100 Gallon Freshwater Aquarium

Remember that the key is to be patient and to provide the right conditions for the plants that you are keeping.

I use the regular Cool White tubes, that you can buy relatively inexpensively at most hardware stores, along with the Plant and Aquarium tubes that sell for around $6.00 at the same stores. Most store bought canopies are not capable of providing enough light to keep most aquarium plants healthy so be sure to ask your store dealer for suggestions if keeping plants is your focus.

I have also experimented with different types of lighting. I have had good success with both compact fluorescent bulbs and par 20,

Aquarists and diver-useful information: natural Habitat description (eco- and bio-tope, depth range), species-distinguishing Characters, Remarks such as feeding notes, behavior, similarity to other species, and geographic Distribution. For the purpose of comparison, similar appearing fishes are juxtaposed near each other (as opposed, lets say, to an alphabetical listing of species by genus); this is of great help in discerning the many look-alikes within these families.

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Goldfish Varieties
Experts believe that Goldfish have been kept as pets for over a thousand years. From simple to fancy, white to black, dozens of Goldfish variations abound. In fact, there....

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Id say a dark room, no flash, and a wide aperture. Try using different camera speeds if you have a manual setting on your camera.
Use a tripod or a stack of books to mount the camera in position, you can then try lo.

Corals Need More Than a Lot of Light
Contrary to popular belief, a vast majority of corals are not autotrophic, requiring only light to survive. Autotrophs produce their own food from inorganic material they extract from their surrounding....

100 Gallon Freshwater Aquarium

Angel Fish Pterophyllum altum (back) & scalare (front)