Aquarium Tips — Saltwater

Success in a miniature reef: BioCube 16 and Fluval Evo 13.5

Success in a miniature reef: BioCube 16 and Fluval Evo 13.5
If you’re interested in a beautiful and vibrant desktop / nano reef, with no shortage of maintenance tasks to get your hands dirty, plenty of active marine life, and thousands of possibilities, then these small aquariums are perfect for you.

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Benefits of Magnesium in Saltwater Aquariums

Benefits of Magnesium in Saltwater Aquariums

Often overlooked, magnesium plays a critical role in chemical and biological processes in an aquarist's saltwater aquarium. The magnesium content in natural saltwater is only behind that of sodium and chloride, making it a major element as opposed to a trace element. Magnesium is essential to all organisms for biological functions, and is very important to organisms that are skeleton building such as LPS and SPS corals. Many times we find hobbyists that are struggling with issues in their coral reef aquarium only to find deficiencies in magnesium. It is very difficult to maintain ideal calcium and alkalinity levels in saltwater without...

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