Overflows

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic26819-13-1.aspxOzone

www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=639805Ozone

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic29893-13-1.aspxPest organisms... controlling

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic35276-13-1.aspxpH - trouble keeping it up high enough

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic31649-13-1.aspxPhytoplankton

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic29769-13-1.aspxPlumbing issues

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic48362-13-1.aspxPonds/pools for marine livestock

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic41263-13-1.aspx Power Outage... excellent handling

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic26485-13-1.aspxPropagation/reproduction: corals, anemones, polyps...

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=708423Propagation - cnidarians

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic28033-13-1.aspxProtein skimming/skimmers

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24736-13-1.aspxProtein Skimmers

Pumps: see Plumbing

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24725-13-1.aspxQuarantine New

RDSB ("remote deep sand bucket/beds): see Sand and Substrates

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24651-13-1.aspxRefugia

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=462212Refugia

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25081-13-1.aspxRO/DI filter and water topics

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25203-13-1.aspxSafety - all topics

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25117-13-1.aspxSand and Substrate Threads

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic41373-13-1.aspx Saving money/Energy tips

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic45341-13-1.aspxSeawater - making new/synthetic

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic35884-13-1.aspx Shipping livestock

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic33793-13-1.aspxSpawning reports

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums...read.php?t=4531 Stylophora

Substrates: see Sand and Substrates

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24768-13-1.aspx Supplements

Surge flow - see water flow/movement

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic51457-13-1.aspxTest Kit/reagent shelf life (Lamotte info but extrapolate)

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic21370-13-1.aspxUV filtration- how to use it correctly!

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic39769-13-1.aspx Water changes

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic41129-13-1.aspxWater flow/movement

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic26476-13-1.aspxZeolites

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic45757-13-1.aspxZooxanthellae

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Anthony Calfo

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