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Setting Up A New Aquarium
Take It Slow and Be Successful It's an all too common occurrence, a new aquarist gets this brilliant idea to rush out and buy a new aquarium, set it up,…
The Tranquil Aquarium
I hear that jellyfish were recently all the rage in Japan. Watching the pulsating bells slowly move about the aquarium is supposed to be very relaxing; reducing blood pressure and…
New Aquarium Blues: The Nitrogen Cycle
You have bought yourself a new aquarium, filled it up with water, then added a few fish, and naturally you feed them. The fish digest the food and excrete waste…
African Cichlids and Plants
I currently maintain a small, sideline aquarium maintenance business. After I began this service, it soon became apparent that while my customers wanted fishes as colorful as those on a…
The Nitrogen Cycle
How Mother Nature cleans house Lets start off really basic. How far you get along into this is up to you. Fish make Waste - Bacteria get rid of Waste.…
Fun with Silicone
I use a sheet of thermacole (or styrofoam, as I think it's known in the US) and apply a thin layer of silicone on it. Thin, mind you, not too…
Some Tips for Beginners
How Long Do You Wait Before Adding Fish? Opinions vary so much on this subject that it is hard to give a reasonable answer. The Americans for instance have what…
A snow tank in the home?
WITH the resumption of the Open Show season it is the aim of the organising Society to attract not only as many entries as possible, but also new members from…
Getting Answers To Problems
I run a small basic website, and receive a great deal of mail each month from people with fish problems, and many are at the stage of packing the whole…
Two Biotope Aquariums: Asia and Africa
Southeast Asia Backwater Southeast Asia is home to many of the fish which are in most demand by hobbyists today. The backwaters of Southeast Asia are both slow-moving and thick…
How Many Fish?
They decided many years ago that four inches by four inches of surface area per inch of fish was the correct formula in a tank without aeration, and this still…
Building a Fishroom
Keeping Cichlids is an addiction. It starts with just one tank, often with no thoughts of breeding these fascinating fish. However, nature takes over and the fish start courting and…
How Long Do You Wait Before Adding Fish? – and other tips
Opinions vary so much on this subject that it is hard to give a reasonable answer. The Americans for instance have what is known as "cycling", which is the period…
Doing it right – building a fish room
We all, at one time or another, have said "If I'm going to get into fish, I'm going to do it right." Doing it right, when it comes to fish,…
Starting an Aquarium. The Hard Way.
My name is Nischint Sohal and I reside in Bombay. As of now, my current setups are: Tank Name: Asgard Tank Dimensions: 30 inches (length) x 16 inches (width) x…
Some tips on multiple tank maintenance
Whether it's breeding fish and raising the fry, or completing a collection of rare Southeast Asian anabantids, advanced aquarists often have several tanks. This soon leads to a major problem:…
Go big, or stay home!?
Well, right away, I have to say that the title doesn’t do a thing for me, because I am one of the hobbyists who actually prefers to work with a…
Fluidised Bed Filters
or how to build a compact, low maintenance fish room One of the problems often associated with keeping fish is the "ratchet effect". You know, one tank becomes two, two…
Moving day!
If you are faced with a move to another city or even across country, there is no need to despair over what to do with your special pets that live…
How to Buy a Used Tank
How do you beat the high cost of keeping fish? Seems like every time you turn around you have to buy something! Fortunately, there are many ways to cut down…