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Anemone Care
Complete information about 10 anemone species: Articles, Videos, Compatible fishes, shopping link and more! A MUST!
 15 Easy Corals For Your New Reef Tank
Many novice (and experienced) saltwater aquarists are a bit leery about starting a Reef Tank. Their requirements not being very well understood, corals used to be almost impossible to keep for any length of time in an aquarium...
Fish Compatibility Chart
Find the fish you are interested in checking the compatibility of on the vertical and horizontal axes and check the box where they intersect...
The Classic Reef Trio And More
While I may not agree completely with the category placement of all the species, by and large, I find the list to be sound. It is an excellent guide for all hobbyists and retailers....
Choosing Those First Corals for Your Reef Aquarium
I was reading your column in Aquarium Frontiers On-Line and I liked it a lot. Anyway, I am 16 years old and I keep a 29-gallon reef tank. While I know how to keep corals, I am not as experienced as someone who has kept them for 10 years....
Dyed corals
Lately, brilliantly colored corals are being offered for sale in the United States, and probably elsewhere, that owe their garish coloration to the use of dyes. I have been told that the practice originated in Jakarta. In my opinion, this is a thoroughly despicable practice.
Caring for the Fish of Finding Nemo
With all the publicity of Finding Nemo, there is sure to be a considerable amount of interest in aquarium keeping and in particular, the care of Clownfish and Tangs...
Is It Reef Safe?
One of the trends that I have frequently noticed is the increased emphasis on cohabitant relations. This trend is leading away from the "can I keep this alive" attitude of the past...
Water Changes in Reef Aquaria
Much of the confusion about water changes stems directly from uncertainty about three things...
Marine Water Changes
Water must first be prepared in advance of the change day. Some type of storage vessel will be required...
Calcium for Dummies
As a reefkeeper over the past 12 years or so, I found the topic of calcium additions to be one of the most challenging and confusing to learn and master...
How Quickly Things Can Change...But Why?
In my February 1998 column (ÐA Recipe for Starting a Reef TankÓ) I demonstrated how it was possible to set up a successful reef tank in a matter of weeks. Between that time and now a number of interesting and informative things have happened in that 55-gallon reef tank...
Paying Attention To The Condition Of Our Reef Animals
buying LPS corals without seeing the animal, given the problems aquarists are currently having with them, is foolish. It is strange that these corals that were once considered the easiest to maintain and were the most available, have become the most problematic...
Understanding Seawater
In this article I will endeavor to provide an understanding of seawater itself, rather than how the components are used by the tank inhabitants...
Nutrient Control and Export
Ways to Increase Water Quality and Eliminate Nuisance Algae in Marine Aquaria...
Recognizing Problem and Getting help Solving Them
Over the course of time, when keeping an aquarium everyone will sooner or later have to face a disease or husbandry problem with one of their fish or invertebrates...
Long-Term Considerations for a Successful Reef Tank
A lot of aquarists tell me that the most exciting part of a reef is setting it up and stocking the tank...
Coral Photoacclimation
Most aquarists know they have to acclimate their new organisms. This involves slowly adding tank water to the transport water in an effort to gradually...
Aggressive Fish Tips
This month, our readers discuss tips they have for keeping aggressive fish...
Photoacclimation
Light requiring organisms also need to be acclimatised to the new lighting regime. This article seeks to show why it is important that all lighting environment changes shouild be gradual for corals.
Stress in Aquarium Fish PART 1
Stress in fish is an immensely complex subject. There is a great deal of mystery surrounding the subject of stress in fish and for many their concept of stress is vague...
Stress in Aquarium Fish PART 2
Would you like your fish to have their brightest coloration and best possible finnage?
Understanding and Controlling Stress in Fish PART 1
When people talk about the stress of everyday life it is usually a dialogue about mental and emotional stress rather than physical or physiological matters...
Understanding and Controlling Stress in Fish PART 2
Here, I will discuss how to control stress with planning, prevention, and being prepared...
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