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


See more in Dave Botwin's
Reef System photo gallery.

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Q&A Letter Spotlight

Bob Schichtel (Delray Beach, Florida) writes to Bob about:
Coral Shrinking

Hi Bob, I emailed you about a year ago asking for some help in designing a new 110 gallon reef tank, which I appreciated greatly. I had purchased your four booklets at that time and read each one a few times. That aquarium uses a 1" plenum with a 4" sand bed using 2 - 4 mm CaribSea AragaLive. My problem is that since day one I have had a hard time with some gorgonians (especially the small yellow finger and red finger gorgonians) and orange and yellow cup corals. These would just slowly dissolve or break down over the coming months. And recently a yellow and green Acropora and some green ...read more.

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Review Spotlight

Book Review of Reef Fishes, Volume I

By Scott W. Michael

TITLE: Reef Fishes, Volume I AUTHOR: Scott W. Michael PUBLISHER: Microcosm Ltd. (1999) ISBN 1-890087-21-1 PAGES: 624 PRICE: $69.95 (Hardcover) When I met Scott at dinner a couple of years ago we discussed this book and the two or three volumes to follow. By the time the evening was over, I was already eagerly waiting its publication. Finally, the day has arrived and it was well worth the wait! Not only are the over 1000 photographs (that's a guess because it may a lifetime to finish just looking through this book) well worth its price, it was written in a language the a...read more.

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