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Saltwater Aquariums – When Should You Not Set One Up?

By Luke • Jul 20th, 2010 • Category: Ramblings

I have a few acquaintances that have expressed interest in setting up saltwater aquariums, but to tell you the truth, I’m not sure that this hobby is for everybody.



Spectacular Live Rock Column In Cube Aquarium

By Luke • Jun 14th, 2010 • Category: Impressive Aquariums, Ramblings

Looking through flickr the other day, I ran across this amazing live rock column, it’s a very creative design. I like this mostly because it looks so top heavy and unstable, yet at the same time it is very established looking. It’s almost a sort of Dr. Seuss approach to putting together live rock and [...]



Time to Clean Out The Canister Filter

By Luke • Jun 6th, 2010 • Category: Ramblings

I’m not a big fan of cleaning out my canister filter on my saltwater aquarium, it’s a big chore that is hard to carry out sometimes. My struggles are probably mostly due to the fact that I don’t really have a nice sink or counter top area that I can use to tear it all [...]



Incredible Aquarium Stability

By Luke • May 9th, 2010 • Category: Ramblings

I’ve recently hit a stretch where the stability in my 75 gallon saltwater aquarium has been outstanding, and the maintenance routines have become easy and nothing bad really has happened for quite some time.



Amazing Aquarium Designs

By Luke • May 2nd, 2010 • Category: Impressive Aquariums, Ramblings

Everybody knows what a standard aquarium looks like. Rectangular with lights on top. There’s some more creative designs out there, however. Check these out: The Fish Highway The Cylindrical Aquarium The Feeding Tank The Telequarium The Octopus Aquarium Aquarium Art Read a lot more information, and view several more photos of each of these amazing [...]



I’m Too Tempted to Continually Tweak My Aquarium

By Luke • Jan 30th, 2010 • Category: Ramblings

I always want to change things in my aquarium, to keep it fresh. But I don’t think that is the best thing to do.