So You Want to Keep an Aquarium?

Welcome to a place to learn about becoming an aquarist! I can’t guarantee it will be useful, but it’ll hopefully at least be fun. I hope you find these posts useful and understandable. I’ll be updating this pretty frequently as I don’t have much to do these days. Thanks Obama.

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Recent Posts

  • Cleaning the Water
    There is quite a bit of equipment that goes into a saltwater aquarium. They broadly fall into 3 categories: Flow, filtration and lighting. Flow The ocean is constantly moving, and moving a… Continue reading Cleaning the Water
  • New Additions
    I added a few more fish buddies to the tank today. Three Firefish Gobies, one Lettuce Nudibranch and 20 Trochus Snails. Unfortunately I haven’t yet been able to get a stable population… Continue reading New Additions
  • The Nicks
    The Nicks are our paired Yellow Watchman Goby (Nick Snider) and Tiger Pistol Shrimp (Nick Sniderer). I don’t know if this could be called a “bond” or not since I have no… Continue reading The Nicks
  • The Cleanup Crew
    The tank is a constant balancing act. Food added is converted to waste, either through digestion or decomposition. If that waste builds up too much the inhabitants of the tank will start… Continue reading The Cleanup Crew
  • Blenny
    Blenny is a Lawnmower Blenny, aka: Jeweled Rock-skipper, Algae Blenny, and others I’m sure. We had already added a few hermit crabs and snails, but he was the first fish addition to… Continue reading Blenny