by Andrej Brummer | Jun 12, 2014 | Choosing Marine Life, Marine Livestock, Saltwater Aquarium Tips
How to choose the best marine pet for you and your tank – Part 2 In the first post of this 3 part article series I introduced the concept of what I call intelligent selection of new marine pets for your saltwater aquarium. If 90% of ALL wild caught marine...
by Andrej Brummer | May 8, 2014 | Choosing Marine Life, Marine Livestock
Butterflyfishes are a beautiful addition to any tank… To me they are some of the most stunning and ubiquitous marine fishes in the hobby – No elegant Fish-Only tank set-up should be without a Butterflyfish or two. Butterflyfish prefer larger systems...
by Andrej Brummer | Feb 9, 2013 | Choosing Marine Life, marine Invertebrates, Marine Livestock
For todays’ blog post we are going to focus on that most recognisable, decorative symbol of the ocean; the Starfish! What organism could be more symbolic of the ocean in your saltwater aquarium than the humble Starfish? Starfish also known, as Sea Stars are a...
by Andrej Brummer | Nov 19, 2012 | Choosing Marine Life, marine Invertebrates, Marine Livestock
Marine invertebrates are prized not only for their colours but their weird and wonderful forms, which are so alien to what is found on land. There are many different marine invertebrates (they make up the huge majority of the diversity of life in the ocean), so which...
by Andrej Brummer | Jul 25, 2012 | Choosing Marine Life, Nano Tanks, Saltwater Aquarium Set-Up
Today im going to make some suggestions for stocking a nano tank so that it is interesting, colourful and most importantly sustainable! Anyone who knows much about keeping a nano tank (that is a tank whose volume is less than 20 gallons) would know about the crucial...
by Andrej Brummer | May 20, 2012 | Choosing Marine Life, Coral Keeping, Reef Aquariums
Which coral to keep??? Stony corals can be very particular about water quality, lighting and water movement, if you want to get into the challenging world of stony corals LPS corals are the logical first choice… As I have said previously if you are new to coral...