Fishtank Snails

.. all are for the primary benefit of keeping these beneficial microbes healthy and metabolically active. But what can you do to bring them on-board faster? A lot.

There are stock inoculations of bacteria cultures for sale in spades for the purpose of initially establishing biological cycling. Sometimes they work; too often they don

fishtank snails

Aquarists for some time have also used external water pumps plumbed directly in and out of an aquarium (no open sump necessary) in a fashion that is called "closed loop". It lacks a manifold and actually, lacks any notable means of finesse its simply an external water pump sucking water out of a tank and blasting it right back in. It is crude, but serves a very important role in aquariums with high flow demands that exceed the desired (or able) abilities of a sump path return often hampered by inadequate overflows. [Please dont get me started on a discussion of the ill-conceived and so-calle

). Most of the larger power filters are now obsolete. The Supreme AquaMaster series of filters are one of the few existing mammoth power filters available today. Ironically, the Supreme PowerKing and SuperKing, no longer manufactured, were the original U.S. made, gargantuan power filters used in the 1950s, and we wish that Danner manufacturing would bring those bad boys back! (Hint, Hint Mr. Danner!) Please do not confuse old-fashioned hang

A female usually lays 1,000-2,000 eggs. The eggs are opaque at first, turning transparent in 24 hours. After the eggs are laid, both parents watch over the eggs, wafting the eggs with their fin and guarding them against predators. Occasionally they take the eggs in their mouth, which keeps them clean and turns up bad eggs, which are then destroyed.

If a constant tank temperature is maintained, the eggs should hatch in abou

In reality, the little sweeper mechanism tends to clog with dirt rather quickly. This stops the rotation and renders this powerhead to operate like any other. That really should not surprise anyone that has kept fish any amount of time. When any powerhead is taken apart to clean it, it is usually full of a slimy coating refered to as mulm. This same gelatinous stuff which slows down standard powerheads over time jams the gears in the Powersweeps. As I said, it

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vermetid snails, putting them to good use. :)
i have alot of vermetid snails in my aquarium. until an hour ago, i deemed them to be a usless,ugly and very messy. turns out i was wrong, they still are ugly and messy, but certainly not useless. i have 2 snails very c.

RBTA fs must go!
I have one last RBTA and I need to sell it, I took it out of my reef because I no longer had room for it in the tank. I Just put it in a JBJ nano temporary untill I can sell it. it is about 8'' across and is very healthy. I.