Creating a marine aquarium is an exciting and rewarding endeavour that allows you to bring a piece of the ocean into your home. While it may seem like a complex task, with the right knowledge and preparation, anyone can set up a stunning marine aquarium. In this guide, we'll take you through the essential steps and equipment you'll need to create a thriving underwater ecosystem.

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What is Salinity, why is it important, what role does it have to play in the marine aquarium and finally, how do I test it?

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'What substrate should I have in my reef tank? Should I go bare bottom or deep sand bed? Gravel or sand, fine sand or course sand? What does it all mean, what should I do?' Let's look through what the substrates are, its function and what it means so that you can make the informed decision of what you want to do. Let's go. 

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Lighting is often touted as one of the key components of a successful Reef but with so many types and brands each with different models it can get confusing pretty quickly. This blog will talk go through the main types of lighting and the differences between them so that you can make a more informed choice when it comes to choosing the right light for you.  

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You've poured over Blog posts, forum posts, books and online articles researching your setup and how you're going to go about the task of setting up a marine aquarium. You've been to your local fish shop a few times now and you've got a fish list in your head. You may even have decided on THE fish and are getting it bagged up ready to go home. But wait. What do they eat? You've spent all this time researching the setup and observing the fish in the shop, you want your new fishy companions to get what's best for them. I know, this was my exact situation when I picked up my first fish.  What they eat was a complete oversight on my part.. but fear not, by the end of this blog you'll be a fish food connoisseur!

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Who knew adding fish to a fish tank could be so complicated? Does it really need to be so complex? What fish can you have? What fish should you definitely not have? What order should you be adding the fish to your reef tank? Let's try and answer all those questions and cover the topic of fish in the reef tank. 

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To Live Rock or not to Live Rock, what are the benefits? Shakespeare meets reefing! I joke, but rock whether that be 'Live' or artificial is a really important foundation of both reef tanks and fish only tanks. The coral need a structure to be placed on and grow whilst fish need a rock scape to feel safe and display natural behaviour. Live Rock does more than just that though, it also acts as a stabilising factor for your setup. So, what is Live Rock, what are the benefits and why should you be using it in your setup?  

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 When you first get started keeping Saltwater it can get overwhelming really quickly. A great piece of advice I was given when I first started was "the hobby is really about keeping water, focus on keeping your parameters in check and the rest will fall into place". So that's what I did but there's so many parameters out there and so much conflicting advice about what to keep them at that it can still be pretty confusing. So, here's a quick rundown of the main parameters, what they mean and what can affect them plus at the end I'll reveal the ultimate reef keeping piece of advice! Now that's something to stay for and read right?

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