Aquarium Equipment
For inspiration: a great macro anemone shot.
The image above is from the Reef2Reef archives courtesy of @maidia ©2019, All Rights Reserved.
Successful reef-keeping is very much a numbers game. Specific gravity, pH, temperature, calcium & magnesium concentrations are important to know. Light...
This article is Part 6 of a series.
Here is a quick Table of Contents for all the articles:
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Timers
Part 3 Automatic Top-Off Kit (ATK)
Part 4 Power Monitoring
Part 5 Virtual Outputs
Part 6 Alarms
Part 7 Feed Cycles
Part 8 Lunar Schedule and Lighting Profiles...
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This article is Part 5 of a series.
Here is a quick Table of Contents for all the articles:
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Timers
Part 3 Automatic Top-Off Kit (ATK)
Part 4 Power Monitoring
Part 5 Virtual Outputs
Part 6 Alarms
Part 7 Feed Cycles
Part 8 Lunar Schedule and...
Note From the Editor:
This article is Part 4 of a series.
Here is a quick Table of Contents for all the articles:
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Timers
Part 3 Automatic Top-Off Kit (ATK)
Part 4 Power Monitoring
Part 5 Virtual Outputs
Part 6 Alarms
Part 7 Feed Cycles
Part 8 Lunar Schedule and...
For Inspiration: A beautiful 15-liter reef tank.
This photo is from the Reef2Reef archives courtesy of @Fletch10_uk ©2019, All Rights Reserved.
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This article is Part 3 of a series.
Here is a quick Table of Contents for all the articles:
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Timers...
For inspiration: a beautiful 10-gallon nano tank.
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This article is Part 2 of a series. Part 1 may be found here.
Here is a quick Table of Contents for all the articles:
Part 1...
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All of the articles in this series by the same author were originally part of several presentations made to a local aquarium club on programming your Neptune Apex Controller. The article is reprinted with permission from the author.
Because this topic will be of great...
Reef keepers might not keep checking the temperature all the time, temperature to aquarium livings is just like air to human, you won’t pay attention until it goes wrong and makes damage. If you never have the experience of broken heater before, congratulation, but believe it or not, non device...
Proper lighting is one of the most important aspects of successfully maintaining a reef aquarium, yet many hobbyists leave it to chance. I’ve pondered why this is for years--perhaps it is because it can be a complicated subject with many variables involved (compare this to water chemistry where...
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Reef aquarists new to the hobby may not know that Tunze is actually an old company and one that has played a major role in the evolution of the saltwater aquarium hobby. Lots of companies say that they are innovators here and innovators there, but in the case of Tunze...
This article is sponsored by @Vivid Creative Aquatics
There have been a lot of changes in the reefing hobby in just the past few years including innovations in equipment such as controllable DC pumps, LED lighting, plus computers that automate and run our tanks. Even our approach and...
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Current Extreme Weather is a Topic that is Hotly Debated
What is not debated is that our lifestyles are dependent on the electricity that powers our lives and is essential to our vulnerable loved ones and the animals we keep...
Filtering your tank by using “algae to fight algae” has been gaining in popularity in the last few years. We are biased about this, because we invented the waterfall and upflow designs that everyone uses now, but nevertheless we wanted to make this in-depth series about everything, including...
Surge suppression has come a long way over the years. Some of us remember when purchasing our first computer we also had to purchase an APC power back-up that had surge protection, power filtering and power back-up as a much-needed secondary function. Today we plug our computers into surge...
Note from the Editor: Some time ago, our resident electrical guru, @Brew12, wrote a good article on the forum at the beginning of a discussion thread about using ground probes for your aquarium. As soon as I saw the article, I recognized that this deserved top billing. So, here, below, is our...
A drop of water.
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Automated Water Changes
Automation is all the rage these days, with a sizable percentage of reefers believing that a controller is essential to the keeping of a reef tank. It's not, but it is a nice-to-have as long as you are sensible...
An example of stained glass.
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Introduction
The inspiration for this article started with a short conversation or thread I had with Dr. Randy Holmes-Farley. When I asked about what kinds of things I could put in a saltwater tank that wouldn't hurt the...
Inspiration for beginners: A "before" photo of a new 70G.
Photo courtesy of @Mal1124, ©2018, All Rights Reserved.
Inspiration for beginners: An "after" photo of the same 70G, 21 months later.
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When most beginners decide to set up an...
If you’re new to reef aquariums, you may not be familiar with having a sump and are wondering just exactly what it is. We’re going to tell you all about it here.
Basically, a sump is like another aquarium that is plumbed to the main aquarium, often called the display tank (DT). We have some...
I have noticed that UV sterilization is often a subject of wonder or uncertainty. I personally have one unit on my largest of four tanks.
What is a UV Sterilizer?
It is a process using ultra violet (UV) light for capturing and making sterile unwanted free-floating bacteria, parasitic...
