My 46gallon Bow-front saltwater aquarium is a real show piece in my home. Friends, family and beginner reefers often ask me how I maintain such an aquarium with corals, an anemone, fish and various pumps and such. This is how I keep up with my aquarium maintenance.
Daily:
1. Top off water, I have a line drawn […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ro/Di'
My Reef Aquarium Maintenance Schedule
August 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Filtration · Lighting · Reef Aquarium Maintenence Schedule · Ro/Di · Saltwater reef aquarium · detritus · reef aquarium equipment · reefkeeping
A Shocking Water Change!
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Fluval · Ro/Di · Saltwater · Water Change · Water and Electricity
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