Cichlids Tropical Aquarium Fish And Supplies

This causes water to flow down through the gravel and up the lift tubes back into the aquarium. Instead of air, power heads may be used to drive the filter. Power heads are submersible pumps that are mounted at the top of the lift tubes and pump water directly up the tubes and out into the aquarium. Power heads are a much better means of operating an under gravel filter, increasing flow by several hundred pe

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

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

You can buy treatment for it and it should clear up easily unless you have let it go too far. In the future remember to clean the tank each week so you do not have a reoccurrence.

If your fish seem like they are gasping for air, this could be simply due to lack of oxygen in the water and not necessarily a disease. You could add an airstone to see if that helps the problem. Make sure you do not overcrowd the tank with too many fish.

If you see your fish scraping itself agains the bottom of the tank or the decorations, its possible that he has a parasite called Flukes.

Please see Figure 1 for a detailed overview of nitrogen cycling.

For marine aquarium keeping the picture is much simpler (Figure 2). Protein Nitrogen enters into the system mainly as livestock and food. Eaten and not most of this material is broken down/converted 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..

Corydoras in the aquarium

corydoras

Corydoras aeneus

The large corydoras family contains at least 120 different species, and a lot of these are widely av.

Tank Setup Expenses
Hey I was wondering how much you have spent on setting up a FOWLR or a reef tank w/o the livestock? It would deeply be appreciated if you posted every single equipment and its cost. Thanks.