Salt Water Tropical Aquarium

salt water tropical aquarium

Large Power Filters: Before the invention of the undergravel filter, people used large, bulky power filters to cultivate beneficial bacteria. These original power filters were gigantic, compared to the modern hang-on power filter. Some were as large as twenty four inches across, and held up to a gallon or two of water and filter media. They used glass filter wool as the media to cultivate bacteria, which was usually layered with charcoal (We didn

Smaller fish are simply very young specimens that are going to grow. As they grow in the overstocked aquarium, one fish will die at a time, until the population balances out with the limits of the environment. Keeping more specimens together that STAY SMALL as adults may work, but it is impor

salt water tropical aquarium

Power Filters come in several formats; inside or outside of the system, hang on the back, under the tank, pressurized and not, wet-dry and canister. Outside power filters are pre

salt water tropical aquarium

Super-sized aquariums are no longer reserved for the experts either. Reliable and turnkey plumbing and filtration kits are available for the mechanically disinclined, and a plethora of DIY data and support abounds on the Internet for the handy aquarist. Commercially propagated and even locally grown animals have made stocking big aquaria easier and less expensive, particularly among live coral traders. Indeed, this primer not only addresse

Some fish that shoal (school) together in the wild, will not live for a long time if they are not kept with large numbers of the same species (There are however, a large number of shoaling fish that will do well if kept by themselves). Some species weve listed may be particularly sensitive to cert

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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....

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 easiest tropical marine aquarium fish to breed. Clownfish regularly lay eggs in aquari.

Cleaner Wrasse
I recently bought a cleaner wrasse, and i started to feed it mysis shrimp and mega marine (all from hikari). He started to pick it at it and somewhat eat it. What do they eat?.