Dear Reader, and fellow utility subsidizer, many of these pumps suffer an early death from this “tube” being ignored. You want to save some real money and hassle? Please read through all materials that come with the mechanical components of your system, and add their periodic checks and maintenance to your system maintenance schedule.

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But as those bacteria that sit on the Zeolite get the ammonia much easier and in much greater quantity than others in the tank, they can make much better “profit” from the carbon addition. To speed up the starting of these filters, some companies offer bacterial starter cultures, although their usefulness is debatable.

Now that we have discussed the basic principles of what happens on the Zeolite, we should take a look inside each grain. Due to the porous structure of the material and the bacterial films coating the surface of each grain, o

Keep all lamps and lenses squeaky clean and crystal clear for all lighting systems.

Water clarity is another challenge that is pivotal to all lighting applications. System water that is not noticeably discolored to the naked eye may still be tinged enough to reduce the penetration of light measurably. Visibly discolored water is a serious impediment and become a problem in just a few weeks without treatment or prevention. Aquarist

Only then can we find a suitable lighting scheme that will help them to hopefully exceed their compensation points for photosynthesis (the minimum amount of radiation needed for their endosymbiotic zooxanthellae to generate enough oxygen for carbon dioxide to be produced during re

Flowerhorn Cichlids

Flowerhorn cichlids is a hybrid cichlid that was developed in Malaysia during the second half of the 1990: s. It was created by crossbreeding different South American cichlids. Exactly which cichlids that were used to create the Flowerhorn is a well kept secret only known by the breeders who developed the species but they did most likely crossbreed Trimacs (Amhilophous Trimaculatus) and one or several other South American cichlids like Cichlasoma Festae, Amphilophus citrinellum (midas cichlid), Amphilophus labiatum (red devil) or Vieja synspila (redheaded cichlid).

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Corydoras in the aquarium

Corydoras aeneus

The large corydoras family contains at least 120 different species, and a lot of these are widely available in aquarium shops all over the word. Their popularity is not surprisingly, they have nice coloring, are very outgoing and are always busy foraging the bottom of the aquarium for food. In a tropical community aquarium they are an excellent choice as a schooling fish for the lower areas, and if you are looking for a good bottom cleaner for your discus or angel tanks, you could give it a try. In my discus tank a small group of Corydoras aeneus is cleaning up the bottom nicely, they even recycle the poop of the discus.

New Tank Syndrome
Your tank has cycled (maybe for years) and you start seeing spiking ammonia in your tests. You check your nitrites and find that the reading is above zero. Puzzling, isn’t it? You might have a case of New Tank Syndrome….

Blue Algae , cyanobacteria

Blue Algae ( cyanobacteria )

Most aquarium hobbyists know and fear this type of algae, well actually it’s the organism cyanobacteria. The appearance of the blue algae is often a slimy blue green carpet, quickly spreading throughout the aquarium surfaces. It easily comes of in sheets, that smell rather nasty. Blue algae can make your aquarium look like a sewer within a week, and they especially develop in new aquarium setups. In most cases blue algae are a clear sign that something is terribly wrong with your aquarium water.

Hair Algae
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Bad Tubes
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Angel fish

Angel Fish Pterophyllum altum (back) & scalare (front)

After keeping and breeding Angel fish for a couple of years I decided to replace them for a group of discus fish, that was about 10 years ago. At that time the beautiful Altum Angel fish ( Pterophyllum altum ) was widely available and also the ‘natural’ colored Scalare Angel fish ( Pterophyllum scalare ). After setting up a new south American community tank a group of Altum angel fish was number one on my wish list, so I started looking around for a group of semi adult Altum’s.

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Kissing Gourami
Believe it or not, this fish is cultivated in it’s native country for food, where some of them are fattened up enough to weigh in at one kilo. Fortunately for the Kissing Gourami, most aquarium fish lovers prefer to…

Aquarium lighting

Aquarium lighting in one of the key aspects in both the reef aquarium and the freshwater aquarium. It gives the animals a natural activity and rest period and it makes the plants, corals grow. Invertebrates and corals need it to survive because they have the same photosynthesis process as plants. Aquarium Lightning is not only functional, there are also colored tubes and metal halide lights that makes the colors of the fish more intense.

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Velvet Disease
The name sounds nice, but don’t be fooled. Velvet can strike down every inhabitant in the tank before the hapless owner realizes what he or she is dealing with. Learn what to look for so you aren’t caught unawares….

Leporinus fasciatus
Not often seen in shops, this South American fish has more stripes than a bumblebee. If you have a large tank, and want a fish that is a bit of a challenge, give the attractively colored Leporinus consideration….

