Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide in the aquarium: Algae Removal

I would like to introduce a tool that I have found extremely useful in my years of aquaculturing coral. Hydrogen peroxide has been a time saver, and a life saver (as well as harbinger of near total death and destruction). For…

NanoScope from DD Aquariums Solutions

The new NanoScope from DD aquarium is a scope with a lens that allows you to peak inside your saltwater aquarium world. While most of us can only see the outside of our tanks, the NanoScope seeks to change all…

Energy efficient reefkeeping: 8 Tips to Help Save Money and Energy

I’m taking a different approach for this week’s column,  departing from my ramblings on system concepts and delving into the practical. I’m going to give you my two cents worth on how you can optimize your aquarium to save energy…

AEFWs staring down the barrel of an expert’s microscope

SaltCity forum member “Shadowramy” and his recent aquisition of Acro Eating FlatWorms (AEFWs) could be the best thing that has ever happened to those who are infected with reefing herpes. Shadowramy turned over the infected corals to Eric Borneman who…

Coral RX: The cure all dip for corals and the Montipora Eating Nudibranch?

Coral RX, which is a dip used to treat common problems associated with corals, including flatworms and other unwanted critters that are usually connected with the coral in some fashion or another. Coral RX claims however claims to remove Montipora…

An Abridged How-to on Algae Control in your saltwater aquarium

  Algae— these simple, unicellular or colonial, photosynthetic eukaryotic plant cells, are remarkable. From planktonic blooms to giant kelp beds to algal films micrometers thin, algae of all types form the base of a global ecosystem, cycling carbon, oxygen and…