This was posted on coral-list today:

“The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) is giving away the remaining copies of the book ‘Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea’ by Katharina Fabricius & Phil Alderslade, colour throughout, 264 pp. (2001). The book will be free of charge, but postage must be paid before delivery of the books (see instructions below). We still have a few hundred copies left to find a good new home. No second edition is planned, so please pass on this message to people who may be interested. The offer is valid until 30 June 2010.

Regards

Katharina Fabricius

SOFT CORALS AND SEA FANS

Fabricius KE & Alderslade P (2001) Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. 264 pp. ISBN: 0 642 322104

Free of charge but postage must be paid before delivery of books. Offer valid until 30 June 2010.

Postage:

Zone     1          AUD$10.50               Australia and New Zealand

Zone     2          AUD$13.50               Asia – Pacific

Zone     3          AUD$18.00               Rest of the World

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Coral Reef Ecology (Ecological Studies, V. 102) by Yuri I. Sorokin

Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Springer (December 1995)
ISBN: 978-3540605324

Unfortunately this one seems to be very hard to find, even Amazon doesn’t have used copies available.

So if you are lucky enough to find one, buy it!

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Here’s a book no advanced reef aquarist should skip!

“Advances in Coral Husbandry in Public Aquariums, Volume 2 in the Public Aquarium Husbandry Series” Edited by Rob Leewis and Max Janse is an excellent collection of scientific (and other) papers concerning captive care of corals. Some of the material presented is likely familiar to the more advanced aquarists but there are a lot of interesting data, methods and experiences presented. It is also interesting to note how well public aquariums are aware of current trends in reefkeeping hobby.

The book is nicely printed on a quality paper and although color printing would have increased the value even more, at a price of 64 € (including shipping in EU) this 444 pages book is certainly more valuable to the hobbyist than most of the “ordinary” aquarium books.

To find more about this book, click here

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