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[DISCUSSION] Starting your first marine tank. Overview to plan your equipment and budget (Part 1)
Starting your first marine tank. Overview to plan your equipment and budget (Part 1) Starting a beautiful marine tank is exciting. But upon doing research online, the information may be overwhelming, contradicting & often confusing. This guide aims to provide a high level overview of areas to consider when embarking on the reefing journey. To help you make educated choices in planning & purchasing the right equipment. Most of the article will refer to a reef tank. General planning : What do you want to keep? The most popul -
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[DISCUSSION] Top 10 common mistakes newbies make when starting up a marine tank.
Top 10 common mistakes newbies make when starting up a marine tank. People study other people’s past so they won’t make the same mistake, that is why we call it his story. (Get the puns?… ok fine sorry). Anyway here are the TOP 10 mistakes newbies make when starting up a marine tank. Number 10: Jumping into the hobby without research. When people start to get interested in the hobby, some people tend to try to save money on the equipment they use and at the same time, they don’t do any research on what they are buying. Of course, a piece of better quality equipment will -
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[DISCUSSION] Why should we Dip corals? and how to perform it
Why should we Dip corals? and how to perform it A colourful SSC Visiting a local Live Fish Shop (LFS) and shopping for corals is one of the best enjoyment in this hobby. However, do you know that if your newly purchased coral is not treated carefully, it could cause a serious effect on your existing healthy corals which is already thriving in your current marine aquarium system ? What is coral dipping ? As up to 90% of the corals in this hobby is either collected from the wild or cultured in the sea, there is a high possibility that the corals -
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[DISCUSSION] Avoid these fishes!
Avoid these fishes! YES, Avoid these fishes! Here today we will discuss the most popular fish in the trade to be avoided. Given the beautiful color or the fish or perhaps the cheap price, you should always research and prepare for it as the fishes listed might be difficult to keep or difficult to get it fed. One of the most sough after fish ( Achilles Tang ) which belong to Acanthurus family is very susceptible to ich and require good water quality and large swimming space Ich Magnet Tangs are one of the obvious ich magnets, by saying ich m -
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[DISCUSSION] Starting your first marine tank. Overview to plan your equipment and budget (Part 2)
Starting your first marine tank. Overview to plan your equipment and budget (Part 2) This is a continuation of a 2 part series. Saltwater The ideal situation is to start the salt mix with the cleanest possible water. RODI (Reverse Osmosis De-Ionize) filters produce pure water by deploying a series of filters to remove sediments, chlorine and other contaminants such as copper, chromium, ammonia, nitrate & phosphorous that may be present in tap water. A typical RODI system consists of A polyester filter to remove sediments 2 carbon b
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