Making and maintaining a reef aquarium is not easy. In fact, it is quite tedious to setup and it takes a lot of patience before you see the result. You will start to appreciate its beauty once you see the corals starts growing and Coralline starts giving pinkish color to the corals. Getting a mixture of blue and white LED lights can also give some boost to the color of your … [Read more...] about 104 Gallon Reef Aquarium
Salt Water Aquarium
Emerald Crab
Emerald crab is one of the best crabs you can put in a saltwater aquarium. It is known for its scavenging ability. It will no doubt eat any leftover foods on liverocks and sand. The Emerald crab also eat bubble algae thus helps in maintaining the cleanliness of an aquarium. This crab is usually seen in the Caribbean and has nocturnal behaviour. It is usually found in … [Read more...] about Emerald Crab
Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral
The Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral is one of the easier coral to maintain in an aquarium. Though they come in various shades of color, it is difficult to identify each species because all leather corals have lots of similarities. They usually look like they were folded as they grow older. This coral is generally peaceful but they grow really big especially when thriving so … [Read more...] about Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral
Xenia Coral
Xenia Coral is one of the easiest coral to have in an aquarium. However, it has a reputation of suddenly dying and are quite sensitive to shipping. Though most of these corals can tolerate wide range of water conditions, but others do not. Xenia can also adapt to a wide range of light intensity but it prefers the intense one. Metal Halides and high intensity LED are the … [Read more...] about Xenia Coral
Importance of Water Flow in the Reef Tank
Some of us are wondering how water flow benefits the reef tank. This aspect in reef tank is often neglected by the newbies. In this article we will discuss the benefits of having a good water circulation in the reef tank. 1. It circulates the food for corals. Though plankton and copods swim in the water column, most of them can evade corals if there is no water flow. 2. … [Read more...] about Importance of Water Flow in the Reef Tank