Tropical Fish Aquarium Maintenance

The aquarium and your clownfish should be stressed free which means no aggressive tank mates and good water quality. As for the feeding, clownfish need a mixed diet of fresh raw seafood and vegetable. A good diet includes prawns, mussels, and squid. It is best to feed small bits at regular periods.

Spanning can begin 1 to 12 months after the fish have settled into their new home. When the fish

Additional airstones, fluid-moving pumps are great at eliminating anaerobic zones, moving wastes to filters, and speedy processing/removal.

Aeration:

Likewise cannot be easily overdone. Beware of the dangers of too fine bubbles (smaller than 0.1 mm) by limiting their possible exposure within a contactor or skimmer.

Filter Basics:

Removing Organics.

in the form of nitrogenous wastes (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates), phenols, scatols and much more is the principal goal of filtrati

This style of filtration is recommended for moderate to heavy bio-loads.

Fluidized bed filters are also highly touted. They operate by churning a suspension of sand or plastic beads in a flow of raw water. The extraordinary surface of the fine media foster even greater surface biolog

MIP (male) volute fittings can be fitted with Sch 80 threaded couplers with female to female or female to slip fittings and these in turn coupled (see below) to more distal plumbing. NOW how do you make these threaded fittings secure? Teflon tape? Nope. Plumbers Dope? Nope.... with 100% Silicone Sealant... Yep, the same material used to adhe

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Tanks:

There are two general varieties, plastic (acrylic) and glass (with silicon rubber seams. Some important considerations: They are heavy when set-up and filled; about ten pounds per gallon! Therefore it is important that aquariums be placed on something substantially strong. Another factor is that this "stand" be flat and planar. For these reasons Aquarium manufacturers will generally warrant their products only if they are placed on certified Aquariu

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