Automatic Aquarium Fish Feeder

I have heard stories and seen the endemic Hawaiian cleaner, Labroides phthirophagus accepting dry prepared, freeze-dried, fresh and live foods, still only to waste away and die.

If you want to "practice" on cleaner wrasses, the blue, black and white lined Labroides dimidiatus is the one species that seems more facultative. If youre just looking for a biological cleaner for their services or novel behavior, please consider shrimps in the genera Hippolysmata, Periclimenes, or cleaner gobies. They do the job and do well in captivity, with muc

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When first setting up an aquarium, the tank and all of the contents inside of it are relatively clean and free of bacteria, especially the kinds that we want. An aquarium takes time to establish a colony of "bugs" to get at the nasty wastes. This is what we call a Bacteria Bed, or also a Bio-Filter

A new aquarium gets set up. (assume water etc. is ok)

Fish get introduced.

Fish get fed ( I would hope).

Fish swim happily in enjoyment of their new home.

Fish produce waste.

Ammonia from the waste sta

Ammonia is toxic to fish so we wouldnt want that to build up in our aquarium. Luckily, there are types of bacteria that use Ammonia as part of their metabolism.

They use up the available Ammonia and convert it to a compound known as Nitrite(NO2). So, all is safe and sound, right?

No. Unfortunately, Nitrite is also very toxic to fish.

Bummer.

Now it happens to be that another type of bacteria come along and use this Nitrite in their metabolism. They scrounge up all the Nitrite they can find and convert it to a comp

Moving need suggestions
Ok so the house is up on the market and I have to start finding a way to move he tank with the least stress on the animals. Any suggestions on moving would be great. I have fish rock and corals to move. Let me know Matt.

Black Neon Tetra
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