Aquarium Calculator

One easy solution is soda ash (sodium carbonate); it’s cheap, it gets the job done, but don’t use it wrong and you’ll kill your tank. … Read more

Whether your aquarium is planted or a reef tank magnesium plays an important role in the lives of fish and other aquatic animals. Consider it … Read more

The alarm goes off. You check your tank and notice your alk has dropped. You grab bottle of supplement, open the top, and dump some … Read more

Now you have the number from the test kit and your corals might be fine or they might not. It happens to everyone who keeps … Read more

Drop the hydrometer into water and what’s that number? You grab a sample of water out of your reef tank and place it under the … Read more

That’s usually difficult to spot at first but then the water line drops. You might notice it when substrate becomes more visible or sump skimmer … Read more

There you are standing in front of your tank, a jug of treated water in one hand, looking down at the space between the tank … Read more

You might have purchased the aquarium because of its inhabitants… The fish, but day in and day out it’s the water that you’re stuck with. … Read more

For example, you bought a one gallon reef jar because it’s a gallon of water (on the label) and it’ll fit on your desk. It … Read more

The label reads “twenty gallons” and your heart drops as you realize what’s in the box isnt even remotly close to twenty gallons. That’s okay, … Read more