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Friday AM Quick Tips

Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip: Give This Coral A Cleansing Flow

Leather corals expand and contract drastically over the course of a day. While they are contracted, they appreciate a little cleaning courtesy of your powerheads.

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Mr. Saltwater Tank Friday AM Quick Tip: Two Easy DIY Test Tube Drying Racks

If you aren’t wanting to soak your test tubes in acid as outlined in this Mr. Saltwater Tank TV episode, here are two easy ways to make DIY test tube drying racks:

 

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday Am Quick Tip: Used For Specimens…And Frag Swaps

Plastic bags never biodegrade and let’s be honest – few of us ever reuse them. Here’s a more eco-friendly way to transport your frags.

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Mr. Saltwater Tank Friday AM Quick Tip: Don’t Count That Anemone Out Just Yet

Who doesn’t love a sea anemone in a saltwater tank? Their soft tentacles provide motion in your tank and when a clownfish sets up house in one of them, the symbiotic relationship is enjoyable to watch. If you don’t know …

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Mr. Saltwater Tank Friday AM Quick Tip: How To Make Your Float Valve Safer

Any piece of equipment can fail and if your automatic shut off valve on your RODI fails, you’ve got big issues. While this tip won’t prevent an all-out failure of your float switch, it can go a long way to …

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #140: Holds Like Epoxy and Sets Up Like Super Glue

Need a little extra hold for your aquascaping or large coral placement? Here’s how I get  epoxy to hold still.

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #139: Seat Belts For Your Corals

If you’ve ever had to move a lot of coral from one location to another, you know that bagging each coral individually can be really tedious. It is important to keep your coral from touching each other during transport, so …

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #138: The World’s Sexiest Filter Media

Got dirty return lines on your saltwater tank? Make sure you don’t forget this step of the cleaning process so that all your hard work doesn’t go to waste.

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[From the Archive]: Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday Am Quick Tip #108: I’m Plastic, Fantastic and Really Useful

Securing dosing lines and any other line that carries liquid into your tank is an easy step to prevent tank emergencies. And with a saw, a drill and a short piece of PVC, you can make your own effluent line …

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #137: The Dangerous Magnetic Accessory In Your Aquarium

Magnetic algae scrapers make cleaning the inside of your aquarium’s glass very easy. And they can pose a real threat to your tank unless you do this one step.

Note: My tank has micro scratches in it from not following …

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