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Common Cichlid Diseases
Like all fish kept in tanks, Cichlids are prone to disease. The artificial environment and closed system are the perfect breeding grounds for pathogens and parasites. Of course, wild fish get diseases, but these go unseen by everyone but fishermen and wildlife biologists. The best cure is always …

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Here’s another case of mystery fish. Care to take a guess … “I am a new owner of a 20-gallon aquarium. In my haste to stock it, I don’t even know what they are called. Can you help me identify…

Aquarium lighting

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In our opinion, a good aquarium chiller should be part of any live reef aquarium purchase, unless the aquarium will be kept in a room that remains very cool year round. This is also true for any specialized aquarium with lighting and pumps that create high aquarium temperatures.

If you do need to purchase a chiller, you may want to take note of these important tips. Remember that a chiller will emit quite a bit of heat. Do not enclose the chiller or place it inside a cabinet stand, unless the cabinet stand has been designed to house a chiller (a one foot square open

When a Chiller Becomes a Must-Have

Live reef aquariums and invertebrates:

Sorry folks, but if you can’t use air conditioning and you own a marine live-coral reef aquarium, a chiller is your only option if the temperature of the tank is more than 84 degrees Fahrenheit. If you can have air conditioning but don’t, get some! You don’t have an option there either. Trust us when we say that replacing invertebrates that die in a hot reef tank is not

All this occurs while a second impellor fan drives some of the filtered water up through a spray bar to get distributed over the biowheels for beneficial bacteria to work. My only complaint is that these are one of the noisier filters on the market, although they are not as bad as the A

The ATI Aqua Blue lamp offers a reasonable rendition of 10 m deep oceanic water which brings up the question do we really wish to replicate the blueness of deeper waters? Certainly, this is a personal choice, but I suspect that an aquarium illuminated by only blue lamps will be the choice of few hobbyists. I tend to think that the majority of reef-keepers would prefer a warmer look, one where color rendition is accented by the yellow, orange and red wavelengths of low-Kelvin fluorescent lamps.

The question is not if we can imitate light-at-depth, but if we actually want to. Unless the goal is to illustrate coral host ti

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Smotherly love takes its toll
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Eastern Central Pacific; Sea of Cortez to Ecuador. To under two inches in length. A real beauty and tough, but small addition to reef tanks. These ones in captivity at a wholesaler and retailers.

The Sharknose Goby, Gobiosoma evelynae Bohlke & Robins 1968. Tropical West Atlantic; Bahamas to Venezuela. To about two inches in length. Variable in color. Gobiosoma evelynae; blue and white striped adults in the Bahamas, and one in Bonaire.

Gobiosoma illecebrosum Bohlke & Robins 1968, the Barsnout Goby. Central Western Atlantic; Yucatan of M

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Easy, Inexpensive DIY Aquarium Stand
If you are looking for a quick, inexpensive DIY stand for your aquarium, this might be the right one for you. This sturdy stand works well for medium to large size aquariums. Easily assembled without any tools in a…

Angel fish

Angel Fish Pterophyllum altum (back) & scalare (front)

After keeping and breeding Angel fish for a couple of years I decided to replace them for a group of discus fish, that was about 10 years ago. At that time the beautiful Altum Angel fish ( Pterophyllum altum ) was widely available and also the ‘natural’ colored Scalare Angel fish ( Pterophyllum scalare ). After setting up a new south American community tank a group of Altum angel fish was number one on my wish list, so I started looking around for a group of semi adult Altum’s.

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 form the lake but they make up for this lack of color trough their really interesting behavior. The Lamprologus ocellatus is a small fish of about 4 to 6 centimeters ( about 2 inches ) but they can easily be kept in community tanks with much larger fish, I keep them in my community Tanganyika tank with nearly adult Frontosa’s without a problem. If a big Frontosa comes to close they will attack it, most of the time the couple will atack together, and if the Frontosa comes to close they just return to their safe shell’s to hide.

Flowerhorn Cichlids

Flowerhorn cichlids is a hybrid cichlid that was developed in Malaysia during the second half of the 1990: s. It was created by crossbreeding different South American cichlids. Exactly which cichlids that were used to create the Flowerhorn is a well kept secret only known by the breeders who developed the species but they did most likely crossbreed Trimacs (Amhilophous Trimaculatus) and one or several other South American cichlids like Cichlasoma Festae, Amphilophus citrinellum (midas cichlid), Amphilophus labiatum (red devil) or Vieja synspila (redheaded cichlid).

Aquarium lighting

Aquarium lighting in one of the key aspects in both the reef aquarium and the freshwater aquarium. It gives the animals a natural activity and rest period and it makes the plants, corals grow. Invertebrates and corals need it to survive because they have the same photosynthesis process as plants. Aquarium Lightning is not only functional, there are also colored tubes and metal halide lights that makes the colors of the fish more intense.

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When a Chiller Becomes a Must-Have

Live reef aquariums and invertebrates:

Sorry folks, but if you can’t use air conditioning and you own a marine live-coral reef aquarium, a chiller is your only option if the temperature of the tank is more than 84 degrees Fahrenheit. If you can have air conditioning but don’t, get some! You don’t have an option there either. Trust us when we say that replacing invertebrates that die in a hot reef tank is not

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