Please respect the animals you keep.

I’ve been gainfully employed in the aquarium industry since 1995. There have been so many fish, freshwater and saltwater, that have come and gone under my care. I’ve tried my best to treat them all with as much care as possible. Many times, I came up...

Protein skimming (over)simplified.

If you are new to the saltwater aquarium hobby, you are likely trying not to drown in all the information being thrown at you at once. I’m here to help do what I can to demystify some of what might be confusing you. Let’s take protein skimmers. Such an...

Handling a Large Aquarium

April 2019: Me and 4 friends pulled a 1,000 pound glass aquarium out of a wall and placed it on a trailer to be returned to the manufacturer. This 96″ x 36″ x 37″ (550 gallon) freshwater system had cracked on one end, top to bottom, because of an...
Removing Majano anemones with a dental pick.

Removing Majano anemones with a dental pick.

Hello everyone, I have had great success removing Majano anemones with a dental pick. I have noticed that Majano don’t seem to put their feet down as strongly as Aptasia do. If you get the sharp point of a dental pick through the mouth of one and go all the way...