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10 Easy Aquarium Set Up Steps
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Now that you have all of the items on the Checklist of Items for Starting a Saltwater Aquarium piled up on your living room floor how do you put it all together? If you follow the 10 Easy Aquarium Set Up Steps, your new marine aquarium will be up and running in no time. It's easy when you do it right the first time.

More: Following the Checklist of Items for Starting a Saltwater Aquarium will save you money and frustration because you will have everything you need to set up your aquarium when you start to put it all together.

More: The Top Mini/Nano Aquarium Kits are Plug 'N Play and can be up and running in no time.

10 Easy Aquarium Set Up Steps originally appeared on About.com Saltwater Aquariums on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 01:00:07.

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Feeding Corals - What Do Corals Eat?

If you don't know what corals eat in the wild, how can you feed them the right foods in your tank? Corals are pretty selective feeders. They consume a wide range of food available in the ocean. From sunlight to the microscopic animals to trace elements, the ocean makes available every food corals need to thrive and multiply. Once you understand What Corals Eat, you'll be able to provide the food each of your corals need.

More: Top Coral and Invertebrate Foods Here are some of the top coral and invertebrate foods available on the market today. Compare the Ingredients, Guaranteed Analysis, Active Ingredients and prices of each of these foods before you buy.

More: What Should I Feed My Corals? The final barrier to being able to keep many corals in an aquarium has come down to the ability to provide the specific food requirements for individual corals. Some corals' requirements are so specific...

More: 15 Easy Corals for your reef tank. If you are hesitant to make the leap from FOWLR to a full reef tank with corals, these corals might be just the ticket for you. These beautiful corals are forgiving of lower water quality and light conditions.

Photo by Dennis Widmer

Feeding Corals - What Do Corals Eat? originally appeared on About.com Saltwater Aquariums on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 01:00:36.

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FO or FOWLR to Reef In 7 Easy Steps

Progressing from a FO or FOWLR to a reef tank isn't as complicated or difficult as it may seem. Doing the preparation before you introduce corals to your tank will greatly reduce the problems you may later incur as well as save you a lot of money and frustration.

More: T-5 HO Saltwater Aquarium Reef Tank Light Fixtures are state of the art fixtures used for reef tanks. The thin (5/8") bulbs produce almost twice as much light as standard fluorescent bulbs. Many of these lights include LED Lunar Lights as well as integrated timers.

More: LED Saltwater Aquarium Lights. have gone beyond being used for Lunar Lights alone. LED lights are now used for primary lighting for Fish Only and Fish Only with Live Rock as well as reef tanks. As the price of LED lamps has come down, they are being offered in more interesting and innovative packages.

More: 15 Easy Corals For Your New Reef Tank Corals which are more forgiving of low light and/or marginal water conditions.

Photo © Luis Contesini

FO or FOWLR to Reef In 7 Easy Steps originally appeared on About.com Saltwater Aquariums on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 01:00:00.

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What is a Sump? Do You Need One?

Some aquarists are unaware of the many benefits of adding a sump to their systems. Here is a description of what a sump is, how it is used, the many designs and set ups one has to choose from, and what benefits it can provide your system.

More: Easy, Cheap DIY Sumps Why pay a fortune for a custom made sump if you don't have to?

More: Wet/Dry Trickle Filters can greatly increase your biological filter capacity as well as the number of fish that you can hold in your aquarium.

Forum: Sump/refugium question I'm curious about one thing with respect to sumps that also happen to be refugiums. Do people ...

What is a Sump? Do You Need One? originally appeared on About.com Saltwater Aquariums on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 01:00:10.

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What to Look for When Purchasing Fish

Making sure that you are purchasing a healthy fish and not a disaster waiting to happen is one important step you can take to insure a successful aquarium. Here is what you need to look for and observe when buying a new fish in a pet store to insure you are purchasing a healthy specimen.

Forums: First Livestock After Cycle - I'm about mid way through my cycle process and I'm just deciding on what fish I should add to my tank. It seems like this can be a tough decision to make sure all...

More: Tips For Buying Livestock

Photo © Debbie and Stan Hauter

What to Look for When Purchasing Fish originally appeared on About.com Saltwater Aquariums on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 01:00:56.

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Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Reefs in the News

Links to various online media resources that discuss the state of the worlds reefs, interesting marine information, etc.

Reefs in the News
Links to various online media resources that discuss the state of the worlds reefs, interesting marine information, etc.

Retired missile tracking ship to be sunk (Miami Herald) :: National Marine Sanctuary
Officials overseeing the transformation of a retired U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship into an artificial reef off Key West said Saturday they are planning to sink the ship May 15. The General Hoyt S. Vandenberg is currently at a Norfolk, Va., shipyard, where workers are preparing it for sinking by removing environmental hazards. Plans are to scuttle the ship in the Florida Keys National ...

Whale counts successful despite weather (The Garden Island) :: National Marine Sanctuary
Angela Tillson, the site leader for the Ahukini Ocean Count, was trying to make light of the blustery weather that greeted her group of nine whale counters yesterday morning.

Ship to become reef in May (Sun-Sentinel) :: National Marine Sanctuary
Vessel to be sunk near Key West Officials overseeing the transformation of a retired U.S. Air Force missile-tracking ship into an artificial reef off Key West said Saturday that they are planning to sink the ship May 15.

DeWitt Junior High School receives reef aquarium (DeWitt-Bath Review) :: from Yahoo! News
DEWITT — The DeWitt Middle School's media center recently received a 50-gallon reef aquarium from the Mid-Michigan Marine Club (MMMC). The classroom reef provides a hands-on and fun learning experience for students.

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Re: T5-HO system & Algae:
I'll try less light. My tank is a 75 :~) Thanks bunches for your help.... Annie~ ... From: donitaw1 Date: 9/1/2010 9:55:58 PM To: reefcity@yahoogroups.com

Re: duncan and sun coral
just got a sun coral... its doing well. I think? disappointed that it only opens up after dark but am hoping that after I get a better light kit with moon

Re: majoram pest... help
I bought the aptaisia-x it was fantastic.. I am careful to use it in smaller dosing and attack different areas every week. doing a water change in between

Re: T5-HO system & Algae:
sorry, some of my numbers ran together.. it was 10,000K not 100,000... that would be alot of light... over a 55gal tank.

Re: T5-HO system & Algae:
my vote is yes.. if you want bright lighting, you must have pristinely clean water or you will get some growth daily on the glass. I spoke to an aquaintance