Aquarium Eclipse

All you really need is a bare bones setup with the following equipment:

Some type of filtration (a hang on the back of the tank power filter will work, just use filter floss without the carbon since carbon will remove medication from the water, being counter productive)

Heater

A powerhead and/or an airstone for increased surface agitation

Test Kits for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate

Fish Net - dont use the same net for your main tank

Fill the quarantine tank with water from the main tank and then turn everything on in the quarantine tank.

Freshwater

Look! A couple of infrequently- seen Pistol Shrimp at a shop. You can see the big modified pincer used to make the popping sounds.

Just maybe, youll come across a Pistol Shrimp that lives with a goby. Gobies dont dig as well as the shrimp, but apparently they can see much better. So, some have developed relationships in which the shrimp digs and maintains a burrow for both of them, whil

Symbiosis:

Remember that fancy scientific word for "living together"? Symbiosis, oh yeah. As youll recall theres all sorts of terms describing kinds and degrees of symbiosis; parasitism, mutualism, etc. depending on whos doing what to whom to whose benefit(s).

Cleaning symbiosis involves two different species getting together for mutual advantage, the host having parasites and necrotic tissue removed,

New to the hobby
Hi, I'm trying to absorb as much information on Reefs, sw fish ect. So far we have a 55g tank with 2 Emperor 400 filters (minus the bio wheels), 12lb of LR (going to get more very soon), 40lb of crushed coral and two tiny black and white damsals. We have a really nice light it has 12 white LED 12....

Reply to hi from discus breader in Portugal

Photography is a still of life posted a reply:

Hey
They are very interesting pictures that you have there. I am big fan of discuss fish, unfortunately there are no dealers who live near me and ihave to travel many miles to shop for .

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 ....

prob with my tang
recently i purchased a powder blue tang while i already had a sailfin in my 55 gallon i had once before adjusted two fish to each other and thought i would give it a try. well about three days into the venture my powder blue was being harrassed by the sailfin tang. shortly after he developed ich....