Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans

What is Saltcorner?

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.

Whether you're looking for information about animals and plants/algae; for informative articles by noted aquarium authors; for product or book reviews; for photo galleries of impressive home aquariums; for information about Bob's books; or troubleshooting/advice correspondence on a wide range of topics, there's a lot of information here. And it's all free to you thanks to the generous support of our website sponsors who keep the website's lights turned on.

Use the tabs above to navigate to different parts of the website, or click on any link that catches your eye. I hope you find the site useful and informative!

Photo Gallery Spotlight


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90g System photo gallery.

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Q&A Letter Spotlight

Vincent (Singapore) writes to Bob about:
Nitrate Problem, Plenum & Undergravel Filters

Dear Bob, I have enjoyed & learned a lot from reading your Sand Mail in FAMA magazine. I have a serious problem with nitrate & hope you could give me some advice. I have a 29gal marine tank set up in July 2001. It started with an Under Gravel Filter recommended by my LFS for my FO tank. The UGF is constructed similarly to your described Plenum system with eggcrate as support for the horizontal grid with 3" aragonite sand. The air-lift tube is connected to a powerhead. The only info I lack of is the size of the sand. I have slowly upgraded it by adding an addition filter & skimmer. I've...read more.

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Review Spotlight

Book Review of Captive Seawater Fishes: Science and Technology

By Stephen Spotte

TITLE: Captive Seawater Fishes: Science and Technology AUTHOR: Stephen Spotte PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1992) ISBN 0-471-54554-6 PAGES: 942 PRICE: $95.00 If you have had the pleasure to read/own the authors other fine works, i.e., Fish and Invertebrate Culture: Water Management in Closed Systems; Marine Aquarium Keeping: The Science, Animals, and Art; Seawater Aquariums: The Captive Environment, you will find this a well worth the price addition to your reading pleasure/library. The book is illustrated with a large number of charts/line drawings and numerous color and black a...read more.

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