Can I use bogwood to soften my water?
Not in any meaningful way no. Let’s get technical. A bog is often where a lake used to be. The
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Author: Ruth McDonald
Corydoras Taxonomy Shake Up – The list of species.
This is information from Phylogenomic analyses in the complex Neotropical subfamily Corydoradinae (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with a new classification based on
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Can I keep soft water fish in hard water?
So many text books that say that keeping soft water fish in hard water is better than the reverse, but
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Can I keep goldfish with tropical fish.
My knee-jerk response was no, that these are cold-water fish and they need different things. But I suddenly thought, where
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Daily Question: How long do I need to leave my aquarium light on each day? I don’t have plants, but the room is pretty dark, I’ve heard fish don’t need light.
Between 6 and 8 hours. If the room is really dark then maybe more. Fish need a day-night cycle, because
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Daily Question: I’ve been told you shouldn’t change too much water, 10% weekly is enough and 25% once a month. You recommend 50% a week.
There is a lot of myths about water changes. Let’s put a few of them to bed before we look
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How come I have to worry about changing the water hardness when most fish are locally bred in my tap water.
Some fish may be locally bred in your tap water, but the number in an average fish shop is so
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How much aquarium salt should I add to my fish tank?
None. Yeah yeah you want more details.So if you are talking about a marine tank you need specialist marine salt
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I just leave my tank alone.
I think nothing makes my heart sink more than that statement. People will then go on to say that they
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Your water isn’t fine.
I’ve paused before writing this, because lets be honest that acronym comes across as cruel and mocking new keepers. It’s
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