http://www.aquaristsonline.com Must Know Information And Resources For Salt Water Aquarists Sun, 11 May 2008 20:13:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Live rock as has been said time and time again is a phenomenal filtration medium. There are various different types of live rock available all of which provide the required filtration to the aquarium if enough is placed into the aquarium. There is one in particular however that in my opinion ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/aquarium-filtration/can-tonga-live-rock-provide-enough-filtration/ I’m retired and have been for seven years, from the age of 60. It’s quite probable that when I was at work they would have said I’d retired before that! I had the good fortune to be more or less my own boss, though I was employed, and I can ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/i-admit-i-use-discipline-i-think-that%e2%80%99s-what-it-is/ New tank syndrome is well documented, in fact there is an article on it on this website (http://www.aquaristsonline.com/articles). It is where the aquarist has been impatient and has added livestock either in too much quantity in the first place, or has added livestock in ones or twos but has left ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/the-so-called-old-tank-syndrome/ With my day job I have the requirement to travel from time to time. The past week or so has been one of those occasions. I knew that I was going to be travelling but I did not know at the time exactly how long I would be travelling for. Before ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/dont-leave-your-glass-too-long-before-you-clean-it/ It can take quite a while getting a reef system together. There are quite a few decisions that need to be made. The first and obvious one is the aquarium. What size is it going to be, the biggest that will fit or a smaller one that will be cheaper to ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/building-a-captive-reef-just-need-rocks/ This exercise is very similar to moving an aquarium from house to house, but escapes some of the disruption and the need for transport. This leads to another plus in that virtually anything that is strong enough and seawater safe could be used as a temporary holding vessel. If transport ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/if-you-upgrade-to-a-bigger-tank-how-do-you-transfer-the-corals-and-fish/ Many reef aquarists see hard corals as the height of achievement and the closest thing to a real coral reef in captivity. This isn’t quite true of course, as parts of coral reefs are dominated by soft corals. Nevertheless, a hard coral reef can be very beautiful, and if the ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/do-you-have-to-have-metal-halide-lighting-for-hard-corals/ Filtration in the marine aquarium supports the number one requirement, and that is water quality. Whether the system is a fish only aquarium or reef aquarium, water quality is paramount. The next most important requirement is lighting for a reef aquarium. The question here is a little too general. Are we ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/aquarium-filter/is-there-such-a-thing-as-the-best-aquarium-filter/ I’m always going on in the newsletter about how the time flies between the one I’m writing and the next. It’s true too, though time is constant of course it does seem to disappear at a phenomenal rate. Now the start of May is here this website has been running for ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/a-year-ago/ I love to just sit and look at my reef when I have the time. Its so peaceful and relaxing. I note the fish doing their thing, the corals swaying in the currents. My eyes automatically pick up any points of special note - it isn’t that I’m robotic its ... http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/conservation/coral-propagation/coral-transplant/