Coral Care
Soft Coral Garden Guide: Easy Reefs That Forgive Beginners
Build a vibrant reef of zoanthids, mushrooms, leathers, and Xenia — the most beginner-friendly coral combination.
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All Articles, Guides & Reviews — page 2
Everything published on Saltwater Aquarium Guide, newest first. Use the links below to narrow it down by type or topic.
Beginner & Setup Guides
Peninsula Reef Setup: Three-Sided Viewing for Open-Concept Spaces
Designing a peninsula reef as a room divider with viewing from three sides — aquascape, lighting, and equipment placement.
Beginner & Setup Guides
Office Nano Reef: A 20-Gallon Build for the Workplace
Quiet equipment, low-maintenance livestock, and clean cabling for an office reef that survives long weekends.
Filtration & Protein Skimmers
Refugium Guide: Chaeto, Light, and Nutrient Export Made Simple
Everything about adding a refugium to your reef — lighting, macroalgae selection, and harvest schedule.
Fish & Invertebrates
Copepod Culture: Feeding Mandarins and Boosting Reef Biodiversity
How to set up a 5-gallon copepod culture to feed mandarin gobies, sea horses, and pod-dependent corals.
Coral Care
How to Acclimate New Corals: Drip, Dip, and Light Acclimation
A step-by-step protocol for safely introducing new coral frags to your reef without bleaching or pest contamination.
Lighting & Pumps
Reef Lighting Schedule: Photoperiod, Ramping, and Lunar Cycles
How to program your LED schedule for maximum coral growth, minimum algae, and natural-looking sunrise to moonlight.
Coral Care
Coral Frag Mounting Guide: Glue, Epoxy, and Plug Techniques
How to securely mount frags using cyanoacrylate gel, two-part epoxy, and the right frag plug placement.
Fish & Invertebrates
Marine Ich Treatment: Copper, Tank Transfer, and Hyposalinity Compared
Three proven protocols for eliminating Cryptocaryon irritans and which one is right for your situation.
Beginner & Setup Guides
Fish-Only With Live Rock (FOWLR) Setup Guide
Building a fish-only system with live rock for tangs, angels, and aggressive species that are not coral safe.
Coral Care
LPS Coral Care Guide: Hammer, Frogspawn, and Torch Corals
How to grow vibrant LPS corals with moderate light, gentle flow, and stable parameters.
Lighting & Pumps
Reef Lighting Deep Dive: PAR, PUR, and Spectrum Explained
The science of reef lighting from PAR measurement to spectrum tuning for maximum coral growth and color.
Fish & Invertebrates
Quarantine Tank Setup: Why Every New Fish Needs 30 Days First
The 20-gallon QT system that prevents ich, velvet, and Uronema outbreaks from wiping your display.