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Page 173 - Guides & How-Tos

Learn how to properly set up and maintain your reef aquarium with these helpful articles, guides, and step-by-step instructions.
  1. Remove phosphates from your tank with Granular Ferric Oxide

    Remove phosphates from your tank with Granular Ferric Oxide

    While GFO can remove a variety of impurities from your tank, the main reason most reefers use it is because it's very efficient at removing phosphates.
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  2. Kalkwasser: The Easiest Way to Maintain Ca, Alk & pH

    Kalkwasser: The Easiest Way to Maintain Ca, Alk & pH

    Kalkwasser is likely the easiest and cheapest method of maintaining calcium, alkalinity and pH out there. it has virtually no effect on your salinity, an tons of reefers have had success with it.
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  3. Celebrating One Year! | EP 6: Clownfish Harem Tank

    Celebrating One Year! | EP 6: Clownfish Harem Tank

    It's been one year since we first set-up the clownfish harem tank, and our strategy of heavy feedings, lots of habitat and a large number of clowns has worked really well at dispersing aggression and...
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  4. Magnesium: The magic that holds your reef tank together

    Magnesium: The magic that holds your reef tank together

    Did you know that magnesium is the element that essentially makes reefing possible? Magnesium is used by corals for metabolic function to stay healthy and grow. However, since it's not largely or...
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  5. Aquarium Medications: How to Treat Sick Fish

    Aquarium Medications: How to Treat Sick Fish

    We all want the fish in our aquariums to stay healthy. Unfortunately, like humans, fish may become ill from time to time. You can dramatically reduce the likelihood of a disease entering your...
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  6. Why your reef tank absolutely needs calcium!

    Why your reef tank absolutely needs calcium!

    Your corals skeletal structure is primarily composed of calcium carbonate which is formed by pulling calcium and carbonate ions from the water surrounding them. So, replenishing the calcium in your...
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  7. The important role of alkalinity in your reef tank

    The important role of alkalinity in your reef tank

    Corals and other organisms in our tanks reduce alkalinity and we need to replenish it if we want colorful, healthy, growing tanks. Replenishing alkalinity can be as simple as testing now and then and...
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  8. New VorTech QuietDrive vs EcoSmart Powerhead

    New VorTech QuietDrive vs EcoSmart Powerhead

    The new VorTech Quiet Drive pumps are here and we wanted to do a few little tests to see how they stack up to the previous, EcoSmart, model. Honestly, we were pretty impressed by the decrease in...
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