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

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

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

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

http://science.howstuffworks.com

* the name says it all... "How Stuff Works"  It's a fabulous databse for finding 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.wetwebmedia.com

* perhaps THE largest free-content hobby and aquatic science database in the world. Be sure to use the search tool on the index page to discover a staggering amount of information on a range of topics that will pleasantly surprise even the most seasoned aquarist. Some amazing photography and species accounts too. Home of noted author and hobby friend Robert Fenner

www.reeffrontiers.com

* fabulous forum and free-content website with one of the most compehensive 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 Bornemans 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

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 Conscientiuos Marine Aquarist" by Robert Fenner, TFH/Microcosm (1998)
* perhaps THE best book on general marine keeping if you'll commit to a good and proper read

"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

"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 (Januray 2007)
issue 3, volume 1 (May 2007)
issue 4, volume 1 (August 2007)

"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)

"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 2.5.07
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic59558-13-1.aspx

Coral Propagation 1.19.05
http://www.coralgrowing.com/CoralFragmentation.php

Coral Attachment 1.19.05
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 Aquarium Lighting
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

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

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums...read.php?t=4328 Agaracia (stony coral)  pre-2006

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25398-13-1.aspx Aggression, stocking/crowding among Inverts 2.5.06

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

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic29761-13-1.aspx Algae/PLants - ID, nuisance control, references 2006

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic30678-13-1.aspx Allelopathy 2006

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24714-13-1.aspx Anemones: handling, propagation, health - New threads 2006

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

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=706257 Automatic water changes  pre-2006

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

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24859-13-1.aspx Business and Industry Tips and Info... 2006 and prior

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

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/rhf/feature/index.php Calcium article by RHF - excellent! pre-2006

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic25275-13-1.aspx Carbon use/rec's 2.5.06

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=707656 Catching creatures pre-2006

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

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic38780-13-1.aspx Cavitation of pumps... excellent! 2006

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums...ht=cespitularia Cespitularia (soft coral) pre-2006

http://www.todomarino.com/forum/showthread.php?p=71153#post71153 "Cooking" live rock 2006

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

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic28845-13-1.aspx Closed Loop Manifolds pre-2006

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic30582-13-1.aspx Controllers - pH ORP recommendations 2006

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

* for DSB topics see "Sand and Substrate Threads"

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums...=duncanopsammia Duncanopsammia (stony coral) pre-2006

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic62964-13-1.aspx Efficiency - 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 6.17.06

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic53559-13-1.aspx Ethics - Consumer buying 12.04.06

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

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24988-13-1.aspx Flatworms - ridding nuisance Acoels 2.3.06

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24242-6-1.aspx Forum posting here at MD 2006

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

Horizontal overflows... see Overflows in this alphabetical list

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic47373-13-1.aspx Harlequin Shrimp 10.06.06

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

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic29074-13-1.aspx Iodine dosing 3.5.06

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24280-13-1.aspx Magnesium solutions for ridding live rock of pests 2006

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

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

Moonlights: see lighting

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic32715-13-1.aspx Moving corals/fish 2.4.06

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24255-13-1.aspx Natural seawater (NSW) cautions 2006

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

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

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=619976 Overflows pre-2006

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

www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=639805 Ozone pre-2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=708423 Propagation - cnidarians pre-2006

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic28033-13-1.aspx Protein skimming/skimmers 2006

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24736-13-1.aspx Protein Skimmers pre-2006

Pumps: see Plumbing

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24725-13-1.aspx Quarantine New and pre-2006

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

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

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=462212 Refugia - pre-2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums...read.php?t=4531 Stylophora pre-2006

Substrates: see Sand and Substrates

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic24768-13-1.aspx Supplements 2.2.06

Surge flow - see water flow/movement

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic51457-13-1.aspx Test Kit/reagent shelf life (Lamotte info but extrapolate) 11.15.06

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

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

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

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

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic45757-13-1.aspx Zooxanthellae

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Anthony Calfo