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Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Salinity Level That Can Kill?
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): If your saltwater tank’s salinity level is under 1.024 specific gravity (32 ppt), then your corals will die.
The rest of the story: Corals are less tolerant of lower salinity levels than fish and most corals …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Easiest Way To Plumb Your Saltwater Tank
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: There is no need to glue PVC pipe and fittings. Just push the pieces together enough for them not to leak.
The rest of the story: On one level, this fact is true. You could probably cram …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Real Reason Why Your Saltwater Fish Get Sick
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: A slime coat enhancing product should be added before you scrape your tank’s glass. The slime coat product will help prevent the fish from getting sick from the stress of the algae scraper or razor blade.
The …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): One Reason Why RODI Water Is No Good
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: RODI water won’t hold elements. Therefore, you need to use supplements to make your salt dissolve in RODI water.
The rest of the story: RODI water is “clean water” as most of the compounds and other junk …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Easiest Fish Acclimation Method…Ever
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: If you bring a bag of water from your tank to the fish store, you don’t have to take the time to acclimate your new fish to your tank’s water.
The rest of the story: Fish need …
Read moreTerrible advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Zero Heat Return Pump
Terrible advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): An internal return pump won’t add any heat to your saltwater tank.
The rest of the story: Internal return pumps are specifically designed to use the water they are submerged in to cool the pump. The …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Foolproof Way To Crash Your Saltwater Tank
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): If you stop carbon dosing your tank, it will crash.
The rest of the story: Did you know that the end of the world is coming too?!
Let’s break this terrible advice down piece by piece.…
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): When Your Fish Is New, Don’t Feed It
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: When placing a new fish in a tank, it should not be offered food until it has been in the tank for at least 24 hours.
The rest of the story: I can understand the rational behind …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Smelly Saltwater Tanks
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Saltwater aquariums smell bad
The rest of the story: Can saltwater aquariums smell bad?
Yes.
Do they normally smell bad?
No.
If your saltwater tank smells bad, the first place I would look for the problem …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The BEST Replacement For Live Rock
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: The only effective media for a saltwater tank is bioballs. Live rock won’t grow nitrifying bacteria
The rest of the story: I almost spit sweet tea all over my computer monitor (again) I read this one. Properly …
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