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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Hello Bob, My interest in the marine aspect of the hobby has grown to the point that I am now ready to make the crossover from fresh to salt water. I intend to start with a fish/invert mix to start off with, then when I feel my skills are up to the challenge convert to a full reef system. The tank will be a 38" x 16" x 18" all glass. I plan to filter the aquarium using a plenum and 10kg of live rock built up in the rear corners of the aquarium so as to minimize the dead areas on the plenum. Behind these areas there will be a 600LPH pump feeding a spray bar up one structure to the top of t...read more.
Korallin Kalkreaktor: (Written in 2003) For those of us that maintain reef aquariums, those not equipped with a calcium reactor usually require more husbandry skills in the area of alkalinity and calcium control. Calcification rates by stony corals, coralline algae growth, precipitation of calcium and magnesium/calcium clogged powerheads and/or the demand on system carbonates and bicarbonates to maintain pH and alkalinity put a severe drain on these seawater elements. This greatly adds to the time needed to properly maintain the reef aquarium. For those of us that have learned of calciu...read more.
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