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 Bob, My question is as you know settling in wild caught saltwater fish requires a pH match to lessen stress. We use mono sodium phosphate to prepare matched water. I want to use carbon dioxide (CO2) to lower pH to 6.7 - 6.9 range and am wondering if this is going to work. Is the low pH in shipping bags mainly due to carbonic acid/CO2 from respiration? Thanks, John Los Angeles, California [response] Hi John, Im not in favor of using CO2, even though usable, as it displaces dissolved oxygen, and besides, CO2 is very slow to equalize itself with the astrosphere. Here are...read more.
TITLE: A Diver's Guide to Reef Life AUTHORS: Andrea & Antonella Ferrari PUBLISHER: Nautilus Publishing (2006) ISBN 983-2731-01-1 PAGES: 480 PRICE: $45.00 This is truly an outstanding book and whether you're a marine hobbyist or diver, you 'will' find this work a 'must have' for your personal library! And once you actually pick up this hard cover book and open it, its extra-special quality becomes evident. Besides its physical high quality, it contains 1200 absolutely gorgeous color photographs of various tropical marine species, mostly fish and invertebrates, from the Indo-Pacific an...read more.
