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 | Oct 5, 2012 | Coral Disease, Saltwater Aquarium Pests
Love SPS corals in your reef? Have Acropora species? You should really be on the lookout for this nasty… Acropora “Red Bugs”: The dreaded red bugs, these tiny pests are thought to be copepods and only infest small polyped stony corals (SPS) of the genus...
by Andrej Brummer | Aug 10, 2012 | Coral Keeping, Reef Aquariums, Saltwater Aquarium Troubleshooting
What could be the cause of a reef aquarium with soft corals shrinking and diminishing while the hard corals are thriving at the same time??? Today’s blog post is inspired by a question from Lori who emailed me via www.SaltwaterAquariumAdvice.com, who is having...
by Andrej Brummer | Jun 10, 2012 | Coral Keeping, Reef Aquariums, Saltwater Aquarium Health, Saltwater Aquarium Troubleshooting
Dont be caught out…Something bad can happen to your overall saltwater quality as your tank ages! But if you have a fish-only tank dont worry; this only really applies to systems that contain live rock and/or corals. As we all know a good understanding of...
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...