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1) General Calcium Reactor Help
Author:
Richard Gilliland
Category:
Home Improvement
Calcium reactors release CO2, dissolving calcium source material in their reactor. The result is calcium is added to your tank helping corral and other aquarium livestock thrive.
However, using a calcium reactor can be a hazardous activity if not done properly. Co2 is colorless and odorless, so can be dangerous if released in the air without fresh oxygen entering the enclosed space. So, when handling your Co2 container, keep a window open nearby, keep away from radiators and other heat sourc...
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2) How to Control Algae in Your Aquarium
Author:
Richard Gilliland
Category:
Home and Family
It is impossible to eliminate algae altogether, and you should not be frustrated by the persistent nature of algae to accumulate. What you can do is control the condition under which plant life and fish thrives and algae does not. First, how much light are you allowing into your tank area? If you have light for more than ten hours a day, you are assisting algae grow in your tank, so don't keep the lights on 24-7. You can purchase algae eating fish if that would fit with your aquarium's motif. S...
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3) Ways To Approach Feeding Your Reef Tank
Author:
Richard Gilliland
Category:
Home and Family
However, today we know much more about corals. For starters, corals are animals and not plants, as people used to believe earlier. As they are animals, they can follow animalistic eating patterns, which mean selecting their own food and ingesting what they can eat. They are quite capable of following eating trends as most animals do, and hence feeding corals in the right way becomes just a matter of trying and testing out different foods with them.
If you are direct feeding your corals, this...
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4) The Importance of Aquarium Lighting
Author:
Richard Gilliland
Category:
Home and Family
Most basic aquariums come with lighting already installed, but you can also buy lights if you want something different. For a novice the lighting in your aquarium should be sufficient if it's fluorescent, however, this only applies to freshwater tanks. If you plan on setting up a saltwater aquarium, better lighting is a must.
Fluorescent lighting keeps fish the healthiest because it most closely resembles natural light - and it makes your fish look better! Don't use candescent lighting in an...
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5) UV Sterilizers for Aquarium Maintenance
Author:
Richard Gilliland
Category:
Home and Family
If you have a home aquarium, chances are you already have several filtration units taking care of the water. A UV sterilizer is a good addition to an aquarium, although it should be the last stage of the filtration process. It's important that aquarium water passes through the mechanical filter before moving through the UV unit. The mechanical or canister filter removes solids so that any water that passes through the UV unit afterwards is cleaned with optimal results.
UV sterilizers continu...
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6) Water Test Kits For Aquariums
Author:
Richard Gilliland
Category:
Home and Family
Each test kit is rather expensive, although it's possible to save some money if you purchase a master test kit.
How do aquarium test kits work? The process is very easy - all you have to do is dip the strips in a test tube containing your aquarium water, and compare the color on the strip to the information cards that come with the package.
Another type of test kit comes with liquid droppers containing a solution you drip into a test tube of sample water. Then you just shake and wait a fe...
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7) Calcium Reactors
Author:
Richard Gilliland
Category:
Home and Family
A calcium reactor is a device used in an aquarium to help keep levels of alkalinity and calcium level to the requirements of the livestock in the tank. A calcium reactor is a tool of convenience in a tank filled with mostly plant life, but if you have stony corral then it becomes a matter of necessity, as you will need to monitor and maintain both calcium and alkalinity in order for the corral to thrive.
Calcium reactors release CO2, dissolving calcium source material in their reactor. The...
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8) Aquarium Selection and Placement
Author:
Richard Gilliland
Category:
Home and Family
Width: You should get the widest tank you have available considering the space you have to allocate for it. A mistake would be thinking that upgrading to a wider tank later would be easy. You might be able to get a larger tank but you would also have to upgrade all of the equipment in it, making the upgrade project up to five more times as expensive then if you get the largest tank that will fit in the space you have allocated as possible. Also in that regard, fish tend to grow when you feed th...
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