Common Problems for New Aquarium Keepers
7 Common Problems for new aquarium keepers frequently encounter and what you can do to avoid suffering common pitfalls that stress new aquarium keepers.
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The Nitrogen Cycle & New Aquarium Syndrome
The “nitrogen cycle” is actually an ecological concept and applies to gardens and forests, as well as lakes and closes aquarium systems as well. Follow along for details pertinent to your aquarium system in this rudimentary overview of the nitrogen cycle.
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Choosing the right material for your custom aquarium
The type of underwater creation that you plan to contain in your custom aquarium can impact the type of material that you use to construct your aquarium.
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How Maintenance Impacts Water Chemistry – Guide to a Balanced Healthy Aquarium
The easiest way to export waste products from the aquarium is a combination of media filtration and old fashioned water changes. Water changes, particularly in freshwater aquaria, are an excellent and economical method of nutrient export. The primary concern, is how large and how often should your tank maintenance services should include an old fashioned water change.
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Driftwood Series
I wanted to go over the process of collecting driftwood that you can find near you, curing that driftwood so that you can use it in your aquarium underwater, and ways that you can employ it for any type of home aquaria.
Driftwood Cleaning
Preparing your driftwood to add to your home aquarium or terrarium requires that it be both clean and sterile. There is real potential to bring pests and pathogens into the captive environment if proper techniques aren’t followed.
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Driftwood Collection
The first consideration you should make when considering going on a driftwood collection trip is the rules in your local municipality.
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Adding Driftwood to your Home Aquarium
oaking the pieces for a few weeks to saturate them with water can work, but can be time consuming. Additionally, not all pieces will take on enough water to achieve negative buoyancy. Weighing the pieces down with rocks during soaking can speed the process…but sometimes that’s not enough.
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Breaking down the phosphate reactor.
Without a phosphate reactor, phosphate levels would naturally rise, as phosphates are a byproduct of fish foods. Unchecked, they can rise to levels that are deleterious to any organism that relies on calcification.
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What you’ll need when adding sump to existing tank. – Plumbing aquarium overflow box.
The popularity of the live coral “reef tank” aquarium has exploded in over the past decade. Advances in aquarium keeping technology have made this notoriously difficult division of the aquarium-keeping hobby affordable and accessible to an increasingly large number of people. Overflow boxes can transform your simple marine aquarium into a super-powered living reef system.
As a maintenance professional, one of the common issues that I have to address is under-filtered aquariums. I often see small aquariums with a live coral setup, with a filtration system that lacks a protein skimmer. Because this is not an ideal situation, my recommendation is always to add a skimmer to the display. While hang-on-the-back skimmer options are available, my preference is to add an “overflow box” and “sump” to the aquarium. The sump is a tank located underneath the main display aquarium, the overflow box is the device that safely (without floods) delivers the water to the sump tank below. In most instances, adding sump to existing tank is as easy as a few simple steps.
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