Dirty Fishtank

dirty fishtank

Aquarium Systems Millennium

With this model, Aquarium Systems strived to come up with a filter that combined mechanical, chemical, and biological filtration all in one unit. This was probably in an attempt to compete with Marinelands popular Emperor filter series. Unfortunately, in my opinion, Aquarium Systems missed the mark with their offering. The layout has the water first passing by the biological filtration media, then through the mechanical and chemical filter pad. This forces debris to be trapped and collected in the biological media versus being ca

Lights, plumbing, sump, heater, they are all important arent they? What is so special about the tank?

Having recently experienced a cracked 210G tank, I can tell you that the tank is a very special piece of equipment. Along with the stand, it is the only thing that you cannot replace without massive effort. To replace a tank or stand you need to tear down the entire tank occupants, hold all the sto

dirty fishtank

Excuses, Excuses!

Why do we, as a group, tend to neglect the quarantine process? The excuses are many: Too time consuming, too difficult, "My dealer has had this fish for 2 weeks," etc. While I wont attempt to "debunk" all of the excuses that hobbyists give for not quarantining animals, I will address some of the more common ones, and outline the very simple process of quarantine and how it can ensure your greater success as a hobbyist.

One of the most common excuses that I hear for not quarantining newly-received fishes is that the animal

New Corycat Group

elpono_njg posted a new topic:

Come one and all, your corycat pics here...

www.flickr.com/groups/corydoras/

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Fish on a plane
http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060822_venomous_fish.html.

mixing clowns?
If this has been discussed before please direct me to the thread! I have a false clown in my tank and I want to get another one but my lfs only has true percs "thats what he called them" they are small just like mine but will the co-inhabit? or is that just a bad idea? and what really is the difference between the two?.