Refugiums in the reef marine aquarium and why you need one

When setting up a salt water aquarium, one of the most efficient ways of filtration is the addition of a refugium. Not only does it help remove nutrients out of the water, but also serves as a sanctuary for micro-organisms…

How to Remove Bubble Algae From your Saltwater Aquairum with Syringes

So currently in my tank I have quite a lot of bubble algae, and the bubbles keep popping releasing there spores into the tank to grow more. I am getting sick of it so I bought some professional grade needle…

10 things I would have done differently.

I believe learning in this hobby is a daily adventure. There are tons of things I know today that would have helped me greatly when getting going in this hobby only a short 14 months ago which could have avoided…

Colts Win, Superman Coral Dies, and other ramblings of the past week

The Indianapolis Colts have won Superbowl XLI. Congratulations to Peyton as he deserved this. However I would like to point out the horrible job Rex Grossman did at trying to convince me that he in fact could throw. We all…

Update: 75 Gallon Reef Aquairum

Here is an update shot of the 75 Gallon aquarium I am running. As you can tell I am slowly getting more corals in the tank. Sadly I want a lot more. I am still battling high phosphates, which is…

San Francisco Bay Brand Releases Reef Plankton YEY!

Now this is good news! San Francisco Bay Brand releases Reef Plankton. Blurb from SBB: “All natural single ingredient diet for reef tanks. Simultaneously feed the fish, corals and invertebrates in your reef aquarium. Stimulates appetite, promotes proper growth, resistance…