by Andrej Brummer | Jan 19, 2017 | Choosing Marine Life, Coral Keeping, marine Invertebrates, Marine Livestock, Reef Aquariums, Saltwater Aquarium Tips
When it comes to choosing stony corals there are a lot of choices… Personally I always recommend LPS corals over SPS corals, especially to newbies. Here’s why I’m so fond of them: LPS are so diverse and easier to please compared to SPS...
by Andrej Brummer | Dec 20, 2016 | Saltwater Aquarium Tips
Tiny tanks do look really cool, but should you go bigger? In a word “yes” and here’s why… If you’ve ever been told, or read somewhere “always buy the biggest saltwater aquarium you can afford” – that’s...
by Andrej Brummer | Sep 15, 2016 | Biological Filtration, Coral Keeping, Preventing Algae, Reef Aquariums, Saltwater Aquarium Health, Saltwater Aquarium Tips, Saltwater Aquarium Troubleshooting
Good quality aquarium water means consistently low levels of nutrients… Phosphates, along with nitrates and silicates are the saltwater aquarium “big 3” of chemical nutrients you don’t want accumulating unchecked in your saltwater tank. In low levels...
by Andrej Brummer | Sep 1, 2016 | Reef Aquariums, Saltwater Aquarium Set-Up, Saltwater Aquarium Tips
A well thought out, well put together aquascape can really make a saltwater tank shine But with a crappy, dis-organised ‘scape…no matter how cool the marine life you’ve got inside, that tank’s never going to look as good as it deserves...
by Andrej Brummer | Aug 1, 2016 | Feeding Marine Fish, Marine Livestock, Saltwater Aquarium Health, Saltwater Aquarium Tips
Fish are just like people when it comes to eating. Feed them a boring and average diet and they will lose their zest and their immune resistance will decrease… They will live relatively shorter lives, colors will fade and behavior will become lack-lustre....
by Andrej Brummer | May 24, 2016 | Disease Prevention, Marine Fish Diseases, Quarantine and Acclimation, Saltwater Aquarium Health, Saltwater Aquarium Tips
Those white spots on your fish could be caused by 1 of 3 different parasites! And all 3 have different treatments…add that to the short time it can take for fish to be fatally affected… this means you really need to know what you are doing. If you...