Tank Maintenance
5 Items for Fool-Proof Tank Sitting
It is summer time in the northern hemisphere and that means trips to the beach, road trips and time away from your tank. Nothing can ruin a vacation like coming home to a tank that’s been ruined by something going …
Read moreDeep Cleaning a Protein Skimmer
Protein skimmers, like any piece of equipment in your tank get dirty – real dirty. Cleaning the neck is important, but every 6 months, your skimmer should be taken out and given a deep cleaning.
In this episode of Mr. …
Read moreThe One Piece of Tank Maintenance That If You Aren’t Doing, Could Cost You Your Tank
If you have a reef ready tank with a built in overflow, make sure you check and clean your your down pipe breather tube regularly! (If you run a hang on the back overflow box, you’re insane)
I awoke at …
Read moreThe Most Important Thing To Do Once You Replace Your Bulbs
When bulbs age, they lose their brightness, (called PAR) and their spectrum of color shifts. No matter how good your eyes are, you can’t see these changes.
So when you put in fresh bulbs, the new bulbs have more PAR …
Read moreOne Mistake, Every Tank Personality Has Made (and how to avoid making it again)
There’s one mistake that no matter your tank personality, you make at some point in your saltwater tank career. And, you’ve probably made it several times.
The mistake: feeding too much food to your fish.
When you feed too much …
Read moreGet Ripped While Working On Your Tank
Going to the gym is a real drag, especially when you could be working on and enjoying your tank.
So why not combine these two activities into a routine that will give you a total body workout, that you can …
Read moreTop 5 Things in the Hospital That You Could Use On Your Tank
I’m currently in the hospital delivering, (ok, I’m providing support, at best), our son and I’ve spied 5 things that you could definitely use on your tank.
And until the government run healthcare system kicks in, I’ve provided links where …
Read moreFine Tuning a Protein Skimmer
I talked in a previous episode about how to setup a protein skimmer and in this episode of Mr.Saltwatertank TV, I show you how to fine tune your protein skimmer.
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Read moreTarget Feeding Corals: Needed or Not?
The short answer is no.
(If you don’t know what target feeding is, scroll to the bottom of this post for a description)
But there are 2 catches.
– If you are keeping non-photosynthetic corals, then yes, these corals …
Read moreCatching My 6-Line Wrasse
After he killed my firefish, I decided it was time to remove my 6-line wrasse from my saltwater tank. With a lot of patience and some acrylic, I got the job done:
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