Terrible Advice Tuesdays
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Tank That Never Needs To Be Topped Off
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: To avoid setting up a top off reservoir or having to refill your top off reservoir, just plumb the output line from your RODI unit straight into your sump. Then install a float switch shut off valve …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Cheapest Phosphate Remover…Ever
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: Granulated Ferric Oxide is just rust, so the scrapings from a rusty iron pipe will work just as well for phosphate removing media.
The rest of the story: No matter how small your saltwater tank budget, please …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): A Durso Overflow Can’t Be Quiet
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: (T. A. Tues): Durso overflows are loud and can never be quiet.
The rest of the story: Every time I hear this piece of terrible advice, I want to dial one of my tank build clients and …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Fighting High Nitrates? Blame Your Lighting
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A. Tues): Your high nitrate (NO3) levels are due to the changing of your lighting to LEDs.
The rest of the story: (We interrupt this post due to technical difficulties. Mr. Saltwater Tank has spit sweet tea …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays: Scratched Aquarium Glass Can Never Be Repaired
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Scratches in a glass aquarium can never be repaired.
The rest of the story: Glass that is scratched lightly can be repaired. By “lightly” I mean a scratch that won’t catch your finger nail when you …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): LEDs a viable lighting choice for your saltwater tank? Yeah Right!
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: LEDs won’t grow corals.
The rest of the story: I can’t believe I’m still hearing this idea passed around especially considering mounting evidence of LEDs successfully growing coral. I can personally say I’ve got clients growing corals …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): A White Coral Is A Dead Coral
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): A coral that has turned white is dead and should be removed from your tank.
The rest of the story: First things first. A coral that has turned white (called bleaching) is not a good thing. …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues.): Semi-Solitary Confinement Works Great For Fish Quarantine
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues.): A separate tank plumbed into your display tank works fine for a quarantine tank.
The rest of the story: Placing a fish in a separate tank, yet having that tank plumbed into your display tank such …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues.): Probable Cause For Fish Death (Yeah Right)
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues.): Your fish is sick and/or dying because your calcium levels are low.
The rest of the story: I’ll make it really easy for you: Fish don’t care about what your tank’s calcium levels are. No where …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): 3 Days of No Lights = Coral Death
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): 3 days of darkness will harm your corals
The rest of the story: 3 days of darkness is a method used to control nuisance algae. The idea behind it is simple: without light, algae dies. Also …
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