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After your fish is in the fishbowl, feed it right away. However, be sure to not feed it too much. Usually, just a pinch of fish food will be sufficient for your goldfish. Fish bowls will usually need to be cleaned about once every week or so. Some useful tips on Goldfish Care. Usually, only two goldfish should be in the same fishbowl, aquarium or fish tank. Any more, and it will jeopardize the health of your goldfish. If your More

There are some amazingly knowledgeable people in the club who are very generous with their experience, their time and their talents. It really is an honor to learn from their wealth of experience in this hobby." So, yes, given not so common sense, investigation and commitment, you too can have fabulous small reef systems. IMO, more people are likely to have more success starting off with larger systems, but I am very glad to count Tom Walsh as a mini-minireef success story and friend. More

Fit one end of the tubing to the pump spout. Place larger rocks to cover the pump and fill the bottom of the container. 4. Arrange the smaller rocks and tiles /slate /driftwood by stacking them so as to create a diverse and irregular path for the water flow. You can reduce the water flow from a geyser to a gurgle by covering the open end of the tube with tumbled glass. 5. Plug in the pump, adjust the water volume and stones as needed to produce the sound that appeals most to your ears. 6. Suction excess water from the container with a turkey baster. 7. Place figurines, plant cuttings, ivy, moss, shells or tiles to hide the tubing and elec More

There is a finite and practical stocking density to any aquarium. Rules of thumb such as X inches/cm of fish per gallon are really inappropriate without perspective. Beyond the obvious differences and potentials to various filtration methodologies when placed on the same sized aquarium, there is the very real matter of mass versus length. Ten dainty cardinalfish at 3 cm (1.2 inch) each do not place the same More

Mud sump
Hi, my husband is starting a new 170 gal tank with a 100 gal mud sump for me. Is it ok to take maybe a third of the mud from my 50 gal mud sump and use it like a sourdough starter? How long would it take for it to cycle? Thanks.

Shelldweller from Lake Tanganyika

There are several species of shelldwellers in lake Tanganyika, but this one is definitely my favorite, Lamprologus ocellatus. Shelldwellers are maybe not the most colorful fish fo.

Refugium reverse photo period, could it actually fuel daytime algae?
I was just reading some articles about PH and whatnot (Randy Holmes Farley stuff) and started to think about CO2. If algae gives off Co2 at night time when it isn't photosynthesizing, then the chaeto ball in my fuge is doing just that during the day when the fuge light is off and the display light is on .. thus, he.

Goby in my 100?
I want to see about getting a good sand sifting goby in my 100 gallon tank, most of you probably know what is in it but for those who don't: Volitan lionfish, catshark, snowflake eel, copperbanded butterfly and Imperator Angelfish. http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15497 so my....