Small Home Aquarium Sharks

small home aquarium sharks

Please do over-plan for both these considerations. Make the hood/lighting receptacle so large and structurally secured that even a monkey swinging, jumping on top wont knock it into harms way. How hot is hot? Stick your hand on the fixtures housing after its been on for a while. Can you take the heat? Would it burn someone or something (like your home) if it came in contact?

Filters

Should you be a U/G proponent make sure yours covers as much of the systems base as you can, utilize large air-lifts, stones, power-heads to maximize flow, and be diligent in vacuuming your substrate.

Biological filtering action is not confined to the above modes. Any suitable medium with the systems water passing over it will sponsor bacteria populations and conversion to some extent. I do not like to rely on just undergravel or any one ty

..) and easy to employ (either using thread to barb connectors and plastic (never metal) clamps or specialized flexible to rigid PVC primer and solvents.

Whereas some types of systems are well-suited for use of some flexible piping, I strongly discourage most home-hobbyists from using it, and instead encourage them to utilize rigid for the sakes of how many times Ive seen mixed flexible plumbing fail (mainly due to poor installation).

About Check Valves:

Believe it or not, I

You are encouraged to "do" at least one of the above in addition to using this method if using bacteria "boosters" in a bottle.

About Using Damsels, Other Life to Establish Cycling:

There are still some authors that encourage new aquarists to place fishes and/or invertebrates in new systems (as a source of ammonia, food for the bacteria) to start cycling. Often this stressful condition results in these animals loss. This practi

At time/point 5 ammonia starts to drop off in concentration, being readily oxidized by the first group of nitrifiers. Ditto at time/point 6 for the second group of bacteria. At time seven the system has officially "cycled" with ammonia and nitrite now at undetectable levels. In completely cycled, balanced systems the curve of nitrate concentration will flatten as marked (8) with an unbalanced situation (too little denitrification, use of nitrates by other life, transport by water changes, over-feeding/under-filtration...) accounting for an ever-increasing level/concentration of nitrate as indicated by (9)

Why Do My Fish Hide All The Time?
Fish that hide all the time are a baffling and frustrating problem for the owner. Here are suggestions for how to coax your fish out into the open where you....

Hitchhikers !! Part 1 & 2
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Breeding Clownfish

Breeding Clownfish
By William Berg

Thanks to Disney's Motion Picture 'Finding Nemo', almost everybody is familiar with clownfish.
Clownfish, or Anemonefishes, from the family Pomacentridae, are one of the easi.