Back in the day, my first reef tank was a non-drilled 55-gallon reef tank where I used a canister filter. After graduating to a big boy reef tank, I’ve always used a sump on my reef tanks, and...
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One of the integral parts of keeping a reef tank is accurately measuring the salinity of your water. Salinity is a measurement of the dissolved salt content within your water or simply a...
At one point I more than doubled my gallons of reef tank water in my home when I added a 210-gallon reef tank and plumbed in a 50-gallon low boy frag tank. My new big tanks were placed in the only...
Fragging a mushroom coral typically involves cutting the coral in half or quarters then attempting to glue or attach the frag pieces to a frag plug or a rock. If you’ve ever done this, you know...
Since setting up a Brute water change station for my 210-gallon reef tank, it’s been great having on-demand pure RODI 0 TDS water. In addition, my regular water change efficiency has been greatly...
How to Set Up a Quarantine or Hospital Tank for your Reef Tank
One of the worst things that can happen to you in the reef tank hobby is to have your fish come down with a parasitic infection like Ich or Marine Velvet and slowly seeing the illness make its way...