Videos
Don’t Neglect Your Tank: Just Change Your Tank Personality
There was a great post on ReefBuilders on Friday about how to neglect your reef when other things are more important. In the case of the author, his newborn baby girl (Congrats) became the focal point of his life and …
Read moreHigh End Fish Tanks For the Rich – Ubber Tank Dabblers & A Couple of Junkies
When money is no object (like $750,000 for a tank and $1000/mo for maintainence) why not go over the top?
Read more here (nytimes.com)…
Read moreWhy I Involuntarily Re-did My Aquascaping
Sunday morning after my bike ride is my time I set aside every week for tank maintenance – water changes, gluing frags. etc. Yesterday, I decided I was going to remove a piece of rock to scrape off some bubble …
Read moreProactive Steps (and time frames) For You And Your Tank
I talked earlier this week about how being cheap in the saltwater tank world never pays and spending a little money to do preventative maintenance can go a long, long way towards a healthy tank.
It’s the same premise for …
Read moreBeing Cheap in the Saltwater Tank World
Everybody likes to save a dollar, but keeping a saltwater tank is a hobby where it never pays to be cheap.
Here’s an example of a common place people try to cut corners: The use of grocery store items as …
Read moreLet Capitalism Live!
If there is one thing that bends reefkeepers of every tank personality out of shape more than anything else, it would be when a reefkeeper buys colonies of coral, frags them out, sells the frags and makes more money off …
Read moreThe Most Common Mistake I’ve Been Seeing Lately
Lately, I’ve seen 2 really nice, established reef junkie tanks come down and both owners made the same mistake.
Both of these tanks had additional live rock added to them after the tank was already up and running and 100% …
Read moreSkipper, Hold Your Course
If there is one mistake that I see saltwater tank owners make more than any other (besides not knowing their tank personality) is that they choose a path for their tank, then switch.
Here’s an example.
A reef keeping friend …
Read moreA Reef Junkie Profile
A Reef Junkie’s life revolves around their tank. The tank is part of the family and they are proud of it.
In this episode of Mr. Saltwater Tank TV, I go to my friend Mike’s house, a die-hard reef junkie, …
Read moreThe Most Important Piece of Any Backup Plan
I’ve talked about having a backup plan in case anything goes wrong with your tank and this week it was put to the test with a fellow reef keeping friend of mine.
While on vacation last weekend, my friend John …
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