Your aquarium, from day-to-day, really shouldn’t require a huge amount of maintenance. On a weekly basis you’ll need to test water, maybe do water changes and change filtration media. But, the daily care of your aquarium should be quick and easy. When you think about it, fish are probably the easiest types of pets to [...]
The Biodome de Montreal is an interesting place. The facility was originally built in 1976 for the Olympic Games. It held judo and cycling events, and now is a biodome of sorts that acts as a walk-through for four ecosystems found in the Americas. The Saint Lawrence Marine Eco-system portion of the biodome is of [...]
It’s hard to not gawk at saltwater aquariums as nice as this. This type of aquarium is something that is inspiring to a lot of aquarium enthusiasts. Unfortunately the video is disabled for embedding so I must link to it with a text link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJEHAhyw0jw It appears as thought the fish like their large space [...]
Hermit crabs, in a saltwater aquarium, can be very beneficial. As your saltwater aquarium evolves, you will eventually need to employ some sort of “cleanup crew”. What is a cleanup crew? This term usually refers to the creatures that will inhabit the substrate and live rock in your aquarium and eat all kinds of stuff [...]
I recently ran across a forum thread in which the person who started the forum was documenting his construction of a 600 gallon saltwater aquarium. My reaction is pretty much: WOW. Click here to check it out. The documentation is quite impressive, starting with building the tank all the way to loading it up with [...]
There is a common saying that goes something like this: “Treat others as you would like others to treat you”. Let’s apply that to your aquarium fish. If you were an aquarium fish, how would you want your owner to treat you? I can think of all kinds of ways that I would like to [...]
