Saltcorner is a website that is dedicated to the hobby of marine aquarium keeping and is the creation of aquarium author Bob Goemans, who has written a column of the same name for many years.
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Dear Dr. Goemans, I have read your work in Freshwater Aquariums and Marine Aquariums (FAMA) and Practical Fishkeeping (PFK) magazines, and especially enjoyed your article about your solar powered aquarium a while back. Back then, I read that you preferred a shallow sandbed of about 2 inches (5 cm) rather than a deep one for the main system, with your plenum system in a smaller tank below the main system. Since then, I have decided to go with a Berlin system with a sandbed of 2 - 3 inches (5 - 7 cm) using aragonite sand (2 - 3mm). The tank is 4 x 8 foot and 2.5 feet deep. The system inc...read more.
After looking at several different brands for a new mini-reef system in my office, decided to try the ‘new’ RSM 130D, as I liked its completeness, - ‘rear’ located vertical sump containing two return flow water pumps, protein skimmer, heater, attachment for connecting a chiller or canister filter, and its hood containing four LED moonlights, two 55W T5 PC’s, and a built-in light controller. The whole system seemed to fit my needs very nicely! Unpacking When the RSM ‘aquarium only’ arrived, its necessary to remove some protective foam covering from its box, then lift its hood...read more.