Every Tuesday I do my weekly water change, pump maintenance and phosphate reactor cleaning for my reef tank. The day before I make up five gallons of Ro/Di water in a big bucket and put a Fluval underwater filter filled with phosban. I have been using the same filter for this job for the last […]
Entries from April 2009
A Shocking Water Change!
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Fluval · Ro/Di · Saltwater · Water Change · Water and Electricity
A hole in the Wall Reef Aquarium
June 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Right now I’m planning on finishing part of my basement and I would really like to get a bigger tank down there. I’m thinking an oceanic 135 or maybe take the plunge into a 180gallon reef tank. In my planning I have been researching In wall reef aquariums and have been discovering some really […]
Tags: In wall reef tank · Marine reef aquarium · Reef · Reef Aquaria · aquarium · reef aquarium equipment · reefkeeping
Keeping your reef tank cool this summer.
June 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Well its here, summer that is. The temperature was in the 90’s today and the humidity was just as high (in Pa that is ), needless to say its hot and we need to keep our saltwater reef tanks cool. Here are a few quick suggestions on doing so.
1. Buy or make a chiller. This […]
Tags: Cooling a reef tank. · Ro/Di · Saltwater · Saltwater Fish · reefkeeping
Night Time pictures of BrettsReef
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Heres a couple of night time pictures of my 46gallon reef. The above pic is of my left side of my tank, notice my anemone’s mouth (the center) is a bit swollen, hes expelling waste. The bottom picture was taken without a flash, My actinic lighting really brings out the green in my candy […]
Tags: Anemone · Reef · Reef tank Pictures · aquarium