Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Saltcorner is a website that is dedicated to the hobby of marine aquarium keeping and is the creation of aquarium author Bob Goemans, who has written a column of the same name for many years.
Whether you're looking for information about animals and plants/algae; for informative articles by noted aquarium authors; for product or book reviews; for photo galleries of impressive home aquariums; for information about Bob's books; or troubleshooting/advice correspondence on a wide range of topics, there's a lot of information here. And it's all free to you thanks to the generous support of our website sponsors who keep the website's lights turned on.
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Dear Mr. Goemans In 1979 I was fortunate enough to be stationed in Key West Florida while I was in the US Navy. At that time I became interested in the marine aquarium hobby. Now needless to say since I was in the keys I did not use synthetic sea salts. A few quick trips to the beach and I had my aquarium up and running. At that time undergravel filters were all we had. I improvised a system at that time using a power filter to hold a large amount of dolomite and a block of filter material. I termed this setup a bacteria pump and it worked quite well. Man what a difference today! With pro...read more.
(Written in 2003 - they now, 2009, have larger models - check them out) Product Review - Switching Current Water Director (SCWD) Over the past ten to fifteen years I've used many different types of equipment for altering current flow in my aquariums. One of the earliest and still clearly in my mind was a 'Y' shaped electrically controlled valve that would alternate the direction of the outflow. It worked fairly good, but I had a 'shocking' experience with it one day and decided there must be a better way if I were to go on living! Then come powerheads located in different aquarium areas ...read more.
