Adding Zen to your reef tank

Welcome to ZenReefkeeper.com

A website for reef keepers by a reef keeper. Originally, ZenReefkeeper.com was a message board but with too many other established reef keeping message boards on the internet, it never took off. Because of the lack interest in the message board, I am going to try something different and make this an informational website about the corals and saltwater fish that I have kept since 1998.

Saltwater Fish

False Percula Clownfish

Common Name: False Percula Clownfish Scientific Name: Amphiprion ocellaris Size: Between 2.5 – 4″ Origin: Indo-Pacific Natural Habitat: Normally associates with hosts such as anemones. They will also take up residence in leather corals, Xenia and Goniopora. Can be territorial at times with other fish and their own species. It is not uncommon for these fish to […]

Reef Corals

Common Name: Toadstool (Mushroom Leather or Umbrella) Scientific Name: Sarcophyton Size: Between 6 – 10″ tall and 3 – 12″ in diameter. The largest I have kept was near 6″ in diameter. Origin: Indo-Pacific Natural Habitat: Normally associates with hosts such as anemones. They will also take up residence in leather corals, Xenia and Goniopora. Can be territorial […]

Other Reef Information

Hamilton 250 watt 14K MH bulbs

Hamilton 250 watt, 14000k metal halide bulbs. Test bed: My 90 gallon reef tank, heavily skimmed, bare bottom, 24″ deep with a PFO ballast. The good: I bought a pair of Hamilton bulbs to replace some aging bulbs on my 90 gallon reef tank in September of 2009. After the burn in, the bulbs produced […]

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