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Why it is a bad idea to add more than one fish to your tank at a time [pullquote cite=”” type=”right”]Adding too many fish to your aquarium too quickly can end up in disaster.[/pullquote] I was six years old when I set up my first aquarium. It was actually a tank for a red-ear slider…

Daylight savings was several weeks ago (on March 7th). In the spirit of daylight savings, I wrote the Daylight Savings Challenge for Saltwater Aquarium Hobbyists post. In the challenge, I let you know that I was going to reduce the amount of time I run my aquarium lights and was challenging you to do the…

You know you’re an aquarium nerd when… You’re enjoying a nice dinner out, with the family, at an Australian-themed steak house, and you are fixated on the kids’ activity book (I have three children, who are AWESOME, by the way), because there is a picture of ‘The Great Barrier Reef’ that they are supposed to…

Today is April 22nd, also known by some, as Earth Day. The first Earth Day was in 1970 and is credited for inspiring the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as the passage of the Clean air, Clean water and Endangered Species Acts. 5 Ways to Be a Better Saltwater Aquarium Hobbyist…

What is in the skimmate produced by a protein skimmer? It certainly isn’t sugar and spice and everything nice. The ooey-gooey smelly gunk inside the collection cup of my protein skimmer is a nasty, brown sludge. From a visual standpoint, there isn’t a single characteristic of that mess that seems like it belongs in my…

Daylight Savings Time is Coming Sunday is Daylight Savings, which means you are supposed to adjust your clock by one hour. Don’t just set your clock–take the Daylight Savings Aquarium Challenge A quick history lesson about Daylight Savings The concept of daylight savings was first popularized by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 as a notion to lower…

I rolled my sleeves up tonight and did a water change. While I was elbow deep in tank-water I found myself wondering if it was possible to calculate exactly what the perfect water change frequency was. To keep things simple, I will just focus on a single parameter–nitrates. I know that we all do water…

Ironically, the topic of today’s blog post is patience–something I don’t have a lot of–and chances are, if you don’t have a lot of patience yourself, it may be too late for you. For the last several weeks, I wrote Holiday Gift-Giving Guides to help along the sometimes awkward conversations we have with our loved…

Happy Holidays. I know you were planning to buy (or bought) your loved one a fish for their saltwater aquarium. I wrote this guide to help them explain the question that is inevitably on your mind…”Where is that fish I bought you?” Scenario: I’m guessing your friend or loved one asked for a cool new…

Saltwater Aquarium Blog Guide to Holiday Gift Giving for Aquarium Nerds Happy Holidays! Thanks for taking a moment to read this Guide to Holiday Gift Giving. If you’re receiving this guide, it must mean that a loved one or dear friend of yours wants you to know what’s on their wish list. You should know…