Aquarium Maintenance and Troubleshooting Series: Part 2

Posted by gerard on January 26, 2011 under Aquarium Info | Read the First Comment

Aquarium Maintenance and Troubleshooting Series: Part 2

Ok, so now you have had your aquarium up and running for a few months.  Things are going great when you start to notice something strange.  There is some strange green hair like “stuff” growing on your rocks.  Or maybe its red and looks slimy.  So maybe your remove this “stuff” but guess what?  A few days or a week later its back. What is this “stuff” you ask?  It’s algae.  There are hundreds of different types of algae but we are going to focus on two that seem to plague aquariums everywhere.  They are hair algae and red slime algae. read more....

AquaticLife Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115

Posted by gerard on March 9, 2009 under Aquarium Info, Products & Reviews, Reef Info | Read the First Comment

AquaticLife Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115

Check out this new nano protein skimmer.   I wonder if this will fit in the back chamber of my biocube. I may pick one up to replace the cheesy biocube skimmer.  I am not very fond of the airstone you need in that one.

Anyone have any reviews of it yet?  read more....