Freshwater Warm Water Aquarium Changes

Spotted, Florida and short-nosed gars are smaller than the other species and may be more suitable for aquariums. They usually dont grow larger than 2 feet in aquariums. Long-nosed and alligator gars grow to a very large size and larger ponds are recommended if youd like to keep fully grown specimens. So if you dont have (or plan on getting) a large pond

Habitat: Require a specialized habitat which is very difficult to simulate.

Drugs: Often collected using Sodium Cyanide or drugs, or which come from areas of the world where these methods are still in use.

Aggressive: Extremely aggressive, have large territories in the wild, and are unsuitable for most community aquariums. Aggression in fish is not an indicator of "anger" but is due to highly-territorial behavior.

.. Oh, and waiting a good hour before running water in newly solvented lines is about right in terms of curing time. Okay?

About Pump Fittings:

Most all pumps are fitted with MIPs and FIPs for their intakes/discharges... either male and/or female threaded openings to attach plumbing lines to. Now, listen/read very carefully hear. Im about to relate

Please thoroughly cleanse these items and gravel now, before putting them into the system.

Unplug everything, drain the system down, and carefully place the substrate over the sub-gravel filter (if youre using them) and the rest of you CC (chemically-correct) decor.

Have you set up a "mixing tank" for blending synthetic seawater? This is better than just pouring it into a bucket and trying to "make it on the run". Dont mix it in the system.

Whether youre using natural or fabricated saltwater, this is

erhaps even an engineered or DIY tower of some sort? How big is your pump? Where should it be placed? What about sizing the tubing to/from it? Should you leave open/space for adding other discharges, returns for a sump/refugium later?

All these issues and more should be considered before even buying your tank... as both glass and acrylic models can be custom-ordered/made and the former are much easier to drill/fit for lines before assembly. Check with your dealer or fabricator r

Fish Out of Water
Although Boni Comandante Jr.’s technique is intended to ship fish used for food, the idea of putting fish to 'sleep' and then transporting them without water is an interesting one.....

phosphates too high
hello again- Well my 90 gallon predator/reef tank has been up in running for about 7 months. Everything is running smoothly so far- water parameters are nitrate > 20 ppm, nitrite 0ppm, ammonia 0 ppm, pH 8.2, salinity 1.025, but phosphates are way to high it's about 5 ppm. For the past two weeks....

Common Cichlid Diseases
Like all fish kept in tanks, Cichlids are prone to disease. The artificial environment and closed system are the perfect breeding grounds for pathogens and parasites. Of course, wild fish get diseases, but these go unseen by everyone but fishermen and wildlife biologists. The best cure is always ....

Brain versus Hammer
I recently moved the brain a little to close to the Hammer and caught this pic at night, 1st time I ever seen the brain put out the stingers since I got him 3 years ago..