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It takes a lot of guts to try a new technique, change the setting on a pump or light, alter a water change schedule, etc. Understandably, these changes aren’t carried out with at least a little bit of stress; after all, we pour lots of heart, soul, blood, sweat, tears and cold hard cash into our aquarium systems. Really, what it all boils down to is that we are putting the lives of our beloved pets on the line. So, it takes even more guts, and trust, to take a chance on a new product. Aquarists generally like to research products thoroughly before using them, much less purchasing them. However, it can be rather difficult to find good information about a prospective product, even online--if the info exists at all. Product descriptions, by design, offer plenty of hype but offer little in the way of detailed explanation of how a product works. And in all fairness, the conventional product description is simply too short and refined to allow for that level of elaboration. This is why AlgaeBarn is dedicated to providing its customers with plentiful, honest, relevant, in-depth product information. Our writing team has worked well into many nights conducting that “extra” research so that you don’t have to! Our blog catalogue contains as much content as the average double-volume work of nonfiction, all of which speaks directly to the common needs and questions of our clientele--no hype. Best of all, with so much professionally penned info under your belt, you’ll never have to feel like you’re taking any chances with your valuable aquarium livestock when using our products for the first time. In this section, you will learn all about AlgaeBarn products, the impact they will have on your animals and whether or not they are right for you and your tank!

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What Do I Need for a Saltwater Fish Tank?

Whether scouting for your first aquarium, or “graduating” from a freshwater aquarium, there is something about a saltwater aquarium
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Why Larval Pods are Better for Seeding (Even If You Can’t See Them)

Copepods (pods) are essentially required for any reef aquarium. They perform three important ecological tasks: (1) Graze on benthic
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When to Choose Poseidon’s Feast

Back in “the day,” to acquire a seed culture of copepods, aquarists would typically have to resort to scooping a couple cups of gravel
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The importance of Aquarium Substrates

4 Great Saltwater Aquarium Substrates

Sure, maybe substrates are the last thing we dream about when we’re planning our next big tank build. Maybe some of us quite frankly
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AlgaeBarn Pom Pom Macroalgae

Pom Pom Macro as a Replacement for Chaeto?

It appears that the chaeto macroalgae (Chaetomorpha spp.) has become what Caulerpa was around the turn of the millennium: The
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The top of the line CADE 1800 aquarium is nearly 200g of total water volume!

CADE Reef 1800 S2: Ultimate Aquarium System, Ultimate Value

Over the last three years, the aquarium industry has witnessed huge advancements in so-called All-In-One aquarium system design and
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Three Great Hacks for AlgaeBarn Simple Brine

For about a century, brine shrimp (Artemia spp.) have been among the most important of all aquarium foods. Not only are they extremely
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Our labs are hard at work creating the very best marine phytoplankton blend for your Aquarium

A Look at the NEW OceanMagik

It’s amazing how much has changed in the reef aquarium hobby since 2012. During that time, we’ve seen a surge of aquarium info
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Corals in a Box of Water: Creating a Natural Reef Tank

We’ve come a long, long way in advancing natural marine aquarium keeping. Those of us who started out in the 80’s with barren
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Reef Now: Financing Your New CADE Aquarium System

No one said that reef aquarium keeping is a cheap addiction (hey, at least it’s a healthy one!). The hobby is rife with stories of
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Why EcoPods are the Best Live Copepod Product Ever

Earth is a planet of pods. Wherever there is water, there are amphipods, isopods, branchiopods, and so on. Pods are an integral part of
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The Whole Package: Integrating AlgaeBarn’s Kits & Combos

AlgaeBarn is hardly the only aquarium hobby-centered business to produce phytoplankton and macroalgae. But we like to think that we’re
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Ocean Rock is often Coral Skeletons

How to Fully Condition Your Dry Reef Rock

We’re all subject to impatience. Particularly when we’re anticipating a highly gratifying event, such as adding the first round of
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A Beautiful Maxima Clam

3 Tips for Keeping Maxima Clams

For a couple of decades now, tridacnid or “giant” clams (genera Tridacna and Hippopus) have been regarded as the cherries on top of any
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Marinepure Ceramic Biomedia

Using MarinePure in the Aquarium, Sump and Refugium

Managing dissolved nutrients--especially ammonia, nitrite and nitrate--is among the major tasks of reef aquarium husbandry.
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Close Up of Copepods

4 Tips for Seeding Live Copepods

We get it… Copepods aren’t always cheap. Especially if you use a clean, high-quality, high-density, expertly packaged product with as
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What’s the Difference Between PNS ProBio and PNS YelloSno?

Reef aquarium keeping has gotten a lot more sophisticated over the years. Fortunately, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it has gotten
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A vial of phytoplankton

Phytoplankton Species and their individual Strengths

When purchasing live foods for your tank, many people simply take the shop employee’s advice when handed a jar of unidentified copepods
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Ultimate EcoPack

A Saltwater Smorgasbord: Using The Ultimate EcoPack

Though they are nowhere near as ecologically complex as actual, wild coral reefs, reef aquaria can be incredibly complicated and
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Copepods Under Microscope

How to Acclimate Your Pods

Particularly for animals that live in water, acclimating from one environment to another--even if quite similar physically and
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