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Cheap Heaters and Dead Things

Cheap Heaters and Dead Things

Interesting experience, I had a short pumping current into one of the coral systems. I was working on that system all morning and then all of a sudden I get a shock. I've gotten shocks before and it has never been a big deal but this one was pretty strong. The reason I get shocks [...]

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How much live sand and rock?

live rock

Like most things in aquariums there is no definitive answer to that question and it is further clouded by the fact that there are many ways to filter your tank. The following are just opinions and there may come a time when you disagree with me but that will mean you are experienced enough that [...]

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Algae blooms, a free option

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Todays blog post is based on an email I got from a client that is fighting an algae bloom.  He is a good guy just trying to balance keeping a salt water aquarium with kids and soaking up some summer. He was in the shop looking for a phosphate reactor (which we have at smoking good prices [...]

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