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New article “How to set up a marine reef aquarium”

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

 
       Finding a easy start up guide for marine reef aquriums is hard to come by. When I first started I did not have a clue about reef aquariums.  Thankfully there were sites like reefcentral that I could ask a ton of questions, but one thing was still missing, a beginner guide. So I decided to take a few hours tonight […]

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Tags: Filtration · Fish · Reef · Saltwater · Skimmer · aquarium · corals · reefkeeping

Marine reef aquarium additives

April 12th, 2008 · No Comments

We have all done it, mainly when we were young and naive reefers.  We stood at the LFS stores staring “dead eyed” at all the additives.   Its a tough choice and every thing looks like it will help a great deal.  You have your iodine, your calcium , magnesium, essential elements, strontium,  iron and a bunch of […]

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Tags: Filtration · Reef · Saltwater · corals · reefkeeping

Purigen

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I answer a lot of questions from beginning hobbyist over at Reefcentral about cycling tanks, sumps, algae and other reef tank related issues (for those of you not familiar with Reefcentral it is a huge marine reef aquarium forum).  It is generally an easy task and I almost always give the same answers as the […]

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Tags: Algae Problems · Filtration · Marine reef aquarium · Reef · Reef Aquaria · Saltwater reef aquarium · Uncategorized · aquarium · corals · reef aquarium equipment · reefkeeping

A $25.5k protein skimmer

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Have a 120,000 gallon reef tank and cant find a skimmer? Well your problems are now solved.  Check this out .  
 hmm that one may not cut it, you may need the size up for a mere $12k more. 
 Just goes to show that they will sell anything on-line these days.  Id just hate to have to be the one to clean out […]

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Tags: Filtration · Reef · Skimmer

Tips on battling nuisance algae in the marine aquarium

March 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

16 Things you can do to eliminate Nuisance Algae in the Saltwater Aquarium
1.Use only Ro/Di water. Water from a reverse osmosis unit is striped of nitrate, phosphates, silicates and other possible algae food. This water should be used for top offs and water changes. It should also be your first step in battling algae, and […]

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Tags: Algae · Algae Problems · Dealing with Nusaince Algae · Filtration · Marine reef aquarium · Reef · Reef Aquaria · Saltwater · Saltwater reef aquarium · Water Change · corals · detritus · hair algae · red algae · reefkeeping