Sometimes you will need to manually restrict the flow of water through your reef aquarium's lines. Two plumbing products that will help you accomplish this are gate valves and ball valves. You will...

 The nicest aquariums with vivid corals and livestock can all be offset if under the hood is not clean and organized. In my opinion, keeping the sump area and reef tanks life support system...

***Update 12/3/2023 the ToM Aqua Lifter Pump appears to have been discontinued. See the end of the post for a comparable lifter pump.*** The ToM Aquarium Products Aqua Lifter Pump is a small...

In the reef-keeping hobby, there are many hitchhikers both good and bad that have the potential to make their way into your reef tank. These hitchhikers come with anything introduced to your tank...

My first reef tank was a 55-gallon top fin aquarium that I purchased as a freshwater kit from Walmart. Like so many newbies in the hobby at the time, I ran this tank sumpless with a canister filter....

In my first reef tank, my 55-gallon origin tank, I didn’t initially run it with a sump and started with a canister filter. Eventually, I would end up coming to the light and added a sump to the...