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Flow Upgrades on My 450g Tank
My tank is maturing nicely and SPS again have my eye. Like any reef junkie, I’m looking for fast coral growth, so I made so upgrades to help my calcium carbonate friends on their quest.
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Read moreEcoTech Marine Vectra Long Term Test and AC vs. DC Efficiency Test
I’ve been running an EcoTech Marine Vectra L1 return pump on my 450 gallon tank for nine months now. Here’s how things have been going. I also conducted a test of an AC pump vs. the DC driven Vectra so …
Read moreAn Update on Mr. Saltwater Tank’s 450 Gallon Peninsula Tank
My tank is coming along and I wanted to fill you in on it’s progress.
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Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Keep This In Mind If Your Coral and Tank Don’t Get Along
Every tank I’ve ever run has at least one type of coral that it doesn’t like. No matter if the water parameters are perfect, the lighting and flow is right and no fish are picking on the coral, there are …
Read moreMr. Saltwater Tank Reviews The EcoTech Marine Vectra Pump
I have been very, very skeptical of DC return pumps for a long time as my colleagues have countless stories of failed units, hot control boxes and lack of customer support. When EcoTech told me they were coming out with …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Time To Update
Several years ago I compiled a list of test kits that I use on my tanks as well as my client’s tanks. Over the years, new test kits became available and not surprisingly, some of them were nothing short of …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Four Years with Several Leopard Wrasses
I remember the first time I saw a Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris) in a saltwater tank because when I saw it, I immediately wanted one. Never before had I seen a fish with such unique patterns mixed with …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Blue Caribbean Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)
After my Yellow Bellied Hippo Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus var.) decided zoanthids were lunch and after several other Hippo Tangs in client tanks decided to pick on other corals, I needed a blue tang that would leave coral alone, …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: How I Get New Arrivals To Eat
One of the most exciting parts about owning a saltwater aquarium is acquiring new fish for your system. There are few things more boring than a saltwater tank with no fish in it!
Whether you get your fish at a …
Read moreWrite-Up Wednesday: Meat Corals (Acanthophyllia deshayesiana)
Meat corals (Acanthophyllia deshayesiana) are a large polyp stony (LPS) coral that I love – even if they don’t sway in the current of your tank.
Sold as doughnut or button corals and often confused with Scollies (…
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