The Hanna Nitrate Checker is a long awaited addition to Hanna Instruments’ catalog of trusted digital water testers. The Hanna Phosphate Checker has been the gold standard in accurate, low range measurement of this important nutrient and algae fuel so…
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Salty Q&A: Why Do Hobbyist Anecdotes Differ So Dramatically?
Q: I’ve been battling hair algae in my tank for months, and I can’t seem to beat it no matter how much of the stuff I pull out, what herbivores I add, or how often I change water to lower…
The Myth of LPS Corals Living in ‘Dirty Water’
Every day that we observe corals in the ocean and take care of them in our aquarium it becomes clearer how important feeding is to them. Recently while watching a live video from our good friend Shane Danger Coleman, we…
Mastertronic Getting Final Touches Before Launch
It’s been almost a year since Focustronic teased some information about their newest project to compliment their alkalinity tester called the Mastertronic. Where the Alkatronic is a complete, all in one alkalinity testing and dosing machine, the Mastertronic picks up…
How to Optimize the Installation of an Automatic Filter Roll
It’s no secret that we’ve become pretty big fans of Automatic Filter Rolls as a potent replacement for using mechanical filter socks. We don’t want to think about how many hours we’ve spent cleaning them, how many gallons of water…
Salty Q&A: Need Advice on GFO Use
Q: I’m thinking about using GFO in my reef tank, but this product is new to me, so I have a few questions before I go ahead and buy it: Does GFO really do a good job of lowering nitrate…
Salty Q&A: Water-Change-Induced Algal Bloom
Question: I recently did a 25-percent water change in my reef aquarium, and later that same day a film of green algae appeared on the glass. I cleaned it off with an algae magnet only to have it reappear just…
What Makes a Saltwater Aquarium a Reef Tank?
In a nutshell, a “reef tank” is an ocean reef that you have put into a glass box. What you put in your reef tank makes a difference as the size is smaller and they need to get along with…
New Discoveries of the Relationship Between Corals & Bacteria
Seems like the relationship between corals and bacteria are becoming a hot subject in the scientific world and a lot of publications on this are coming out every week. This week, we came across a recent paper describing the dynamic…
Freshwater Substrate Vs. Aragonite Mangrove Growth Test
Mangrove trees are a popular addition to reef aquarium systems, and we’ve recently focused our attention on them with all the newfound space at the Reef Builders Studio. It’s positively easy to simply keep a few Rhizophora mangrove pods alive…
