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This technique is not appropriate for most retailers who are better off recirculating, mixing system water.

How it Works:

Each tank or tub on a system is drilled and fitted with an overflow through the back or a bottom standpipe. Acrylic aquaria are easily drilled wit

Old, salty dogfish however (experienced aquarists, that is), have earned honorary degrees in chemistry, carpentry, plumbing and electrical engineering to become reef aquarists. Hopefully, some well-prepared and researching new folks will read this and be spared the gauntlet of powerhead pits just the same. Advanced aquarists are charged to pass the word along in kind if they agree.

Harnessing an external water pump, a manifold of PVC is to be plumbed with a single feed line. [Please re

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

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

The types and sizes of filtration the aquarium is equipped with greatly influences the number of fish that can be kept. Using several filtration methods on the same aquarium that remove different forms of waste can increase the capacity of a fish tank, but one needs to remember that during long power outages, too many fish can be disastrous.

The number of territories (hiding places) that exist in an aquarium can limit the number of fish that can be kept. This is a factor that is usually ignored by uninformed aquarium owners. A clean tank with the best filtration available may only

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In regards to what "Funfishtank" has to say, I disagree. Whether you cycle fishy .

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Does anyone know how to contact the owners of the Mad Reefer? I realized that it closed, but they have (had?) a fish tank of mine on consignment. I am looking to either reclaim the fish tank or see if it sold. Even if you just have the.

A living background in the aquarium

java moss

Java Moss : Vesicularia dubyana

The aquarium background is one of the most challenging decorations to create.