Aquarium Pump Maintenance

THIS WILL AVOID ANY POSSIBILITY OF GILL DAMAGE. Also, if you buy the dechlorinating solution, it usually has other stuff in it to reduce stress and maintain the slime coat.

Continue regular maintenance, once a week. It should take no more than 15 minutes.

Keep an eye on the temperature from time to time. A drop in temperature will encourage stress-related diseases, e.g.: Ich and enough of a rise in temperature would cook the fish and the good bacteria, resulting in the loss of your efforts.

When changing water, the best

The most common cause of all problems in a fish tank is poor water conditions. Do a 20-30% water change and see if your fish start to behave in a normal manner. If you still have a problem, then you need to decide whether to isolate or not depending on the symptoms. If you catch many problems early you can save yourself a lot of worry!

Some of the common diseases are found in the next portion of this article. You can combine the sym

that historically sustain high mortalities, nearly one hundred percent with a few weeks. Few in the know would argue that ribbon morays, Moorish idols, wild percula clowns, et alia are hardy aquarium fare. Whereas, on the other end of the spectrum there are typical hardy species and many gray area types and sizes. So where do we draw the line? Should all pet fish be tank bred? Maybe limited to those unable to exist as exotics in local waters? That would really limit whats available.

Where would we be without people trying and reproducing successive generations of wild d

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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 .

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