Aquarium Calculator

Setting up a new tank and cycling it while it contains fish is more akin to emergency medicine than husbandry. Your goal is to have … Read more

The majority of aquarium errors stem from a lack of understanding of weight in the tank. I have x gallons so I need a filter … Read more

I’ve seen it before, you dial in the equipment, spend hours watching the tank, yet still see the nitrates creep up. You can’t seem to … Read more

This measures how much of the invisible stuff (nutrients) is produced by the fish and grows it out using turf algae. An algae scrubber are … Read more

You purchased some Chaetomorpha for your refugium and waited patiently for it to grow out. Three weeks later, however, all you have is a slimy … Read more

A lot of us begin our reef keeping journey with an impressive looking pump on paper then end up with a scrubber that looks more … Read more

Duckweed will show up unexpected in your aquarium. On Tuesday, you notice a small cluster of green specks in one corner of the tank. By … Read more

Floating plants multiply. And multiply. They will spread across entire tank top. Until the top of the tank has no empty space left. Then your … Read more

How do you know? Likely, you had an idea of what you wanted your aquarium to be like and maybe even made a sketch. Perhaps … Read more

For those who keep a planted aquarium, you might be familiar with panicking about how many stem plants to buy. They don’t add up! There … Read more