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Many children want to bring Nemo home. This may be more complicated than parents originally anticipate as it involves setting up a saltwater aquarium.

Asterea, Trochus, Cerith, and Nerite snails should be at the core of any saltwater system's clean-up crew.

It's too bad more aquarists have not heard of the amazing goatfish. This is an attractive, hardy active fish that makes a great first fish in a marine aquarium.

Designer clownfishes have become very popular in the saltwater aquarium hobby, and misbar clownfishes are the least controversial of these aquacultured fishes.

Here are the basics of connecting a display tank--the heart of an interconnected, biotope-specific marine system--to a sump using a built-in overflow box.

Salt water aquariums can be expensive but a small reef, known as a nano reef, is an economical way of observing ocean life

There are many details of which to be mindful in the saltwater aquarium hobby, but if you forget the big picture, your efforts may be doomed to failure.

Many invertebrates, including shrimp and anemones, are particularly sensitive to changes in water chemistry, making slow drip acclimitization essential.

A brackish aquarium has the easy maintenance of a freshwater tank but allows the aquarist to raise many unusual fish that are native to more salty water.

The growth of corals' skeletons and invertebrates' shells is dependent on maintaining calcium levels in the saltwater aquarium.

Once a miniature reef, also known as a nano reef, has been stabilized, it begins to take shape by introducing living organisms extracted from coral reefs.

While they may not look like animals in the traditional sense, brain corals do best when fed once or twice a week in the tropical marine aquarium.

Growing mangrove trees in a home aquarium or refugium is easy, fun and beneficial to your system if you follow these simple tips.

A refugium is recommended by many experienced marine hobbyists to help export nutrients and provide food for hard-to-keep species like mandarin gobies and anthias.

These two commonly available filefishes make great first filefishes for the tropical marine aquarist looking for a peaceful fish for a fish-only saltwater aquarium.

While the term "refugium" is commonly used by aquarists, there is a great deal of disagreement about what one is and what it should do. Here are the back to basics facts.

Once a saltwater aquarium or nano reef is stabilized and the salinity level is at an acceptable level, it is time to add fish, invertebrates and coral.

When setting up a saltwater tank, your choices are limited only by the diversity of the natural ecosystem you strive to replicate.

Here is the basic configuration for a 135-gallon nearshore shallow reef tank--the center piece of an interconnected series of biotope-specific aquaria.

Understanding how aquarium filtration works on a saltwater fish tank makes choosing the right methods and equipment easier.

Aquarium equipment and accessories make great Christmas presents. These items are inexpensive yet valuable to people who own fish tanks or want to start an aquarium.

Marine tanks generally utilize three types of filtration--mechanical, chemical and biological. This article covers the basics of biological filtration.

Turbo, Margarita, Nassarius, and Bumble Bee Snails are readily available and commonly recommended as part of a saltwater tank's clean-up crew, but the buyer should beware

Adding feather dusters, sponges, seahorses and pipefishes to your refugium can turn your refugium into a display easily capable of rivaling your main display tank.

Freshwater aquarists often have hopes to one day keep marine fish. Marine aquariums take more time and cost more money, but are worth the effort.

Depending on your goals for a home aquarium, there are several different types of substrates you can choose from.

As a rule, walking batfish are best left to advanced aquarists, as there are many challenges in the feeding, housing, and maintaining of these unusual bottom-dwellers.

Damsel fishes are some of the toughest marine fish for the saltwater aquarium. These five from the genus Chromis are both peaceful and colorful. Choose Wisely!

Sheels, in Sparks, Nevada, with its Ferris wheel and simulators, serves as an activity center, amusement park and museum for men, women and kids who enjoy sports.

A heater is an essential piece of equipment for a tropical marine aquarium. Here is what you need to know to pick a good one for your system.

Located in the heart of downtown Albany, Georgia the Flint Riverquarium is a true treat - an aquarium that showcases a natural habitat.

The concept of the sump may seem confusing at first, but sump-based filtration is the best filtration for a marine aquarium set-up.

Many aquarists add the requisite one to two pounds of live rock per gallon without truly appreciating the benefit it brings to the health and stability of the system.

Mark Martin knows clams, and his knowledge will help intermediate aquarists decide if keeping clams in a reef tank is right for them.

The marine aquarium hobby is a great hobby, but it can be overwhelming given the number of species available. Here is a guide to Suite 101 articles on some of the best.