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Initially (1) there is no ammonia in a new system. With time going by, addition of exogenous ammonia, a bit of food, some live rock... ammonia accumulates and populations of chemo-autotrophic bacteria that can utilize it as well. As these first ammonia-utilizing micro-organisms increase in number, their by-product of nitrite (2) begins to accumulate triggering the beginning of a second group of species of nitrifying bacteria (3) that begin to populate the aquarium, converting the nitrite in

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Water Changes:

We still like to vacuum our gravel beds once a week. This is done after-hours with an "exploded-end" commercial vacuum fitted to a good 3/4 inch hose to waste. Refilling of tanks is accomplished through an auto-fill fitted into the freshwater sumps and new saltwater mix made up in the marine sumps.

Water is returned to the separate aquaria via centrifugal pumping and plastic pipe and valves. Additionally we use air driven under-gravel filtration and aerators in many of our aquaria for b

They are more stable, and have correspondingly larger margins of safety due to the benefits that accrue from having more surface area. Besides, theyre easier to work on/in.

Circulation:

Cannot practically be too vigorous. Where you can, agitate your water to the maximum. The movement of natural waters is sometimes incredibl

Whether youre conscious of it, or try to improve on it, or not, there are multifarious reactions that take place to convert, "cycle", otherwise off-set the accumulation and toxicity of these waste and by-products.

Most celebrated in the hobby literature youll see aspects of the element nitrogen and its cycling. What makes nitrogen such a spiffy tool for keeping your eye on your systems water quality? Imagine being able to make an easy measure/test for whats going on in your system metabo

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

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You might also want to look at your equipment before you add salt!!!!!
Salt water will deystroy any.

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