Fish Tank Service Contract

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Large Power Filters: Before the invention of the undergravel filter, people used large, bulky power filters to cultivate beneficial bacteria. These original power filters were gigantic, compared to the modern hang-on power filter. Some were as large as twenty four inches across, and held up to a gallon or two of water and filter media. They used glass filter wool as the media to cultivate bacteria, which was usually layered with charcoal (We didn

If only our tap water was perfect and all aquarium fish could share the same water conditions, maintaining aquaria would be so much easier. Unfortunately, many tap water sources are far less than perfect. Tap water conditioners have become a mandatory part of good aquarium management. The chemistry of water from different regions of the world is as different as nature is complex. Aquarium additives allow us to easily a

.. of Schedule 40 construction... a comment though: there are times, places where some fittings, like unions, may only be available in Schedule 80 (rated fro 800 psi)... and applications like thread in adaptors (as in nipples to/from pump volutes) where Schedule 80 makes sense... But do avoid thinner walled PVC (e.g. Schedule

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2) Practically speaking there is no "too large" overflow line size or number of overflows themselves. If you think 1" diameter through puts will do, go with 1 1/4" or even 1 1/2". Think you can get by with one overflow line of large/r diameter? Use at least two overflows... trust me here... as one is very likely, make that VERY likely to fail, get clogged, blocked by any number of circumstances, events. Systems of more than a hundred or so gallons should have at least three overflow lines... Ive seen very big tanks with numerous overflow lines

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3) Avoid excess, extra twists and turns in your plumbing arrangement. All those tees, elbows, couplings, gate valves... anything that restricts flow is to be reduced to a minimum. All such impediments reduce flow, add resistance to your pump, increase the cost per unit flow.

Through-Put Fittings:

Call them Bulkhead Fittings, Gas-Jacket/Spa Fittings, Through-Hull Fittings... these are all plastic devices fitted through holes in tanks that allow (slip and threa

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You might also want to look at your equipment before you add salt!!!!!
Salt water will deystroy any equipment with metal parts. Saltwater aquraium equipment does not contain metal parts, you might want to .

30g Oceanic Cubes - What Lights Do You Have?
Just wondering what lights folks are running on 30 or 50g Oceanic's? If you have pics, please post them. Thanks..

Refugium reverse photo period, could it actually fuel daytime algae?
I was just reading some articles about PH and whatnot (Randy Holmes Farley stuff) and started to think about CO2. If algae gives off Co2 at night time when it isn't photosynthesizing, then the chaeto ball in my fuge is doing just that during the day when the fuge light is off and the display light is on .. thus, helping to fuel algae in my display tank! Am I wrong? Or i.