3) Modifications should be made gradually; more important than any given point is the rate of change in water chemistry.The healthier your livestock is to start with, the more drastic changes they can endure. Around the world, Ive seen "delicate" marine life swim into freshwater, sewage, garbage strewn areas with impunity. Life is not easy on the reef. Currents and storms are constant, theres more and less light, salinity, oxygen, Redox... Conditions are dynamic, not static. Your filtration systems function is therefore two-fold; to reduce the amount, effects More |
Having true unions and flush type valves will allow you to take your pump and/or other gear out of line and inspect it, replace it w/o having to drain your tank, sumps... useful to you? Yes. About Balancing Water Flows Twixt Uneven Containers: "Oh, Ill have equal rated pumps just shoot the water from one tank to the other..." Have I heard about flow valves, shut-off switches, magical siphon loops? On yes I have... There are folks who try to "defy gravity" by seeking to pump "just enough" water twixt and tween parts of their system... Alas, these all ultimately fail. Dont rely on a "make-up" siphon to save you More |
They provide adequate circulation and exchange of water; harbor beneficial aerobic (and often anaerobic) microbes, promote gaseous exchange; mechanically filter out large solid wastes (generally in a pre-filter arrangement) and their sumps are often equipped with contactors, dosers, meters, and skimmers.These units do have their shortcomings; improperly engineered they can be a flo More | Trading frags not only is a great way to increase your variety, but it helps maintain genetic strains of corals (frags are also known as clones) that might otherwise die out in a single tank struck by the calamity mentioned in 1 above.
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The breeding aquarium should be 80 cm in length or larger, with some suspended and anchored plants. The aquarium should be filled with about 15-20cm of water with no air or filtration, temperature 29C. Up to 2000 eggs can be laid in one spawning. When the fry become free swimming the male should be removed from the aquarium. The female should be removed right after spawning.The More |
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DIY Aquarium Cave
This tidbit I recieved in the mail today was too good not to share.
Mark Shoemaker and Esther Baum wrote these great 10 step do it yourself instructions for creating an....
phosphates too high
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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 .
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