Easy Freshwater Aquarium

easy freshwater aquarium

One approach to finding out how we now know all this is historical. Just how, when did aquarists figure out the nuts and bolts of biological cycling? Well, its sort of like the question of "Did people really evolve from apes?". The answer to both is, "Not yet".

Original marine systems were "semi-open" (versus closed) with their administrators constantly pouring in new water, taking out the old, and hoping and praying their thinly stocked charges would survive another day.

Starting in the 1950s in the United States, Robert P.L. Straughan and others popularized the use of undergravel plates, along w

There is no absolute right/wrong to any given arrangement of components, makes and models of gear in a filtering scheme. Many methods are employed with greater/lesser success that often has more to do with diligent testing, observation and maintenance than cost and complexity of gear. Bear in mind that whateve

There is usually a control valve for regulating water flow. A check valve is usually placed on the filter intake to prevent the sand from packing-down when the filter is turned off.

Because water flows upward through the filter, the sand in the filter becomes suspended or "fluidized" in the water column, forming a fluidized bed of sand. If the flow of water is controlled properly, the sand does not flow out of the filter, but remains suspended. This happens because the flow of water is just fast enough to keep the sand in suspension. The weight of the sand prevents it from escaping the filter. Because the sand is suspended in wat

It may well be necessary.

Choice of Materials:

Pipe and fittings should be, of course, chemically inert. No metal parts, not even band clamps need apply! If you need a clamp, there are sturdy all-plastic varieties available... PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride) pipe is the material of choice, generally "Schedule 40" (rated for up to 400 psi pressure), though there are clear plastics (that wont stay so...), ABS, even advocates of flexible tubing... For practical purposes, un

At least one is certain to fail over time... the likelihood of both going between times of your notice is a much better bet.

About Flexible Tubing:

Some installers like to use flexible tubing in their plumbing arrangements... lot of advantages (goes around corners, over lips of tanks without other fittings... makes switching out pumps and other gear easy

Reply to Need more fishy advice please

julesangel posted a reply:

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

ive cycled water, tested ph again.

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