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06/16
Ph In The Marine Aquarium
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 1 week ago
The quality of the seawater in the aquarium is of paramount importance. There are basic parameters that need to be correct and stable, and one of these is pH. There isn’t going to be any scientific mumbo jumbo here, but the foundations of pH need t
tags: aquarium maintenance aquarium water care water quality water-parameters water-testing [edit]
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06/15
The Hydrometer
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 1 week ago
Aquarists can use a small arsenal of tests to assure themselves that the seawater quality in their fish only aquariums or reef aquariums is high enough. One of these tests is carried out using a hydrometer. The hydrometer measures the Specific Gravit
tags: aquarium aquarium maintenance aquarium water care equipment saltwater-aquarium [edit]
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06/14
Natural Seawater - Is It Recommended?
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 1 week ago
Mother Nature provides the habitat for the livestock that we aquarists keep in our fish only aquariums or reef aquariums, and this, of course, is the wild reef. Mother Nature is also the provider of the other obvious essential, and that is seawater.
tags: aquarium maintenance aquarium water care general saltwater seawater water changes [edit]
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06/12
The Website - A Bit Of A Disaster!
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 1 week ago
I was having a look at one or two older articles and texts recently when I noticed that the ’read more’ facility brought me back to where I had started. Hmm, thought I. The ‘read more’ facility appears on some texts, and is at the end of the
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06/11
Flying Will Cost More
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 2 weeks ago
‘What on earth is he bleating on about now?’ I can hear it said. ‘I thought this was a marine aquarist’s site.’ Well, it is a marine aquarist’s site. Also flying will cost more, and it will have an impact on marine aquaris
tags: aquarium aquarium maintenance care coral propagation coral reef equipment general [edit]
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06/10
Addition To My Deep Sand Bed
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 2 weeks ago
My soft coral reef has been running in excess of 5½ years. 3½ years ago I decided to add a DSB (deep sand bed). I know the above periods are correct as I keep a notebook. The aquarium was running without any problem, the decision to incorporate a D
tags: aquarium filter aquarium filtration aquarium maintenance deep-sand-bed dsb equipment [edit]
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06/09
Power Supply Loss - The Main Danger
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 2 weeks ago
On most occasions when urgent attention is required the aquarist can provide it. There is one occasion however when he/she often cannot, or at least not directly. This occasion is the loss of the electricity supply. The chance of this happening is qu
tags: aquarium aquarium maintenance care equipment general reef-tank saltwater-aquarium [edit]
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06/09
Summer Heat and your Reef Tank.
jangro - member blog: Project Reef Tank created 1 month, 2 weeks ago
In the Northeast U.S. the past few days we’re getting our tank cooling methods and techniques tested. I don’t know if this is considered a heat wave, though it’s certainly close. Here a heat wave is three consecutive days over 90&
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06/08
What Does A Beginner Need?
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This isn’t going to be a list of what is considered to be essential in the way of equipment, or a list of compatible fish, or anything down those lines. This is going back to absolute basics, the very beginning, before the dawn of individual experi
tags: aquarium fish-tank general home-aquarium marine-aquarium reef-tank saltwater-aquarium [edit]
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06/08
Phew! What A Smell
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Every time I sit and gaze at the aquarium, the gazing interlude is preceded by a visual glance at the main equipment - heaters, skimmer and the like. I also do this just before I feed, it only takes seconds and becomes second nature. So there was I,
tags: algae aquarium aquarium maintenance care water quality water tests [edit]
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06/06
Virtual Tank Tour: Oceanus Inland Reef
jangro - member blog: Project Reef Tank created 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This week I had the opportunity to visit a fellow reefer Michele Wronski to pick up a pair of tank-raised clownfish. Michelle runs a non-profit organization called Oceanis the Inland Reef which focuses on community education on marine life and coral
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06/05
Shaping To Circumstance?
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The beauty and diversity of a wild reef is well known. Fish and corals have adjusted to their niche. What about the captive reef? The aquarist does his/her best to meet the needs of the corals (and fish) to try and ensure their health and longevity.
tags: aquarium lighting aquarium-coral coral reef corals hard coral reef-tank soft coral [edit]
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06/04
Are You A Scuba Diver?
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Scuba divers are those strangely garbed people who flip-flop in an ungainly manner down the beach toward the sea, or roll into the sea from the side of a boat. Once in the sea it is a different matter. Within safety parameters the diver is free to ex
tags: coral reef general natural reef scuba diver scuba diving [edit]
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06/03
Nitrate - The Ongoing Problem
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I answer numbers of questions concerning various aspects of marine aquarium keeping. Looking at the subjects of all these questions it seems one of the biggest problems that is faced by aquarists is excessive nitrate (NO3). If it is not a problem the
tags: aquarium maintenance care nitrate phosphate problems water quality [edit]
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06/02
Here’s A Place For A Spot Of Aquarium DIY!
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
There’s a lot of aquarists around who like DIY. Not surprising really - anything can be built in this hobby from a stand and canopy to various devices, such as protein skimmers, calcium reactors, sand beds etc., even the aquarium itself. One of the
tags: aquarium diy fish-tank home-aquarium marine-aquarium reef-tank saltwater-aquarium [edit]
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06/01
It’s All Costing More
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Nearly everyone is feeling the increase in cost, the cost of energy that is. Much of the world’s energy is derived from oil, and the price of oil is very noticeably going up. This is possibly going to continue for a longish period until some kind o
tags: aquarium heater aquarium lighting aquarium maintenance aquarium water care equipment general [edit]
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06/01
A Match Made in Heaven
jangro - member blog: Project Reef Tank created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Last night I visited a fellow member of the Boston Reefers Society, Chris. It was a small get together to drink some scotch and swap fish stories, so to speak. Chris has a 92 gallon corner FOWLR tank in which he’s got a big lionfish, a monster
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05/31
Is This The Most Popular Hobby In The World?
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
There are many hobbies that people enjoy. Some people have a hobby that is a consuming passion, others its just something that is an enjoyable way to pass the time. There are lots of different hobbies, some depending on the area of the world the hobb
tags: aquarium fish-tank general home-aquarium marine-aquarium reef-tank saltwater-aquarium [edit]
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05/30
Locating A Marine Aquarium
pbcunningham - member blog: Aquarists Online created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
A marine aquarium, be it fish only aquarium or a marine reef aquarium, is very attractive. Therefore it is quite understandable that the aquarist wishes to place it in an area with the most visual impact. The aquarium could go nearly anywhere in the
tags: aquarium fish-tank general home-aquarium marine-aquarium reef-tank saltwater-aquarium [edit]
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05/30
Vornado Clip-on Fan for Tank Cooling
jangro - member blog: Project Reef Tank created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Here in Massachusetts we get some crazy heat spikes, and we had one a few days ago bringing the tank temperature up near 84 degrees. That served as a hard reminder that something needs to be done to help keep the heat down from the two 250W MH lamps
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