Write Up Wednesdays
Write-Up Wednesday: Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber, (Holothuria sp.)
The Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber (Holothuria sp.) isn’t going to win the award for the flashiest thing in your tank. With a brown colored body that includes white thorny looking protrusions, the Tiger Tail looks like something you’d …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Undergravel Filters
An undergravel filter consists of a plastic plate with small slits that sits under the gravel (crushed coral is often used in saltwater tanks) and water is pulled through the plate by either an air stone or powerhead. The idea …
Read moreWrite-up Wednesday: Goldflake Angelfish (Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus)
The Goldflake Angel is one of the most striking angelfish available for a saltwater tank. Their bodies are a combination of bright and muted yellow areas with brighter spots of yellow which give the fish its name. As a juvenile, …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Water Changes
Water changes serve an important role in your tank, yet you either love them, or hate them. I’m in the “love them “camp and when I’m designing a tank for a client, I’m often asked to make water changes as …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Tuxedo Urchin
One of my favorite mobile invertebrates of all time is the Tuxedo Urchin (Mespilia globulus).
Tuxedo Urchins are small sea urchins that have broad bands of color in between their spine rows. Most tuxedo urchins are blue or …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Red Dragon Acropora
Attention stick haters: this post isn’t for you.
The Red Dragon Acropora (Acropora carduus) is a relative newcomer to the acropora scene, at least here in the USA. It was thought to have been imported in Canada about 10 …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Schedule 80 Bulkheads
Aquarium bulkheads come in two flavors:
- sch40
- sch80
“sch” (short for “schedule”) refers to the thickness of the plastic used in PVC plastic parts. The bigger the schedule, the thicker the plastic and the more pressure that the pipe can …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Glass Tops On Saltwater Tanks
Using glass tops on a saltwater tank serves two main purposes:
- Keep fish in
- Cut down on evaporation
Keep Nemo in his house
Keeping fish in your saltwater tank is vitally important and yes, some saltwater fish are prone to …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: DC Return Pumps
Return pumps come in two flavors, dictated by the electricity that runs them. AC return pumps run on alternating or “AC” power while DC return pumps run on direct current or “DC” power.
AC pumps have been powering our tanks …
Read moreWrite up Wednesday: Catalina Goby
Write up Wednesday: Catalina Goby (Lythrypnus dalli)
The Catalina goby is the most striking goby for saltwater tanks. With it’s bright red body and glowing blue vertical bars, you simply cannot miss a Catalina Goby in a properly …
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