Azoo Aquarium Supplies

These filter cartridges and sleeves require regular observation and cleaning, and theres the (non) rub as you will see.

Whats The Problem?:

What not to do. The difficulty with these filter elements is not the parts, its the people using them. Technology marches, hops, okay lets settle on jumps along. Cartridges and sleeves are built to last, and will give good service for many years when used and cleaned properly. The three big causes of filter element early death syndrome:

1) Infrequent Cleaning:

Filter-pumps are designed, engine

Like bacteria, they are mostly benign, and of utmost importance in the wild for their roles in aiding decomposition. Also, akin to the bacteria is their role as infectious agents in aquaria.

Fungal diseases are rare; most are mis-identified bacterial problems, or if truly fungal, the result of a post moribund event; i.e. the specimen is long since dead. Most fungus difficulties are easily avoided by the prophylaxis and non-contamination methods that youve read through here.<

azoo aquarium supplies

The water going through the U.V. sterilizer should first be run through biological filtration and mechanically filtered to remove particulates. Allowing air bubbles or any solid matter to pass through the contact chamber is contra-indicated. For this reason, using an air-lift system as a means of moving water through the U.V. is a very poor idea. It is suggested that if a heat-exchanger and/or separate chemical filtration is utilized that these come before the U.V.. In other words, the U.V. system should be the last part of the filtration system to have water passed through before returning to the li

Fish Out of Water
Although Boni Comandante Jr.’s technique is intended to ship fish used for food, the idea of putting fish to 'sleep' and then transporting them without water is an interesting one.....

phosphates too high
hello again- Well my 90 gallon predator/reef tank has been up in running for about 7 months. Everything is running smoothly so far- water parameters are nitrate > 20 ppm, nitrite 0ppm, ammonia 0 ppm, pH 8.2, salinity 1.025, but phosphates are way to high it's about 5 ppm. For the past two weeks....

Just another question
Ok I was noticing that a lot of the higher end tanks on this site have timed lighting including dawn and dusk and I think that is so cool and I am sure that it is great for the tank. I on the other hand don't have that luxury and turn on my tank whenever I get up turn it off when I go to bed. I there a problem with the inconsistency or is it just not as good a.