Plumbing

There's nothing more I love than a practical DIY on the cheap. Actually, what I think I love more is putting all the odds and ends saved from where ever to good use. And over the years, not saving odds and ends from various projects or broken equipment usually leads to a trip to a hardware store. In my basement, I'll admit to a couple of coolers full of PVC fittings, a broken protein skimmer, odd lengths of airline, scraps of plexi-glass and I don't want to know how many linear feet of pipe and ...

Plumbing

The last thing I thought I would ever want to talk about was plumbing, but never say never. After my first couple of setups it became apparent that the plumbing department...was lagging. Thankfully, I stumbled across a local club with a very active forum that had tons of simple, practical information that demystified reefkeeping. Plumbing ...

Green Your Reef!

Welcome to the first edition of Green Your Reef! As the title suggests, I'll be writing about matters that pertaining to "Green" aspects of reefkeeping. But, "Green"? What exactly is it and what can it do for you? For my purposes here I'll use Green to frame issues such as new technology, efficiency matters of electric and water consumption, reusing and recycling when you can, sustainibility issues in the marine fish and coral trade, educate and ...

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