Cleaning Artificial Aquarium Plants

Many "sponges", paper and cloth towels ar abrasive for acrylic aquariums. Lemon oil and other preparations are fine for use on stands and surrounding woodwork; alcohol and ammonia-based cleaners are not.

Lighting:

This is a very important part of aquarium keeping, functionally and for the appreciation of the hobbyist. Photo- quality, strength and duration need to be understood and properly controlled for optimum benefit. Aquarium systems are sold

My favorite was the use of an emersion coil looped within an old chest-type soda vending machine. Be very careful of contamination if you choose to "build your own".

Modern units come in two formats, either with a chilled coil you immerse in your system, or an external exchanger with a transfer fluid that the systems water is re-circulated through.

Whats that Latin saying? "Cave aquaristum", let the aquarist beware; there is a very wide range of quality, functionality and life-span amongst available units. By all means, compare warranties/guarantees, but do not purc

Of course this might not be practical for your pet fish but the more closely you can resemble his natural diet the better off your fish will be. If you can give him live food once in a while that will be great, in the interim you can feed him frozen foods, tubifex worms and brine shrimp. This fish will eat fl

Other similarities can be fairly observed. Bog filters (the inline, shallow water regions planted heavily for nutrient export) have been readily embraced by pond-keepers for their efficiency and natural beauty as living filters. Marine aquarists have found planted refug

Bucket!!!), and tries to keep his specific gravity around 1.022-.023 though he admits its hard to be exact in such small tanks. Because of salt creep, Tom usually ends up adding a little bit of salt to the make-up water. He notices that if the spg goes to low, the corals tend to react adversely. Temperature regulation

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Shelldweller from Lake Tanganyika

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