Beginner’s Column: Getting Started
The time has finally come to prepare your new reef biosphere for life. The first question is what you want your reef tank to look like. In the early days of reef... Read more.
Editorial: October 2009
As you can see from my video of my freshwater tank (below) it is progressing well and my interest in my freshwater aquarium is, if anything, growing. My video is... Read more.
Beginner’s Column:Â Filtration
There are essentially three types of filtration that the marine aquarist need be concerned with: particle, chemical, and biological. For the marine fish only or... Read more.
Editorial: September 2009
Dear Reader, I have two confessions to make: the first is that I can’t do things in a small way, and second, low tech is not compatible with my personality.... Read more.
Beginner’s Column:Â Substrate
There is considerable controversy regarding substrate in closed system reef tanks. The controversy ranges from substrate to no substrate, depth of substrate, size... Read more.
Editorial: August 2009
The times, financially speaking, are rough for many of us, and for Advanced Aquarist it is also tough. I know that you know this, but what you may not know is that... Read more.
Editorial: July 2009
For this month’s editorial I’m providing a link to a very interesting video with sound depicting Montipora polyps at dawn. For those of you that don’t... Read more.
Beginner’s Column: Temperature Control
Irony: Before getting to this column’s subject – temperature control – I think it important to tell readers about what happened to me regarding... Read more.
Saltwater Aquarium Water Circulation
Water circulation is undoubtedly the most important parameter for the successful fish only or reef tank. Without water circulation life will not exist; it provides... Read more.
Editorial: June 2009
Several weeks ago I gave a talk at Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, NY. The invitation was given to me by Manhattan Reefs. The occasion for the talk was what has become... Read more.