Aquarium 55 Gallon

Planning: Measure Twice, Cut Three Times:

The plumbing of your saltwater system is likely the most perilous and adventurous part of your aquarium system... Do it on paper first! It is immensely more satisfying to erase a line, valve, coupler with an eraser and redraw it, make a shopping list and only have to go to the store a few (versus several) times to get parts and tools... then to find your plumbing diagram/scheme wont work, your diameters are off, youre short a pa

On the positive side, the hang-on attachment for mounting these powerheads to the side of an aquarium makes a secure connection, and is really my preference regardless of brand. Forget about the suction cups and hook the pump off of the side of the tank, that way it is very unlikely to fall down, start blowing sand or

A "conditioning period" of time with careful feeding, testing and sparse livestock population must still be observed of course.

How Do It Know?

How can you tell how much ammonia, nitrite, nitrate you have, and why should you care? The easy answers are A) test kits and B) because at sufficient concentrations theyre deadly to your livestock. Do you really need to be aware of and measure for these parameters in order to be successful? No; youre tank will "cycle" either way. But a conscientious marine aquarist will be

The microbes and foods in the used media will populate your new system by themselves, or for bonus points, you can use this method combined with the live rock and/or sand listed above.

Time Frame: Typically a few (3-4) weeks.

Bacteria and Not Cultures:

There are commercial preparations of bacteria, their adjuncts available that you can add from a bottle directly to your system Some work pretty w

All you need is pretty much leaving them alone and letting them do their thing if you lucky enough to get a pair. If not, breeding might be very hard. They are a very long-lived fish, probably one of the reasons they are so popular today. Originally from Amazon.

Oscar Fish obviously requires a large tank due to their large size. They prefer clean and clear water with a deep sand bottom, and a few large rocks. If you keep plants with you Oscars they will be dug up however there are some people that believe that Oscars like to

Reply to Need more fishy advice please

julesangel posted a reply:

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

ive cycled w.

Nova Extreme T5 Ho?!?!
For my birthday my daughter bought me the NOVA T5 light.... Well it did not come with any true directions(Just How To Instail It)!! So if anyone ... ANYONE at all knows about this light and knows how to work with it... please w.

Breeding African Cichlids
HOW TO CARE FOR AFRICAN CICHLIDS BREEDING Once you have established your aquarium of African Cichlids, and decided which species you prefer best, youā€™ll observe after several months that your acclimated Cichlids are happy, h.

Brain versus Hammer
I recently moved the brain a little to close to the Hammer and caught this pic at night, 1st time I ever seen the brain put out the stingers since I got him 3 years ago..