New Aquarium Filters

Monitor the temperature of your aquarium carefully until you get the ice replacement times down to a science to maintain a stable temperature.

Close the shades on windows in the room. Even indirect sunlight will raise the room temperature by a degree or two and every little bit helps. You can also reduce the amount of time the aquarium lights are on. The tank lights contribute greatly to higher water temperatures. Dont leave the lights off all the time though. Thats bad for your fish too! If you have a freshwater planted aquarium, which requires at lea

In fact, it is a good general rule of thumb to not add anything to your aquarium unless you understand exactly what it will do to the water quality, what benefit you expect from the product, and what the long-term implications are for its use.

Use of Chemical Filtration Media

An excellent means of nutrient control and export is to utilize some form of chemical filtration in your system. There are many different products on the market that are formulated to remove everything from ammonia to phosphat

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A reduced contact time in compact models demands properly delivered feed water for efficient skimming (this has been addressed/corrected in some models with extended contact centrifugal chambers)

Aspirating:

The next leap in skimmer design brought us the aspirating models. These differ from a venturi in principle by pulling air through a pump impeller on the intake side (aspiration then fractionation) instead of drawing air from the output side of a water pump via the rush of exiting water. Basically, an aspirating pump sucks in air with water, uses the impel

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Be gentle, it's my first time
Hi, my name is Victor and I'm a fish-a-holic. Have had FW for years and years and years.... Tried SW in college, but I didn't inhale. (or research it) = tank-o-cide. :( Any who, just bought an established 30 gallon from a friend. Compact flourescent (T5's) 1 actinic 1 6000K lighting. Inhabitants:1....

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?.

African Cichlid Care
The methods of care for African Cichlids can vary, and it is vital that beginners to learn how to maintain ideal aquarium conditions. Once you have created the ideal environment for your African Cichlids, you may refer to the following guidelines for maintaining their nutritional ....