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Beginner Series #2: How and Why Do Water Changes Work? What Happens If They Don't Work?
Beginner Series #2: How and Why Do Water Changes Work?
What Happens If They Don't Work?
Or How to Attain Majchrzak Status
This article is to provide beginners with baseline knowledge of why and how water changes work and when they fail in restoring critical water parameters, so that dosing...
Clown Triggerfish, Balistoides conspicillum.
Photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of @Darryl, ©2019, All Rights Reserved.
If you're new to online discussion forums or just new to Reef2Reef, this article is for you. Much of the information that I'm going to give you, here, is already...
Banggai cardinalfish.
Photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of @MarvinsReef, ©2019, All Rights Reserved.
Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, are native to a small area around Indonesia. They are very popular in the marine aquarium trade and considered endangered in the wild. A...
I’ve been keeping reef aquaria for a very long time. My first reef tank, softies and zoanthids, was set up around 1987. What folks newer to the hobby may not appreciate is the dearth of equipment choices that was available to us back then.
I built my first skimmer, not because I wanted to, but...
Tunze Osmolator and Calcium Dispenser R2R Giveaway!
Sponsored by =-infoxunter036']Tunze.com and REEF2REEF.com
How to Enter:
1. POST YOUR TANK BUILD THREAD ON REEF2REEF. Create a Tank Thread about your aquarium in the Members Aquarium Forum. If you already have a tank thread then you must...
Drum Roll Please! We will be bringing back Reef of the Month starting right now.
It is with great pleasure and admiration that Reef2Reef awards Michael J. Cuttone from New York our Reef of the Month Award for January 2019. Mike's forum name is MJC, and his build thread can be found here.
Below...
As all serious reef aquarium hobbyists know, light intensity is an important consideration for a successful captive reef. This short article will examine how light intensity decreases as water depth increases in an aquarium the depth often maintained by hobbyists. The Swedish researcher Nils...
The author's 90G reef aquarium.
Photo is from the Reef2Reef archives and courtesy of Greg Gdowski, ©2019, All Rights Reserved.
We put a lot of chemicals into our tanks. Many manufacturers tell you to base additions of these chemicals on your tank's volume – but what is that anyway?
What is...
Water
This photo is a royalty-free image from Pixabay.
“Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
For the benefit of beginners, I think it's time for a Water Change...
Map of Kenya
This map is a United Nations map and considered to be part of the public domain.
If you rank the countries in Africa by geographical area, Kenya is the 23rd country of 55, with an area of about 224,000 square miles, or slightly smaller than Texas. Kenya has a coastline of about...
Part 3: Genicanthus Angel Species Details – The Fish That Angel Lovers Dream of.
In the previous two articles, I talked about Genicanthus angels in general, and what distinguishes them from other angelfish in the Pomacanthidae family. In addition, I discussed the six species that are available...
We've all seen claims of ich, velvet, etc. returning after a 76 day fallow period. (For anyone wondering what a fallow period means click here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fallow-periods-going-fishless.190324/)
Oftentimes, a fallow period failure is due to human error: The sick fish...
An example of stained glass.
This is a royalty-free photo from Pixabay.
Introduction
The inspiration for this article started with a short conversation or thread I had with Dr. Randy Holmes-Farley. When I asked about what kinds of things I could put in a saltwater tank that wouldn't hurt the...
Inspiration for beginners: A "before" photo of a new 70G.
Photo courtesy of @Mal1124, ©2018, All Rights Reserved.
Inspiration for beginners: An "after" photo of the same 70G, 21 months later.
Photo courtesy of @Mal1124, ©2018, All Rights Reserved.
When most beginners decide to set up an...
Blue Tridacna crocea.
Photo courtesy of Acro Al, ©2018, All Rights Reserved.
Within modern taxonomy, currently the "giant clams", bivalve molluscs, are in the subfamily, Tridacninae, under the family, Cardiidae (the cockles), although some scientists still argue that these clams should be in...
The other way to run a reef tank (No Quarantine)
I was asked by my friend Humblefish to start a thread on my practices of running a tank with no quarantine, hospital tanks, medications, dipping or almost anything else.
It is "not" just to take a fish from a store and drop it in your reef...
Part 2: Genicanthus angel species details – fish that are available to buy in the ornamental fish trade.
In the first article, I discussed some general information about the Genicanthus angels. And what distinguishes them from their cousins in the Pomacanthidae angelfish family.
In this...
Marine Depot is excited to announce we've teamed with Hanna Instruments and Reef2Reef once again to MAKE TESTING EASY IN 2019!
5 winners will be randomly selected on January 25, 2019 to receive:
A Hanna Instruments Marine Salinity and Temperature Tester AND
The NEW Hanna Instruments Marine...
This tank was Reef of the Month in January 2018. Pretty spectacular, eh?
Photo from the Reef2Reef archives courtesy of forum member robert s. b. ©2018, All Rights Reserved.
At R2R, we suspect there are plenty of freshwater aquarists contemplating a change to saltwater. There are likely...
Photo courtesy of the Reef2Reef archives, ©2018, All Rights Reserved.
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a wrasse;
The stockings were hung on the live rock with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The fishes were...
