Aquarium Fish Blog

2008 has been designated as the “Year of the Reef”.  Coral reefs around the globe are taking direct hits from many different directions.  Tourism, shipping, diving, pollution and locals destroying reef structures for infrastructure projects are all to blame.  It’s been estimated that the aquarium industry takes a toll, albeit a very small one on the coral reefs.  We […]

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As a frequent browser of several fish and aquarium forums, I frequently come across many things that make me go “Huh?”. You’ll even see this one inch of fish per gallon of water rule (or guideline) advocated on some of the fish and aquarium websites on the net. Let’s talk about […]

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Several months ago I bought a 15 watt AquaStep UV Sterilizer for my 110 gallon saltwater aquarium and I was hoping that it would help me in a couple of areas:

The Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) was THE fish that I wanted to keep but after reading about how difficult it could be to care […]

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About 2 months ago I upgraded my lighting on the 55 gallon reef tank to the Nova Extreme T5 lights. I got the 48 inch fixture that comes with 8 T5 bulbs, each rated at 54 watts for about $400. This should give me a total of 432 watts over the tank. […]

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