Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Saltcorner is a website that is dedicated to the hobby of marine aquarium keeping and is the creation of aquarium author Bob Goemans, who has written a column of the same name for many years.
Whether you're looking for information about animals and plants/algae; for informative articles by noted aquarium authors; for product or book reviews; for photo galleries of impressive home aquariums; for information about Bob's books; or troubleshooting/advice correspondence on a wide range of topics, there's a lot of information here. And it's all free to you thanks to the generous support of our website sponsors who keep the website's lights turned on.
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Hi Bob, My understanding is that cyanobacteria can fix nitrogen. I have had slime algae problems in the past in my well-lit freshwater plant tanks when nitrates were low, yet phosphates were high. Therefore my thinking in freshwater terms is to either dose nitrates or use water changes to reduce phosphates. In mature freshwater tanks, cyanobacteria appears when nitrates are severely limited with all but a trace phosphate. Does marine hair algae only need phosphate? And if so can I assume it can utilize calcium phosphate bound to live rock? If this is so, then hair algae will have a blo...read more.
(Written 2012) Over the past decade I’ve had many small aquariums, some already coming equipped with a protein skimmer. Nevertheless, those and other small skimmers that I have acquired over the past years have left me less than 100% satisfied with their performance. They either required more maintenance to keep running somewhat effectively than they should have or they could not be set properly to stop their tiny air bubbles from entering the aquarium. Both of these situations have caused me to frequently search the Internet for newcomers that might meet my needs/requirements when it comes...read more.
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