Information covering the What, Why and How of aquarium filtration.
Help Me!
“Help me! I recently set up a fish tank and just bought a new puffer (or other fish), but now it’s dying on me!”
Did you just set up a tank within the last 2 months, went to the store and purchased a puffer (or another fish), brought them home, and now they are looking like they are dying? If so, you are probably suffering from an uncycled tank.
You need to take action IMMEDIATE or you puffer/fish will be dead before the day is over!
How to prepare a tank for fish without using livestock
Fishless cycling, as the name suggests, is the method of cycling a tank without using fish. Since we are not using fish, it is the most humane way to cycle a tank. Toxic ammonia and nitrite go unmetabolized during the start of any cycle, causing damage to livestock. The ammonia burns the fish’s gills, eyes, fins, skin, etc, while nitrites decrease oxygen levels in the fish’s blood, causing the fish to suffocate. (» Click here to read the rest of this article…)
You & Chlorine or Chloramines
Introduction:
In the United States, most of us get our water for home and aquarium use from our taps. Our taps are supplied with water by a local community, city, or area utility. Those utilities are highly regulated by state and local governments, which are in turn under regulation by the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency of our federal government. The EPA sets the rules under which our local utilities operate. They define what agents are used to process and disinfect our water supply, and how much of the agent can or must be used. (» Click here to read the rest of this article…)
