Tropical Fish And Tank

If "Brand B" does not perform quite as well, but is affordable, always in stock, is well supported by the manufacturer and can be sold for a respectable profit, many more retailers will choose to carry it. Remember that this is a business, first and foremost. If your store is run by a hobbyist and carries all of the latest high end equipment and is a hang out for all of the local a

Okay, Ill admit it; I like the bubbles, and they move a lot of water for not much energy consumed.

Thermal Control:

Every system should have a heater, unless its a truly "cold" water system requiring the use of a chiller year-round. About two to three watts per gallon in the way of a heater is recommended, unt

Well evaluate your comments and revise our list if you can plead a good case. Comments like "Ive kept one for years" will be ignored, as exceptions to everything in life and nature exist, and your case is the exception, whether you like it or not.

How Our List is Organized:

Fish species appear on our list for the following reasons:

Diet: R

Gars accept most pH or hardness levels. Temperature can range from 60 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit (16 - 30 degrees Celsius). Gars breathe air and should be left with a few inches of space at the top of the tank to allow them to breathe atmospheric air.

Gars usually accept most kinds of living prey that are large enough. Feeders such as goldfish provide a good ba

Some anaerobic denitrification does occur in every system; but not enough to offset the forward accumulation of nitrate. There are filter module products that portend to promote these microbes and their beneficial activities. Like dating, I urge you to be careful in their selection and use. Many (dates and denitrators) are "high-maintenance" units requiring daily fooling-with. All have the potential defect of other anaerobic production toxifying your system. Finally, in my opinion, theyre just not worth the hassle, c

Reply to tips for aquarium shots?

funfishtank.com posted a reply:

Dark room. Lights on in tank.

Use a tripod if yo.

Question about rock
I am not sure if this is the place for this, but I had to start somewhere. I am going to be doing a 90gal. soon and wanted to know if I can use limestone as a base for my reef? I want to fill the tank with the limeston.

Cleaner Wrasse
I recently bought a cleaner wrasse, and i started to feed it mysis shrimp and mega marine (all from hikari). He started to pick it at it and somewhat eat it. What do they eat?.

Goniopora Stokesi
I got this gonio two months back after confirming with the owner that it is not a dyed coral. Recently, there was speck of brown surfacing (refer to pic). Coral is place est. 11" away from light souce. Gonio remain v.