Sandriana Aquarium Plant

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

sandriana aquarium plant

One approach to finding out how we now know all this is historical. Just how, when did aquarists figure out the nuts and bolts of biological cycling? Well, its sort of like the question of "Did people really evolve from apes?". The answer to both is, "Not yet".

Original marine systems were "semi-open" (versus closed) with their administrators constantly pouring in new water, taking out the old, and hoping and praying their thinly stocked charges would survive another day.

Starting in the 1950s in the United States, Robert P.L. Straughan and others popularized the use of undergravel plates, along w

Voila (!). No muss, no fuss... no leaks, and youll be able to unthread these fittings if you should desire at a later date... This Silicone trick is really a worthwhile technology... nesting the threads s

Keeping the tank clean helps to keep down the level of toxins in the water and helps the fish resist disease. Another important aspect to keeping any fish is to make sure you do not overload the tank a general rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish per gallon. So if you have a 20 gallon tank, it can safely house 20 inches of fish. The less fish the better, of course. Refrain from mixing your Siamese fighting fish with any other fish that like to nip at fins, and remember only 1 male per tank!

Siamese fighting

A good stop-gap measure, but not a long-term solution. You want to find the root cause/s of the problem and solve them.

Adding More Beneficial Microbes: Can be done by placing more cured live rock, and/or clean "old" substrate or filter media, or cycling products.

Adding Bio-Absorbers: Macro-Algae are probably the best known forms of photosynthetic life that can be added safely to help "take up" ammonia, nitrite. Caulerpa and Halimeda spp. in particular are good for this purpose.

Chemical Filtrants: Exist for removing amm

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 .

Tunze DOC Skimmer 9015/9020
Have anyone tried/had experience with this skimmer ? any good?.

Going to Seattle tomorrow from Salem,Please help with LSF
:) Hello, new here. I am a member of the PNWMAS. It was just recomended that I come here to ask about outstanding LSF's in Seattle, going real early from Salem. Going to the Mariners/ NYY game and would like to check out a few places. Any help would be apprecia.