Guest Articles

The purpose of this section is to present interesting articles, from a variety of authors, that are pertinent to the aquarium hobby. If you have an informative article that would benefit marine hobbyists, please contact Bob at saltcorner@cs.com. Enjoy!


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Bob Goemans

Organic Aquatic Products


Richard Harker

Is it Really in the Water? A Critical Reexamination of Toxic Metals in Reef Tanks


David Vaughan

Understanding Quarantine, its Functions and Goals for uShaka Island Marine Park, South Africa


Robert (Bob) Fenner

The Moray Eels, Family Muraenidae

Rays and their Relatives. Batoids For The Home Aquarium?

(Reprinted from Wetwebmedia.com with permission)


Sam Gamble

New Concept


Roy Meeke

Plenum System

(Please note that this file is in pdf format (288kB) and requires Adobe Acrobat reader to view)


Matt Clarke

Calcium Additives


Les Holliday

Great Reef Tanks ­ The Monaco Aquarium

In the lagoon of Sharks


Bob Goemans and Sam Gamble

Sandbeds


Ileana Holder

Do-it-yourself Solutions to Your Phytoplankton Needs


Articles from Reefscape.net

CO2 TANKS | PROPER CARE

pH CALIBRATION FLUIDS | SHELF LIFE

KALKWASSER | IN DEPTH

FLUORESCENT LIGHTS | HOW THEY WORK


Julian Sprung

Jaubert's Method, the "Monaco System," Defined and Refined


James W. Fatherree

The Corallimorpharians

The Stoloniferans: Clove Polyps, Star Polyps, and Pipe Organ Corals

The Zoanthids: Sea Mats, Yellow Polyps, and Button Polyps

Dealing with Unwanted Algae in Marine Aquariums

The Tube Worms


Paul Baldassano

Trial and Tribulations of an OLD Reef Tank (A 25+ year journey with a saltwater tank)

A New Feeding Strategy for Hippocampus sp., and other fishes.

Elysia crispata Sea Slug Spawning in a 100 Gallon Reef Aquarium


William Berg

Dogface Puffer


Jim Stime

The Midwater Zone/Keeping Jellies


Dana Riddle

A New Horizon in Lighting: PFO's Solaris LED System

(Reprinted here with the permission of the author and Terry Siegel (advancedaquarist.org))


Rob Toonen

Articles:

Anemones
Aquarium History
The captive breeding of tropical reef species for the aquarium trade, with specific attention to long-term planktotrophic larvae
Tube Anemones

Q&A with Rob Toonen

Clownfish-Anemone Relationships
Cowries
Slime Algae
Dendronephthya
Difficult Species
Feather Dusters
Feather Star
Fish Nutrition
Flame Scallop
Giant Clam Feeding
Gorgonian
Linckia
Medusa Worm
Octopus
Oxygen
Phytoplankton
Queen Conch
Rotifers
Sea Apple
Sea Cucumber
Sea Pen
Silica Sand - Diatoms
Sponges
XmasTreeWorm


Bob Bittner

Breeding Anemonefish