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Maintaining a Rotifier Culture
The word "rotifer" literally means "wheeled animals". Rotifers are not naturally found in saltwater, but instead in fresh and brackish waters. What makes them so valuable to us is the fact that a single rotifer has the potential to become several thousands in a very short time of a few days Read more...
Treating the Reef Aquarium for Amyloodinium ocellatum (aka Ich or Oodinium)
Amyloodinium ocellatum is a single-celled Dinoflagellate which is commonly regarded as a form of algae. Most algaes are harmless to fish although this particular species is parasitic to marine fish during a single stage of its life-cycle. Read more...
Bristleworms (Polychaetes) In the Marine Aquarium - Friend or Foe?
I was in one of my not so favorite local fish stores a while back and I overheard a customer speaking with a sales representative about his current bristleworm problem. He told the rep that he had literally hundreds, if not thousands of tiny bristleworms throughout his crushed coral substrate Read more...
What you Need to Start a Reef Tank
A tank of some sort, the larger the better (to a point). I would think that 55 to 200 gallons would be ideal for a beginner, depending on space, time, money and what you want in the end. Remember that the larger it is the more the accessories will cost Read more...
Here is a photo of me holding my daughter up at Ripley's Aquarium in Gatlinburg, TN. As you can see she absolutely loved the sawtooth sharks. I would highly recommend Ripley's Aquarium to any reef enthusiats. The next few photos of the week will feature shots from our trip there.
Modifying an Eclipse Hood for Compact Fluorescent Lighting
Here's what we need to start: a Marineland Eclipse 1TL (we use the TL - twin light version because it has ample room for the bulbs. It might be possible to do a similar mod with the single light version, but we haven't tried it) Read more...
This stand was built using nothing more than a hammer, screw-driver hand-saw and sand paper. Ok, I used a paint brush to put on the stand and varnish. Trust me when I say that I'm not very skilled when it comes to working with tools. Read more...
There are many basic recipes available for creating your own foods for your fish and invertebrates, even the filter-feeding ones. Some are more practical than others. Read more...
This surge bucket was designed to provide a periodic surge of water motion in holding systems or aquariums which contain small polyp stony corals. It operates through the use of two floats which open a toilet bowl flapper. Read more...
