Looking For A Book On...

[Donya]

I'm looking for a book that has in-depth information on LPS corals from these families...

Fungiidae (my main interest), specifically Fungia and Polyphillia species
Mussidae, specifically Cyanaria species
Caryophylliidae

I was wondering about Aquarium Corals : Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History , since it's mentioned in the "Realm of Knowledge" thread, but I can't find it locally and I usually like to open up the table of contents in books before I buy them to make sure they have what I want. I may get that book anyway down the line, but if there is a better book to cover the LPS families I'm interested in, I'd like to get it first, since I already have some books covering coral basics.

 

[Matthew5664]

As LPS go I was under the impression that they were all almose the same > light food flow wise that is!. All the books could give you is about there natural surroundings, which if I'm worng please correct me you could never fully recreate in a tank holeing all the type you asked about.

 

[Donya]

I don't think I would ever create a tank with all those species...the compatability issues would probably be too much, since some of the species would be aggressive and somewhat mobile. I'm mainly interested in it from an ecological & biological standpoint...not all LPS are created equal from what I've found so far digging through info. Plus, there's a lot of strongly conflicting statements about Fungia and related corals that might be put to rest in my mind after getting more detailed facts. The sorts of info I'm after are:

- natural habitat in detail
- what sorts of other species would be encountered in those habitats
- morphology (particularly for species that occur both as single polyp and multi-polyp)
- behavior
- reproductive strategies
etc.

I know quite a bit of that can be found simply by going to google, but for those groups I listed, the info I found is not at the level of detail I want. Most of what I've found simply says something like "Fungia corals will inflate themselves and can change location if they choose". Well...ok...that doesn't say how the movement is actually accomplished though, physically/physiologically. That's the sort of thing I'm going for. I realize a book like that might not exist that's in print, but it's worth a shot...

 

[Donya]

Nobody? Maybe I'm looking for something that doesn't exist

 

[steelhealr]

The bible of reefing. SH

http/www.amazon.com/gp/product/189008748...5Fencoding=UTF8

 

[SkiFletch]

Eric Borneman to the rescue