Here’s a continuation of questions I get from customers considering saltwater aquaria. Is saltwater more work to maintain? Keeping a saltwater aquarium is not any more work than keeping a freshwater aquarium. In fact, it can be even less maintenance than keeping a freshwater planted aquarium. Things grow very slowly in a reef aquarium, so the need for frequent fertilization or supplementation…
What’s “the Cycle” and why is it so important? Everyone has heard the old story, “I filled my aquarium with fish, and they all died,” usually followed by “so now I don’t keep fish anymore.” There are plenty of ways to kill all of your fish, but not understanding the cycle is one of the most common ways I’ve come…
Keeping a tank is supposed to be fun and exciting, otherwise, we wouldn’t devote ourselves to keeping these keeping these things alive right? And one of the best parts of the hobby is getting something new for the tank. But a lot of times we may not have the right setup or the right skills to keep something, but of…