Easy Corals to Keep

What makes a reef aquarium stand apart from a standard saltwater fish tank is the live coral. Nothing can compare to the natural movement colors and beauty that live coral can bring to an aquarium. While there have been recent advances in the reef aquarium hobby that make keeping corals alive easier not all...

Importance of Marine Inverts

Simply put; No reef tank is complete without invertebrates. Invertebrates provide numerous benefits to the marine aquarium, the same way they do in nature. Algae and fish waste removal are two of the main benefits, however there are countless others. In this article we will discuss some specific groups of...

Saltwater Aquarium Crabs

Saltwater aquarium crabs can be very entertaining pets, as well as great scavengers that can help to clean out uneaten food from your aquarium. Crabs will feed off of dead and dying organic matter, such as leftover food and dying plants in the aquarium. Some people just like to keep crabs in the aquarium...

About Soft Corals in the Reef Aquarium

Soft corals are corals that have no hard skeleton and are considered by many hobbyists to be beginners corals. These corals are extremely hardy and most do not require expensive lighting to grow and thrive in your tank. lighting for soft corals Soft corals can use fluorescent tubes. The best practice is to...

Snails

There are more than 40,000 species of snails and they are found in all aquatic environments. The families usually used in fish tanks are Mesogastopoda, Littorinidae and Haliotidae from the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans. They are mostly reef snails and vary in size from half an inch to around 8 inches in the...

Shrimp

Shrimps are a good addition to a salt water fish tank being colourful and also cleaning up left over food. Most shrimp are between two and three inches long with some species growing to more than ten feet in the wild. They remove parasites from fish and rely on camouflage and stealth for protection. They...

Anemone

Anemones can be kept in a salt water aquarium provided excellent water conditions are maintained. they also require intense lighting and a strong current. They can be fed on blood worms, pieces of shrimp and other meaty scraps. These animals make great additions, and, depending on the species, are very...

Clownfish

Clown fish are some of the most popular marine aquarium fish today. They are almost the poster child for the hobby. They are also some of the best choices for new aquarium keepers because they eat well and are very hardy and resistance to changes in the tank. There are also captive grown clown fish on the...

Blenny Fish

Blennies are some of the best salt water aquarium fish for beginners because they are inexpensive, full of personality and very hardy. Two of the best choices are the bi-color blenny and the lawn mower blenny. Both of these fish will graze algae in the aquarium and also provide a fun fish to watch. The...

Saltwater Tang

The subject of tangs, what kind and how many, comes up a lot. The problem is there are several answers depending on the type of set-up you have and what you are looking for. I am going to discuss having multiple tangs that are reef safe. There are lots of tangs and surgeon fish that are superb candidates for...

Coral

Types of Coral Easy corals to keep Zoanthids Mushrooms Sea Fans Soft Corals LPS Corals (Large Polyp Stony) SPS Corals (Small Polyp...

saltwater Invertebrates

About Marine Inverts Anemones Clams Crabs Cucumber Fan Worms Jellyfish Scallops Sponges Sea Urchins Lobsters Sea...

Saltwater Reef Fish for Aquariums

Angel Fish Anglers Anthias Fish Basslets Blennies Cardinals Chromis Clownfish Damsel Fish Dart Fish Dragonets Eel Foxface Gobies Hawkfish Tangs Wrasses Not reef...