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Disaster in a 55 gallon tank

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:40:26 +0000

I worked from home this past Wednesday, following my normal routine – get up early, go to the gym, come home and get on a conference by 8am. Somewhere between calls, I make the rounds to turn on my aquarium lights and feed the tanks. When I walked into my family room and turned on [...]

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Disaster in a 55 gallon tank

Why Do My Fish Keep Dying?

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:19:08 +0000

The primary reason most freshwater aquarium fish die is poor water quality. The main causes of poor water quality is: Insufficient filtration Insufficient water changes Insufficient removal of fish waste Too many fish for the size tank The major problem with water quality problems is that fish don’t obviously die directly from poor water quality. They die from opportunistic diseases [...]

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Why Do My Fish Keep Dying?

Media Configuration For Aquarium Canister Filters

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:00:20 +0000

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 [...]

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Media Configuration For Aquarium Canister Filters

What To Do With Unwanted Fish?

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:40:55 +0000

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: If the [...]

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What To Do With Unwanted Fish?

Bottle Feeding Koi

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:10:54 +0000

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. Post from: Tropical Fish CentralBottle Feeding Koi

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Bottle Feeding Koi

Disaster Strikes… A Leaking Fitting On An External Filter Causes An Under-Carpet River

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:21:50 +0000

Here’s a post to learn from… Yesterday was my day for weekly aquarium maintenance. I had drained one of my 55G tanks down about half way and noticed that my Rena XP 2 filter was barely trickling out. I keep the filter in a decorative box next to the tank, so I unplugged the filter, disconnect [...]

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Disaster Strikes… A Leaking Fitting On An External Filter Causes An Under-Carpet River

Lesson learned – Glofish and Angelfish Don’t Mix

admin — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:13:57 +0000

Years ago when I first got into keeping aquariums, I had zebra danios and Angelfish. Over time, the danios died off, but I kept going with angels. In fact, I have a 4th generation spawn of angels in my 10G fry tank. I had been thinking about adding some dither fish to the 125G tank in [...]

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Lesson learned – Glofish and Angelfish Don’t Mix

What Kind Of Fish Can I Keep in a Bowl?

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:31:08 +0000

A bowl does not provide a proper environment for any kind of fish. Bettas and gold fish are both commonly kept in bowls. though both suffer from it. The Problem With Bowls There are a few major problems with bowls Bowls generally do not hold much water. The small volume of water results in quick changes in water [...]

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What Kind Of Fish Can I Keep in a Bowl?

Can a Betta Live in A Bowl?

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:35:52 +0000

Much like my other post on keeping goldfish in a bowl, the answer is “yes”, a betta can live in a bowl, just not for long and not happily. The problems with a betta bowl There are 3 main problems with bowls for bettas: Bowls are generally quite small. A betta, just like any other fish, should be [...]

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Can a Betta Live in A Bowl?

RIP TwoFishGuyz.com

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:02:04 +0000

I had ordered many dwarf cichlids in the past from TwoFishGuyz, an online fish store, and had a lot of luck with the fish they sold me. I went to their site about 3 weeks ago to check if they have some of the more rare/colorful apistos, and sadly, the site just gives an error. [...]

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RIP TwoFishGuyz.com