4000 Gallon Aquarium

Freshwater plants greatly benefit from fertilizer supplements that are safe for use with fish. Aquarium supplements should be used in almost all saltwater aquaria to replenish nutrients that are used up by fish, macro algae, and sessile & motile marine invertebrates.

What Im hinting at is simply transplanting the beneficial microbes from an established system to the new one. In actual practice, some of a stabilized, pollutant and parasite free sources gravel, rock, filter media is carefully placed in a sterile new-one of close temperature, specific gravity and pH. Voila! I

Take care to avoid thermal drift (see 3) G) re).

What could you say about microbiological population dynamics? They are as vigorous and dynamic as the larger life on the reef. Even chemical self-feeders (chemo-autotrophs if youre going on Jeopardy) like the bacteria we want have to look out for competitors, predators, lack of oxygen,

Weve got more components and gew-gaws then "Carter has liver pills", with many more than a few ideas on how they can or should be put together.

You will be amazed at how much you will quickly learn... and be relating to friends and family that are astonished at "your creation".

Dont be overwhelmed by all the new ideas and information presented here and with your ne

You might ask (at least I do), "Why dont you see all this filter gear on the reefs in the wild?" Well, you kind of do. Next time youre underwater, take a look around. There really is a lot of water per unit of livestock, and lots of circulation and aeration. Notice the predominant forms of life around you; corals, sponges, bivalves... What mode of food gathering do they employ? Theyre mainly filter feeders, sieving out plankton, gametes, wastes, suspended inorganic material... thats why the waters so clear. Stuck in and amongst (and inside other life) are algae, some big, others micro

Reply to Need more fishy advice please

julesangel posted a reply:

hi guys...
since you all wrote that....

ive cycled water, tested ph again ..tried nearly everthing you al suggested(thanks by the way)

Ive been still to s.

phosphates too high
hello again- Well my 90 gallon predator/reef tank has been up in running for about 7 months. Everything is running smoothly so far- water parameters are nitrate > 20 ppm, nitrite 0ppm, ammonia 0 ppm, pH 8.2, salinity 1.025, but phosphates are way to high it's about 5 ppm. For the past two weeks....

Daphnia For The Aquarium

Daphnia are a great food source for both young and adult aquarium fish, you could catch them with a net in a pond, but their's a risk of bringing in parasites. I just found an article about growing daphnia yourself, nice read for the real tinkers out there :-)

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Just another question
Ok I was noticing that a lot of the higher end tanks on this site have timed lighting including dawn and dusk and I think that is so cool and I am sure that it is great for the tank. I on the other hand don't have that luxury and turn on my tank whenever I get up turn it off when I go to bed. I there a problem with the inconsistency or is it just not as.