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Terrible Advice Tuesdays: The Leaky Bulkhead Fix
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: To ensure your bulkheads won’t leak, glue them to your tank with PVC cement.
The rest of the story: Bulkheads (also known as tank adapters) are specifically designed to form a water tight seal with your tank …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Tank Transfer Method For Disease Control
Two of the most common diseases saltwater fish can get in captivity – marine ich (Cryptocaryon irritans) and marine velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum) – have suggested a treatment method called the “tank transfer method”.
To understand the tank transfer …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays: Interpreting The Haze
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: A haze-like film of algae on your tank’s glass means your tank has a nutrient problem.
The rest of the story: The amount of nutrients needed to grow a haze-like film of algae on your tank’s glass …
Read moreYour Summer Reading List
Remember those summer reading lists back in grade school? The ones where you’d read books about loss of innocence or boys lost on a tropical island and power was defined by who possessed a conch shell?
Don’t worry, those books …
Read moreMr. Saltwater Tank’s 450g Build Update, Part 2
Part 2 of the build videos of my new 450 gallon (1700 L) reef tank. Complete with some unexpected twists.
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Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Flaked Fish Food
The invention of flaked fish food made feeding your finned friends a heck of a lot easier. Since flaked food is dry and stored at room temperature, feeding your fish is as easy as opening a container of flaked fish …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays: Saltwater Tank’s Invisible Drawback
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Saltwater aquariums smell bad.
The rest of the story: A healthy saltwater tank that has good water quality and good filtration will not smell.
If your saltwater tank does smells bad, the first place to look …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Spotbreast Angelfish (Genicanthus melanospilos)
The Spotbreast Angelfish (Genicanthus melanospilos) is a colorful addition to any saltwater tank, even one with corals. Yes, reef safe angelfish do exist and the Spotbreast is one of the few that are considered 100% reef safe.
Females have a …
Read moreTerrible Advice Tuesdays: Your Fish Food Could Be Dangerous
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: A recent University study has shown that some frozen fish food contains high levels of mercury. Therefore, you should be test your food [for mercury] to make sure your tank is safe.
The rest of the story:…
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: The Recirculating Protein Skimmer
A protein skimmer provides mechanical filtration by removing organic molecules from your saltwater aquarium’s water. And a recirculating protein skimmer differs from other protein skimmers in 2 main areas:
– the water depth required for the skimmer to operate
– …
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