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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): 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 (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): No Coraline? Clearly Something Is Wrong
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): If your saltwater tank doesn’t have coraline algae growing in it, then your tank isn’t healthy.
The rest of the story: The hunt for coraline algae always makes me laugh as there are hobbyists who hate …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Mushroom Eradication Is EASY!
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Eradicating mushroom corals requires simply cutting the top of the coral off. With the top removed, the base will die.
The rest of the story: Whoever said must have fantastic luck or be completely delusional.
The …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Most Important Step In New Coral Acclimation?
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: The first step in acclimating new coral to your tank is to put them towards the top of your tank so that they get used to the pressure.
The rest of the story: Wait…wait…I have to wipe …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Your Fish Is Glancing? That Means It Has Ich
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: When a fish glances (scratches itself against rock/gravel), that means it has ich.
The rest of the story: I hear this one a lot so let’s break it down:
1) A fish that glances could have a …
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