Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans

What is Saltcorner?

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.

Use the tabs above to navigate to different parts of the website, or click on any link that catches your eye. I hope you find the site useful and informative!

Photo Gallery Spotlight


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225g Aquarium photo gallery.

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Q&A Letter Spotlight

Sergio Aguilar (Seaford, Long Island NY) writes to Bob about:
Calcium Buffering

Hello Bob, Hope all is well with you and yours. I am having a difficult time raising the calcium level in my 20 gallon reef and I read your suggestions on line and your Water Quality book on calcium reactors. But at this time it's a little difficult to justify the purchase of a reactor for a small "test" tank. Therefore, if you can, could you recommend a 2 part buffer/calcium supplement? I would appreciate it. Currently I am using separate calcium and magnesium additives per my LFS. When I added the calcium the pH fell to 8.0 from 8.2. Then I was told to add the magnesium to bring up t...read more.

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Review Spotlight

Product Review of The Ultimate DI System

Manufactured by SpectraPure

Product Review ­ The Ultimate DI System (Written 2003 - checkout their newer models) Very early last year I was in the Phoenix Arizona area visiting several aquarium product companies. I normally checkout the area on a monthly basis, only 160 kilometers north of where I live in Tucson, because their population and selection of shops is so much greater than our Tucson area. One of my stops was at the SpectraPure (1) facility to check on the availability of what was rumored to be a new type Deionization (DI) system. Unfortunately, the owner was away on a business trip, however, his wife thoug...read more.

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