by Tom Fort

When establishing a tank, two of the more popular choices are to build a display aquarium or a marine habitat. Each choice has its benefits and drawbacks. They also can have very different needs as to equipment, maintenance, and livestock. A brief description of each type tank and a basic view of their requirements is given below.

by Matt Little - DFWMAS

Phosphate is a problem that most aquarists will face at one time or another. While phosphate is considered one of the basic building blocks of all living matter, it is something that all saltwater enthusiasts need to be concerned about.

Building on last month’s topic of planning an in-wall tank, I want to expand on concerns with planning a large tank. Many, if not most large tanks are in-wall, so all the last month’s suggestions apply here as well. A big tank, however, has several “special” concerns in addition to the in-wall issues.

by Jeremy Wolff - DFWMAS

Everyone who has a marine tank knows that it requires at least a minimal amount of planning. Thorough planning can prevent loss of time and money due to changing equipment, buying new/better equipment, redoing plumbing, making numerous trips to the hardware store (which inevitably happens regardless of how much planning we’ve all done :D)

by Scott Rowe - DFWMAS

One of the things that most hobbyists have to face at one time or another is the need to set up a quarantine tank - either to acclimate a new fish to eating frozen food, or to treat a disease or injury, or as a time-out for an aggressive fish.

by Brian Ecton - DFWMAS

Tank emergencies happen to the best of us. No matter how careful we are, you just never know when something unforeseen will happen, be it a heater breaking in your tank and contaminating your tank with copper, a pump cracking internally and giving you copper contamination, or a foreign substance being introduced to your tank (pesticides are a common problem, but many common cleaning products have chemicals in them that could be lethal to your tank’s inhabitants).

by Scott Rowe - DFWMAS

Keeping a tank log is something that everyone can do, and it's a simple measure that can be very beneficial. This article will discuss the benefits of a tank log as well as multiple methodologies tailored to the amount of time that a user wishes to devote to it.

by Scott Rowe - DFWMAS

Make sure you are always safe when dealing with marine organisms.