Archive for the ‘Tip of the Day’ Category
Tip of the Day – 5/3/2013
The slowest and most tedious part about performing a water change on your aquarium isn’t the actual process of removing and replacing water, but making the water itself. Since tap water is laced with contaminants, making your own pure water from a reverse osmosis filter is the only way to get clean water into your [...]
Tip of the Day – 5/2/2013
We’ve had a really crazy week outside of our little internet realm, so we apologize for the lack of content over the last couple of days. Fortunately, we’ve been able to make the recovery and get a few more articles out there for you. Now on to our Tip of the Day… Did you know [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/30/2013
It’s really easy to get all worked up and excited when stumbling across a new fish at the local aquarium store, but we will tell you now, avoid impulse purchases. The impulse buys have a far high failure rate than fish that are planned for, as the hobbyist isn’t prepared for that particular species and [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/29/2013
Have a water pump on your aquarium that’s just putting out way too much flow? Well, you can do several things to slow the flow down. For one, valves are your friend. Gate and ball valves installed on the output side of a water pump can do wonders at reducing the flow rate. But before [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/28/2013
Aquarium keepers are always looking to relieve their financial burdens, often moving toward more energy efficient lighting, selling off coral frags, or purchasing used equipment. One thing to not skimp on, however, is the quality of the water entering into your aquarium. Protein skimmers and water pumps may operate like new even years down the [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/26/2013
For goby owners, there’s almost nothing more joyful to watch than to see your little fish partnering up with one of those tiny pistol shrimp. This mutually beneficial relationship often yields plenty of interesting behaviors, including a constant digging and maintenance of burrows. But not ever pistol shrimp plays nicely with shrimp gobies. Sometimes this [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/25/2013
When designing the layout of your sump, it’s easy to plan for the equipment you have on hand, but it’s important that you avoid doing this. Instead, you should also plan for equipment that you may purchase later as you upgrade. For example, if you have a space saving protein skimmer with a tiny footprint, [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/24/2013
Cooking live rock and live sand was a very popular method of preventing potential nuisance life forms from entering into one’s aquarium. The idea was to put the rock into large containers of saltwater, devoid them of light for long periods of time, and perform routine water changes. Unfortunately, this process works too well, and [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/22/2013
In any reef aquarium, things can go south in a hurry. One animal, like a clam or an anemone, can take a turn for the worse and start a chain reaction of chaos on its way out of life’s door. These large masses of flesh quickly foul up the water, and even the aquarium hobbyist [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/19/2013
If you’re looking at new fish food, salt, or aquarium additives for your aquarium but don’t want to waste money on a product that you might end up hating, ask your favorite retailer for a free sample. While the store may not readily have a free sample on hand, they can always request one from [...]
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