Aquarium Eco Filter

He also used to test for nitrates, nitrites and phosphates, but stopped once everything was established and growing. He told me, "I can usually tell if something is wrong by looking at the fish/corals. If something seems amiss Ill run water quality tests until I find the problem. The animals seem to be the best indicators. I add Kent Tectra and use C-Balance once a week, a capful each. I used to use Kalkwasser for make-up, but in tanks so small, I dont really think it made any difference. Once in a while I will use Aragamite ."

Tom does water changes of about 25%, once a month. He u

Easily mistaken for Florida spotted gar.

Shortnosed gar, Lepisosteus platostomus
The shortnosed gar can be identified by its short snout, and by the lack of teeth rows in the upper jaw like the alligator gar, and the lack of spots on its body.

Long-nosed gar, Lepisosteus osseus
The long-nosed gar is, as the name suggests, identified by its long slender snout, and also by its slender body.

Alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula
The alligator gar has

As you will soon see, there are many methods and techniques that may be used to accomplish the same thing. All have one thing in common: They all serve to convert toxic ammonia and am

V.) before being returned to the main via a small centrifugal pump.

To their discredit, most types of wet-dries suffer the same complaints as their predecessor undergravels; fluctuating pH, loss of alkaline reserve, excessive nitrate production. Better than all the wacky high-priced moist media, came the next wave in reef filtration, named in honor of its German heritage.

The scientific method for determining the exact number of fish involves using calculations that take the oxygen carrying-capacity factor into consideration, providing a total "biomass" or weight of all the fish that can safely be kept in one tank. This weight measurement is called the "carrying capacity."

In some public aquariums, fish farms, and aquaculture facilities, a sampling of fish are actually weighed before they are introduced to a system to prevent over-crowded conditions. It is impossible to do this for the average home aquarium.

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