Nitrites in the Aquarium

Nitrites are the second stage of the nirogen cycle and follow the ammonia in the cylce, as nitrifying bacteria is available and will build a colony as ammonia is available.
While ammonia is being converted by the species of nitrosomonas, nitrobacter is mainly responsible for converting nitrite into nitrate, which is the final stage three in [...]

Iodine In Marine Aquariums

The hobbyist literature contains numerous references to the benefits of adding Iodine to the marine aquarium. Iodine is found in natural seawater at concentration of 0.06mg/L, in our saltwater aquariums it removed by protein skimming and by activated carbon filtration.
The Iodine is essential to many fishes and invertebrates, for example certain corals that pulsing movement [...]

What is Water Quality?

We all mention “maintain good water quality” or “that fish needs prefect water quality”. So what’s water Quality? Water Quality may be defined in terms of the biological needs of its inhabitants of the aquarium.
If the physical and chemical parameters of the marine water are within acceptable ranges for the community of species housed in [...]

Marine Aquarium Water Quality Parameters

Marine environments are extremely stable, particularly where corals live. Significant deviations outside the range given for any of the parameters may lead to problems in the aquarium.

Temperature: 74 to 82F (23-28 C)
Salinity 34-36 ppt (1.0250-1.0270)
pH 8.15-8.6 (optimum 8.2-8.3)
Alkalinity 2.0-5.0 meq/L (6-15 dKH)
Ammonia (NH3)-zero
Nitrite (NO-2)-zero
Nitrate (NO-3)-<20 mg/L (as nitrate ion)
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Keeping Your Aquarium Fish Healthy

Having healthy fish starts with buying healthy fish from your Local fish shop (LFS), so selection of the correct LFS is important, look at the size of livestock as well as the quality of the staff.
Look at the saltwater aquarium tanks themselves look for signs of well maintained, avoid tanks that are cloudy, have decyaing [...]