Nyos is a budding full line marine aquarium company which this week is making news with a new line of test kits called Reefer. The Reefer line of marine aquarium test kits include calcium, alkalinity, nitrate, phosphate and magnesium and…
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Good Reasons to Use a Refugium in Your Reef System
A refugium is a safe haven for algae and invertebrates in a separate tank from the main display aquarium. These organisms provide some distinct advantages to the overall health of a reef aquarium. First off, the critters breeding in the…
Saltwater Confessions: Bizarre Marine Aquarium Blunders
After many years in the marine aquarium hobby—I’m not talking Paul B years here, but let’s just say a reasonable length of time—I like to think I’ve acquired a certain degree of wisdom with respect to keeping saltwater organisms. What…
Cobalt Aquatics E-X-T GFO filter sponge is a handy way to pull out PO4
The Cobalt Aquatics E-X-T GFO filter sponge is a new chemical filter from Cobalt Aquatics with phosphate remover built right in. Filter pads impregnated with chemical media have been around for years, but to date the mediums used have been zeolite…
ChemiPure Blue aims to polish up Marine & Reef Aquariums
ChemiPure Blue is a new filtration from Boyd Enterprises, makers of the world-famous ChemiPure and newer ChemiPure Elite. Whereas the original formula excels at cleaning a range of aquairum water, and the Elite formula has added GFO for phosphate removal,…
Glenn Fong reefs his own way; the ‘Dutch Synthetic Reef Method’
Recently, I visited Glenn Fong (GlennF on the interwebs) who keeps a number of reef- and marine tanks in his home. Glenn is a full-blooded hobbyist, I counted nearly ten aquaria in his living room, including a system in which…
5 Good Reasons to Keep a Marine Aquarium Journal
Quick! What were your aquarium’s water parameters in the fourth week of January? When was the last time you performed a water change and exactly how much did you change? Can you recall precisely when you last swapped out your…
Salt Smart Tips for Soothing Those Hair Algae Headaches
Of all the irksome algae that can take hold in a saltwater aquarium, hair algae probably causes hobbyists more consternation than any other. So named for its hair-like, furry, or feathery appearance, this filamentous algae (for the sake of simplicity,…
AquaMedic PhosphatFilter Fe comes pre-loaded with coarse GFO
The PhosphatFilter Fe is a newer reef aquarium accessory from AquaMedic which has enough merit to go head-to-head with media reactors. In addition to being preloaded with AquaMedic’s own take on granular ferric oxide (GFO), the PhosphatFilter Fe is smaller, uniquely…
Marine Aquarium Acronyms: RO/DI Defined
As most marine aquarists will tell you—and as we point out frequently here at Saltwater Smarts—using purified source water for initial aquarium fill-ups, partial water changes, and freshwater top-offs is essential to maintaining the best possible water quality in a…
