Top Inexpensive Saltwater Aquarium Gift Picks

This is a "can't go wrong here" gift. Every saltwater aquarium owner experiences algae build up on their tank glass. Scraping the algae off the tank is part of a normal maintenance routine. Everyone appreciates a new algae scraper that lets them easily remove the algae without even getting their hands wet.

Almost every aquarist has a heater in their tank. Unfortunately, they always seem to burn out at the worst possible time (holiday weekend when all of the LFS are closed). Most knowledgable aquarists "try" to keep a back-up heater on hand, but they just never get around to buying one, when there are so many other things that they would like to add to their tanks. Give your favorite aquarist a quality heater and, someday, they will thank you over and over.

Anyone with an aquarium can never have enough airstones. No matter how well airstones are maintained, they are not really made to last and will be discarded before long. Anyone with an airstone driven protein skimmer will consider a few wood diffusers as a gift from heaven. Not exactly the most romantic of gifts, but this is a present that will inevitably be used and appreciated.

Since aquarium water temperatures are so important, every aquarist can use a(nother) aquarium thermometer. Digital thermometers are easy to read, durable and can be mounted almost anywhere on a tank.

Amquel is probably the most amazing product in the aquarium industry. You can never go wrong by giving a bottle to the aquarium hobbyist on your shopping list. Amquel removes harmful ammonia, chlorine, chloramines and many other organic toxins from aquarium water. One of the best features is that you can't overdose with it. Every aquarium medicine chest should have a bottle.

Arguably, the most frequently used saltwater aquarium tool used is a hydrometer. Unfortunately, most hydrometers are made of glass and frequently break, causing a miniature disaster if the contents spill into the tank. The Seatest Hydrometers are constructed of durable plastic, reasonably accurate, last forever and are always a bargain.

A good book about aquariums, fish and invertebrates is one of every devoted saltwater aquarist's most treasured possessions. A good aquarium book, with all of its colorful pictures, quite often ends up as a coffee table book and never quite makes it to the book case.