Archive for December, 2009

Media Configuration For Aquarium Canister Filters

Early on, I made the jump from hang-on-the-back (HOB) filters to canister filters.  They are much more powerful and can be mostly concealed in cabinetry.  I standardized on the Rena XP series of filter, and now have 3 XP2’s, 2 XP3’s and an XP4 across 4 tanks.

I started out with a pretty standard media configuration that looked like this:

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What To Do With Unwanted Fish?

Maybe the pretty fish you bought has gone on a rampage and killed many of its tank mates. Maybe the fish has grown too large for you to house. Maybe you just don’t want it any more.

You don’t want to flush him, but what do you do?

There are a few primary options:

1. If the fish was purchased recently, check with the shop to see if you can return the fish for a refund.
2. Contact local aquarium shops to see if they will accept the fish.
3. Advertise the fish as available for free to a good home on Craigslist.
4. Post the fish as available for free to a good home on aquarium forums.
   1. http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/forum/113-classified-section/
   2. http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15
   3. http://www.fishforums.com/forum/want-sell.html
   4. http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/buy-sell-trade/

Bottle Feeding Koi

This is a very cool video of someone who has trained some large koi to eat from a modified bottle:

It’s subtle, but I think the person with the bottle is mostly squeezing the food out into the fish’s mouths.