Saltwater Aquarium Sponges

The reason for mixing the soil and water together first is that if you do not saturate the soil and drop the pot into the aquarium, you take the chance of the air in the soil exploding to the surface and making a real mess of the aquarium. Believe me when I say that it can be very frustrating if you rush the job and end up with a big mess. It has happened to me too many time to count. Once the soil is moist (not like soup, more like Play Doh), fill your potting container 2/3rds full of soil. Take your

Now you can remove the male - his job is done.

STEP 7: Raising the fry

Once the fry are free-swimming, they need to eat lots of tiny food particles. They wont usually eat for the first five or six days after hatching, but then you can feed live food and small flakes or pellets. Liqui-fry for egg-layers works great, as do micro-worms and vinegar eels. Now the filter may be turned back on (at a low rate). Keep the temperature at 80 degrees F, and leave the lid on the tank as warmth is crucial to the fry developing properly. Water changes may be started two weeks after they are free-swimming, after they are strong enough to swim away from th

saltwater aquarium sponges

First, determine the lift or height the pump will need to move water. If the pump draws water from a reservoir below the aquarium, measure (in feet) from the pump to the point water returns to the tank. This will be your initial head pressure in feet.

If the pump draws water from and returns water to the aquarium through a filter, divide this figure in half as the pump is getting assistance from gravity o

*Oxygen*
Ohhhh Boomer.... :D I am at work and can not find the links to "the need to breath" articles from Advanced Aquarist that may answer this question for me; but whilst my brain is wondering about it, I want to ask the question... My 90 gal r.

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