Recent content by wsboyette

In setting up a reef aquarium, the best setup to use is what we call a Berlin setup. It consists of a particulate filter, some sort of chemical filtration (usually carbon), and a protein skimmer which removes dissolved organic waste from the water. Biological filtration in a reef tank is done by...

In a fish-only setup, doing saltwater is little different from freshwater, and rather simple. But with a full reef setup as you want, there is quite a bit more to learn. My advice is to get all the beginner info you can find on the subject, and learn all you can before you start.

Finally got through all the process of startup, now I have a nice 60 gallon fish-only with an artificial reef. Current livestock is a Coral Beauty Angel, two Maroon Clowns, A Javanese Damsel and a Blue Damsel. For filtration I have a Aqua-Tech 300 GPH motor filter and a AquaMaxx HF-M...

My recent experimentation with a home-built scrubber & trickle tower/oxygen reactor: Water testing 45H in its final location: Greetings and salutations to all of you in this forum. I am finally and thankfully returning to the hobby, having finally freed up space in our current home for my...