I just got a meter to help me monitor the PH and temperature of my salt water aquarium, and it also has the EC/CF/PPM meter. I know what the abbreviations stand for, but I am not sure what the typical reading of a healthy salt water aquarium is. Any suggestions?
A saltwater tank should be at [...]

hello how are you? i have just set up a new marine aquarium, live rock, live sand, and rigged up a great non-active filter. Its great i made a place for oops factor where i can use carbon only when i need to. for like an hour or two when ammonia and stuff spikes. I [...]

Im keeping tropical fish at the moment and I want to start reading up on reef aquariums and how to keep saltwater fish. My parents agreed that when I finish college ( year 11 and 12 in AU) they will help me buy a set up for a salt water aquarium, we are planing [...]

First if you don’t have lots of experience with salt water do not answer!!!! I have a 110 gal aquarium tank and I have done fresh water planted tanks that thrive. Well now I would like to start a reef aquarium. I cant afford to stock all the live rock at one time so [...]

Skimmer, Sump(micro balls), Halide lighting, calcium solutions, frozen brine shrimp food, ph/amonia/nitrate/etc testing kits, salt, tap water sterilizing solution (will buy store made water now that I have anemones/corals), live sand/live rock, 2 power heads for current, 2 heaters…
My tank is 75 gallons (48" long, 19" deep)… right now has:
2 damsels, 2 clown fish, hammer [...]

Most of my fishes did same before they died. After shrimp died ( symbiosis partner of goby) goby is the only one left. Since worms became a finger size and I saw while they re attacked some sick fishes, I decided to kill them all. I boiled stones, sand, half of water. So all [...]

hi i have a 20 gallon reef tank and i want to buy the petco premixed saltwater! i have heard nothing but good things about it and i would like to do a 25% water change with it! is this ok and in the future can i mix salts not exactly mix the [...]

I would like to know if I can do reef/corals tank with out a built in over flow box by using a sump?
Yes, they have the siphon overflow boxes that you use instead of the built in overflow boxes.
CPR makes a great overflow box with an air lift pump (the pump is usually [...]

I have brown Algae in my salt water aquarium thats cycling (been over a month)… I dont wanna clean the tank and do water change because of its ‘cycling’, how do I get rid of it? Currently my tank dosn’t have much… 2 clowns…2 small blue damsels…some bleached coral… live rock….live sand…2 fans…weak flouresent [...]

Hey guys is this the light that can suit just about anything I want in my tank?
MY TANK: 48" long, 18" deep, reef/coral/fish tank
THE LIGHT: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+8075+20394&pcatid=20394
Will this light harm any coral/reef/fish? Is this light suitable for a blue maxima clam?
THANKS!!
As long as you get the one with 2 metal halide bulbs then yes.
With a tank [...]