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Tips for Growing or Making your Own Tank Food

Tips for Growing or Making your Own Tank Food

Hot Tips: Tips for Growing or Making your Own Tank Food

Here is one way to make your own food for your reef tank.

  • ~2 c. Uncooked, de-shelled fresh shrimp
  • ~1/2 c. Uncooked, frozen “white” fish (any type of non-fatty, white ocean fish is good… flounder, whitefish, etc)
  • ~1/2 c.
Editorial: September 2007

Editorial: September 2007

As this issue is published online, MACNA XIX is underway in Pittsburg, PA. It promises
to be a great conference with speakers including Dr. Gerald R. Allen, Eric Borneman,
Anthony Calfo, Dr.…

Tips for would-be in-wall tank builders

Tips for would-be in-wall tank builders

A selection of useful tidbits of information and tricks for the marine aquarist submitted by Advanced Aquarist’s readership. Readers are encouraged to post them to our Hot Tips sticky in the Reefs.org…

Tank Raised Moon Jellyfish

Tank Raised Moon Jellyfish

Jellyfish are possibly the most exciting addition to the marine aquarium hobby since the introduction of the living coral reef tank by George Schmidt aquarium back in 1984. Those amazing looking displays of beautifully sculpted jellyfish creatures that float so gracefully are now being tank raised and offered for sale.…

Pump Head Loss Calculator – Easing System Design

Pump Head Loss Calculator – Easing System Design

One thing that aquarists have to deal with when designing a new system or reconfiguring an existing system is flow. Part of that overall question is selecting the proper plumbing configuration and selecting a pump for the application.…