Saltwater Reef Aquarium Picture

In freshwater setups, canister filters are utilized a great deal because they can provide the hobbyist with mechanical, biological, and chemical filtration all in a compact package. Plus, many of the better units do this in an inconspicuous way by running quietly under the tank in the stand almost completely out of view. This is in contrast to the undergravel filters with their noisy airlifts or unsightly powerheads in the tank combined with hang-on the back power filters. While this combination of filtration works well, if one wants a clean look to their tank and does not want to see a lot of equipment, a good canister filte

However, many of these mechanical media are victims of their own success, if you will, and begin to accumulate large quantities of gross particulate and detritus, which slowly breaks down, and leads to the formation and accumulation of nitrate and phosphate.

By regularly cleaning and replacing these mechanical media, it is possible for the hobbyist to remove large quantities of undesirable matter from the system before it begins to break down and degrade the aquariums water quality. Many of these filter media need to be cleaned and/or replaced se

, partial water changes about once a week to about once a month are about right. More frequent smaller amounts are better than infrequent mega-changes, with one possible exception. Some writers advocate an occasional massive change (50% or more) as a stop-gap measure to dilute metabolites, nitrates in particular. Id rather encourage you to stick to regular, smaller volume changes; theyre safer and accomplish about th

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Id say a dark room, no flash, and a wide aperture. Try using different camera speeds if you have a manual setting on your camera.
Use a tripod or a stack of books to mount the camera in position, you can then try lo.

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Saltwater Reef Aquarium Picture

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