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 Tagged as 'Water Change'
A Shocking Water Change!
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Fluval · Ro/Di · Saltwater · Water Change · Water and Electricity
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 […]
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