Articles tagged: basics
- Basics
Biological load and fish quantity
What biological load (bioload) means and why it determines how many animals an aquarium can hold. The basic concept: load is not a head count but the metabolic load the system has to process.
- Basics
Fish Selection and Compatibility
How to plan a fish community as a whole before the first purchase — tank size, bioload, the principles of compatibility, stocking order, the reef-safe concept and good beginner fish.
- Basics
Soft Corals — What They Are and What You Need to Know Before Your First Purchase
The basics of soft corals: biology, main groups, palytoxin warning, and what 'easiest group' really means.
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Coral Groups: LPS, SPS, and Soft Corals
A beginner's guide to the three coral groups — what they are, how they differ, and the order in which to approach them.