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Fish Tank Filter

Cleaning Your Fish Tank

July 11, 2010

Start cleaning your fish tank! Unplug your tanks heater if you have one. The heater can not be allowed to be removed from the water while it is hot so make sure to leave it unplugged at least 20 minutes before attempting to remove it. The fish tank water help cool the glass on the [...]

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Choosing the Right Aquarium Filter

June 18, 2010

The filtration system is the single most important factor in maintaining a healthy environment and healthy fish. A recent article in Aquarium Fish Magazine estimates that more than 80 percent of all fish health problems in aquariums are directly linked to improper or inadequate filtration. There are several types of filters used by today’s hobbyists. [...]

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Aquarium Filtration Systems

June 18, 2010

For aquatic animals, good water quality is synonymous with good health. Good water quality is dependent on efficient filtration of the water in your tank. Understanding filtration is one of the most difficult tasks facing the new aquariust. Even the novice aquarist is aware that high levels of ammonia will quickly spell the end to [...]

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Reverse Osmosis in your Aquarium

June 18, 2010

Tap water and well water are filled with all sorts of materials which are toxic to humans and to aquarium fish. ie: lead, mercury, arsenic, chromium, pesticides, herbicides, industrial pollutants, gasoline, and many, many more as well as phosphates and nitrates which fuel algae growth. Distilled water or natural spring water at your supermarket may [...]

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UV Sterilizer are great water filtration devices

June 15, 2010

A UV or Ultra Violet Sterilizer is a water filtration device that leverages a UV built to kill microscope organisms that are found to be floating freely within the water of your aquarium.  UV Clarifiers provide permanent control of suspended algae which cause green water. It removes heavy algae blooms (usually within 5 days) and [...]

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Use Protein Skimmer in your Aquarium

June 15, 2010

What is a Protein Skimmer? In general terms, a protein skimmer is a piece of equipment that uses a mixture of air and water to create a column of tiny rising bubbles that “grab” skum, film, and dissolved organic waste materials (DOC’s) by binding those pollutants to their surface. The bubbles take the DOC’s to [...]

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Aquarium Filtration

June 12, 2010

Filtering Aquarium Water For aquatic animals, good water quality is synonymous with good health. Good water quality is dependent on efficient filtration of the water in your tank. Understanding filtration is one of the most difficult tasks facing the new aquariust. Even the novice aquarist is aware that high levels of ammonia will quickly spell [...]

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