A Fish House - Now I Would Love One Of Those

Something that I have always wanted is my very own fish house.

No not a house made out fish!

A fish house is effectively another room where all the equipment, sump, refugium, skimmer etc can all be kept. It is a designated room which can be set up in any way which you please. [Read more]

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Tags: aquarium, fish-tank, marine-aquarium, saltwater-aquarium

Water Circulation - Go Wide And Soft

With water circulation it is better when keeping sessile marine animals to attempt to produce water movement which is both strong andpowerful yet not hard enough to damage the animals themselves.

Traditional powerheads for example can move a tremendous amount of water around the aquarium, however this is water movement which is not very wide, instead they are rather pinpoint. [Read more]

Tags: aquarium, Equipment, marine-aquarium, saltwater-aquarium, saltwater-aquarium-equipment

Quick Tip - Help Maintain Stability By Keeping Your Hydrometer Clean

When you start a saltwater aquarium one of the things which you must do is maintain stability.

The hydrometer is an essential item when it comes to saltwater aquariums. A hydrometer allows you to measure and record the salinity of the saltwater. The saltwater which is both in your aquarium and which is prepared for water changes.

Maintaining stability and excellent water conditions are one of the foundations for success. [Read more]

Tags: Equipment, how-to-use-a-hydrometer, hydrometer, read-a-hydrometer, specific-gravity-hydrometer

Aquarium DIY - Have Fun And Save Some Money

Personally I like DIY. I have done a bit of aquarium diy in relation to plumbing, stands, hoods etc however I have to say that I have not done anything that adventurous.

Doing a spot of aquarium diy is a great way to save some money, money which you can spend on corals etc!

For this reason I have created a list of sites on the internet where various aquarium diy projects are discussed - in some occasions in great detail. [Read more]

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Purchasing Saltwater Livestock Online - Do You Know What To Look Out For

I started writing this post but before long it got far too long - so I made it into a PDF which you can download and read if you so wish.

For a long time now people have been purchasing saltwater equipment online, however a lot of people nowadays also purchase their saltwater fish, corals etc on the internet.

Their are a lot of reasons for doing so which can range from their being more choice online through to you wanting to keep a saltwater aquarium but not having a shop nearby. [Read more]

Tags: aquarium-fish, coral-reef-aquarium, coral-reef-fish, saltwater-aquarium, saltwater-fish-online

Water Testing - And Not Just The Water In The Aquarium

There is an area which I belive at lot of aquarists either do not know they need to do or in some case forget to do.

Aquarists should test the water in the aquarium on a regular basis to ensure that everything is correct and stability is mainteined, however there is another area which needs to be tested periodically.

The water which you have in the aquarium comes from a water source, for the sake of this post I will presume a reverse osmosis unit. Water changes are performed where the ro water is mixed with salt and then added to the aquarium.

However is the water you are mixing with salt ok? [Read more]

Tags: Aquarium Water, reef-keeping-ro-water-testing, reverse-osmosis, Water Quality, water-testing

Yellow Aquarium Water - It’s Not Like ‘Yellow Snow’

I know, I know I was trying to be humerous with the title to this post and yes I know - it didn’t work!

Anyway, yellow aquarium water - what’s that all about then?

Yellow aquarium water is caused by organic matter which is decaying and forms a ‘yellow’ matter in the aquarium. The term for this is gilvin.

So why has this happened and what can you do to rectify it. [Read more]

Tags: Aquarium Maintenance, cloudy-aquarium-water, salt-water-tank-cloudy-water, saltwater-fish-tank-cloudy-water, yellow-aquarium-water

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