Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans

What is Saltcorner?

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.

Use the tabs above to navigate to different parts of the website, or click on any link that catches your eye. I hope you find the site useful and informative!

Photo Gallery Spotlight


See more in Frank Rossi's
120g Plenum System photo gallery.

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Q&A Letter Spotlight

Rob Hauck writes to Bob about:
Algae Control

Hi Bob, I've written you in the past on a couple of tanks that kind of fell in my lap. One was a 120 and the other a 140. Both tanks have done terrific on the trickle filter with live rock in the chamber, huge skimmers and lots of water changes. Maintenance is still 30 gallons bi-weekly, the only additives are PurpleUp daily and controlling the phosphate, which is zero as are the nitrates with calcium around 425 to 450. My problem is with the 140, as I've battled a brown stringing hair algae like substance with bubbles in it, which appears to be some kind of cyanobacteria! It covers the...read more.

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Review Spotlight

Book Review of The Captive Marine Aquarium

By Wayne Shang

TITLE: The Captive Marine Aquarium AUTHOR: Wayne Shang PUBLISHER: Ulyssian Publications (2004) ISBN:1-930580-69-X PAGES: 224 PRICE: $45.00 (Hardcover) This has to be the best by far and a welcome addition to the growing body of literature about marine aquarium keeping that I have ever seen. And since this is the 68th book review that I've accomplished over the past two decades, that's saying a lot! I've seen many books on "how to" keep aquariums, but never one that simply say's "how I did it." And then ties that to over 200 excellent color photographs of the various animals, processes ...read more.

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