Marine Aquariums South Africa

The largest marine aquarium forum on the African Continent.

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Welcome to MASA

The largest and friendliest marine aquarium forum and reefkeeping resource in South Africa.

We are a community where we strive for quality information about the marine and reef aquarium hobby which can be exchanged amongst all levels of hobbyists from beginner to advanced. We hope you will join us and that you find this site useful.

You can also buy and sell livestock and hardware, read and write articles, upload photo's, get awesome DIY tips, speak directly to shops (sponsors), send private messages etc. etc. All of this is 100% free for life, all you have to do is register and you can jump right in.

Discuss your saltwater fish, corals, aquarium setup, husbandry, filtration techniques and all of your lighting and equipment ideas. If you have any questions or need any assistance, feel free to contact us.

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Keeping SPS Part 2, Its Salty

Keeping SPS Part 2, Parameters.

2. A) Salinity

Next to filtration methods, the most discussed part of our hobby amongst aquarists is probably parameters. It is generally the first port of call when hobbyists experience problems with small polyp scleractinians, or for that matter any of their precious charges, and correctly so. Simply put, the ocean from which our corals originate has a specific composition of elements, each in a specific ratio to make up the largest...

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