Saltwater Aquarium Lighting

Light is lifes major energy source and thats no different for saltwater aquariums too, there is mant types of lighting fixtures when setting up your aquarium so selecting the correct one is key and will depend what kind of fishes and other things.

If your choosing to house fish and only live rocks then maybe a [...]

Canister Filters

Canister filters are basically like a external power filter that instead of hanging from the aquarium side will now sit on the bottom and are versatile in they can be used for mechanical, chemical, and/or biological filtration in saltwater aquarium systems.
It draws water from the aquarium with an intake tube and returns it with an [...]

Power Filters

Powerfilters are the easiest and least complicated of all the saltwater aquarium filter systems available on the market right now.
The mechanism is simple the power filter pulls the water into the filter media and is pumped back to the aquarium.
External Power Filters
The filter hangs on the outside of the aquarium and is powered by [...]

Wet/Dry or “Trickle Filters”

Trickle filters are also known as wet/dry filters, and was a very popular type of salt water filters with hobbyists who built there own filters. Nowadays there are many manufacturers who build mant styles and sizes for your home saltwater aquarium.
Wet/dry filters maximize the exposure of the aquarium water to bacteria and air at the [...]

Undergravel Filters

Here we look at saltwater aqaurium filter systems in more detail, first we will discuss Undergravel filters. Undergravel filters have been the most efficient saltwater aquariums filters for many years and most successful saltwater aquariums use them.
But since there are a lot of improvements in the efficiency of filters, less and less aquarist use it [...]