Category: General Information
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Happy New Year 2015
Happy New Year 2015! It’s hard for me to believe that 2014 is OUT and 2015 is now here. I would like to take a moment here to thank you for your support, share back on some of the best moments of 2014 and wish you a Happy 2015! Here are a few of the accomplishments…
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Leaving Your Aquarium Behind for the Holidays
Going away on a holiday should be a relaxing event. Holidays are meant for unwinding and forgetting about life’s cares. If you have a dog or cat, you can use the services of a kennel or send the pet to a friend’s house. But what about your reef aquarium? Who can you trust with a…
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What is that strange smell?
What is that strange smell? What to do when you detect something…fishy…in your aquarium Just about anyone who has kept a marine aquarium has experienced an unexpected biological “meltdown” in their tank. Typical symptoms include a strange odors in the water, cloudy, disccolored water and in the worst cases, fish and invertebrates in distress. Coming…
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Keeping Your Aquarium Alive During a Hardware Failure
Keeping Your Aquarium Alive During a Hardware Failure I heard a story about a guy who manufactures and maintains custom marine aquariums. He is a bit of a wise guy. When customers ask him about guarantees he always replies “I guarantee that one day your aquarium is going to fail!” He wants his customers to have…
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How to Choose a Local Fish Store
How to Choose a Local Fish Store When I was a boy we had one retail pet shop in our town. Half of the store was filled with aquariums. When you entered the shop the air was filled with the sound of a large air compressor and bubbling aquarium filters. I walked past the puppies…
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How to get the best saltwater aquarium tech support
Everyone needs a little help with their marine aquarium once in a while. You may have a question about a water pump, test kit result or fish health. You can browse the online forums and see if you can find an answer. Many times the amount of information online can be overwhelming. When dealing with…
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Reef tank contamination: What to do in an emergency
Reef tank contamination: What to do in an emergency Everyone who has had an aquarium has or will have that sinking feeling when something is accidentally added to the tank. It may be an aquarium product, food or even a household cleaner. Then the panic hits. What to do? Drain the tank? Move everything to…
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Tap Water: Friend or Foe to the Reef Keeper?
Tap water: Friend or Foe to the Reef Keeper? For many aquarists tap water is just “water.” You add it to the tank and never give it another thought. But for the reef aquarist tap water is the lifeblood of the aquarium. The purity of the water we use to mix our saltwater or just…
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New Tank Syndrome
Have you heard about something called, New Tank Syndrome? It’s a term that can strike fear in the studious budding new aquarium hobbyist and is the unfortunate downfall of many who didn’t know it existed. Let’s dig into what we know and don’t know about this unfortunate phenomenon that affects new saltwater aquarium owners. Starting…
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Aquarium Water Testing – It’s easier than you think!
Aquarium Water Testing – It’s easier than you think! Concerned that aquarium water testing will be too complicated? Do you wonder if you need a chemistry degree to do your own aquarium water testing? Don’t despair. Aquarium water testing is easier than you think! Every marine aquarist knows good water quality is essential for keeping…
