Saltwater Aquarium Guide

Saltwater Aquarium Beginner Guide
This is where you will learn the basic information that you will need to understand before you buy your first Aquarium.

Topics covered: Types of Lighting, Aquarium Filtration system, Temperature and Aquarium heaters.

Saltwater Aquarium Set-up

Simple steps you can follow to create your very own saltwater aquarium.

Topics covered: Best location for your saltwater aquarium, selecting your aquarium, aquarium aquascaping and how to siphon of your aquarium correctly.

Nitrogen Cycle

We will discuss and learn how it works, how long it will take to get the cycle completed, ways you can do to cycle the saltwater aquarium and the important function the nitrogen process plays in keeping your saltwater aquarium working properly.

Saltwater Aquarium Care and Maintenance

Learn how to assess the timing for your care and maintenance schedule, how to test and adjust your water parameters, feeding your fish and combating algae.

Topics covered: Testing Aquarium water parameters and water changes, saltwater fish feeding and algae control.

Beginner’s Common Mistakes

Learn from us the the mistakes that are made before you make them.

Filter Media

The Filter media in your saltwater aquarium improves water quality and maintains the nitrogen cycle. Lets discuss the different tyes and their functions.

Saltwater Aquarium Algae

For more information of different types of Algae’s see below:

  1. Chlorophyta or Green Algae
  2. Rhodophyta or Red Algae
  3. Phaeophyta group - Brown Algae
  4. Diatoms
  5. A group of bacteria called the Cyanobacteria - Blue-green Algae

Guide to Buying Saltwater fish

  1. Finding a Dealer
  2. Healthy Fish
  3. What to look out for when buying saltwater fish

Acclimation Guide

Learn the important elements to do a Safe acclimation procedure and common characteristics of creatures during acclimation process and strange behaviuors of acclimating creatures.

  1. Saltwater Fish Acclimation
  2. Coral Acclimation Procedure

Marine fish Profiles

Essential information to help choose the right marine fish for your aquarium.

Fish Care

Tips and advice on maintaining your marine fish at there optium.

Marine Invertebrates

Essential information to help choose the right marine invertebrates for your aquarium.

Marine Aquarium Water Chemistry

Introduction: Understanding the reef environment is fundamental to successfully maintaining coral reef animals in our aquariums.

Topics to cover: Basic saltwater management, understanding what is water quality, basic chemistry. Table giving the marine aquarium water quality parameters.

Sea Water: Understanding the special properties is an important skill for marine aquarium keeping.

Topics to cover: Water Hardness and Alkalinity, Natural sea water, synthetic sea water and salinity.

Bio Chemical Cycles and Fluctuating Conditions: Waste detoxification and acid base balance are critical to the survival of marine life.

Topics to cover: Effects of mircoscopic life, Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Cycle and acid base balance.

Dissolved Components:Substances dissolved in the sea water can have profound biological effects. Relatively small fluctuations in the concentrations of dissolved components can have a large effect on marine life.

Topics to cover: Oxygen, calcuim, phosphorus, iodine and trace ions

Water Analysis: Proper marine aquarium management requires periodic testing.

Topcs to cover: How often?, choosing test kits, testing techniques, record keeping, instrumentation and electronic monitoring, how to perform a chemical water test.