Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
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.
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Dear Bob: Your advice regarding the heavy diatom growth I was having in my recently set-up 180 marine aquarium was, as usual, right on the button. I carefully siphoned the upper layer of the exposed sand areas, and although this took some sand with it, the sand bed was deep enough to easily account for this. The returning growth was much lighter, and one week later I followed this procedure again and the problem was solved! I then re-arranged the rock to make access to the sand areas easier, and the tank now looks great. My latest reading with a Salifert nitrate kit was just 1 ppm, so it ap...read more.
Ogles Mesoscope (Written in 2005) Have you ever looked through a telescope to see very far away places? How about viewing creatures so small that a microscope was required. No doubt you've done both. As an aquarist, have you ever wanted to see the animals or portions of these creatures in your aquarium very close up without removing or stressing them in the slightest fashion? Probably so, and no doubt have viewed some of these things in your aquarium using a hand held magnifying glass. Something I have probably done a thousand times! But I've always wanted something much better and with gr...read more.
