Tag: Aquascape
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One of my favourite tank setups, includes a true rarity!
The Costa Rica aquarium setup. Costa Rica has a versatile variety of species. For instance, 25% of all bird species, lives here. That’s one of every four birds in the world! That’s amazing! Butterflies and fishes are no exceptions. Here is my take on a Costa Rica aquarium setup. If you have any species you…
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Doing water changes! An aquarium necessity?
Doing water changes is an ongoing debate. Should you do 10%, 20%, 25%, 30% or even 50% every week? Well, if I would say, I do water changes of 10-20% once a month or never! Would you believe me? And I have never any deaths in my tanks! Do you still believe me? For those…
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How to maintain a good balance and environment in the aquarium. How do I do it?
How do I do it? First of all I’ve tried it all! What ever they’ve said is a good thing to do on YouTube or fishkeeping gurus, I’ve done it. So why is my conclusion after all of this different ways of keeping aquarium fish? Simple answer? It depends on how much the aquarium is…
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Peaceful Mbuna species.
Mbuna is a Schooling fish. Today there will not be as much to read, but a lot more pictures of different Mbundu species that are so peaceful that you can actually have them in a same tank as Aulonocara species, which is a great controversial subject in the hobby. I hope you enjoy these beautiful…
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My favorite African species of Tetras from the Congo river.
Alestopetersius brichardi: The Cherry Red Congo Tetra. It lives in the middle of the Congo river. It reaches a maximum length of 7.9 cm. This species is my favourite of the bunch! Alestopetersius smykalai is Synonym Hemigrammopetersius: This species appears to be restricted to the Imo and Niger drainages in Nigeria but the full extent…
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This is personal! I’ve been in pain for the past three weeks.
I’ve been diagnosed with shingles and herniated disks sense three weeks back. It started with shingles three weeks ago and a few days later my herniated disks went from not so good to really bad! So since then I’ve been struggling with heavy pains of different sorts and difficulty getting any sleep during the night.…
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Can you make a cute communal cichlid aquarium?
Yes, you can! All species I’ve chosen for this project originates from Brazil. So it’s kind I’m of a biotope aquarium as well. All are peaceful fish and dose very well in a communal tank setup. No one eats plants either, so you may decorate your aquarium as much as you’d like and scape it…
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Theme:Eastern Amazon Aquarium Tank. 648 liters or 180 gallons (Rio Orinoco-Rio Negro Biotope)
Species suggestions. Cichlids: Acarichthys heckelii 20cm Andinoacara pulcher “Electric/Blue Acara” 17cm Biodotoma wavrini 13cm Chaetobranchus flavescens 27cm eats plankton RARE Hypselecara temporalis “Emerald Cichlid/Chocolate cichlid” 30cm Geophagus altifrons 22cm Geophagus winemellri 20cm Pterophyllum altum 25cm Satanoperca lilith 22cm RARE Satanoperca daemon 25cm Symphysodon tarzoo “Green discus” 20cm Tahuantinsuyoa macantzatza “Inca Stone Fish” 12cm Tetras: Hemigrammus…
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The Most Common Mistakes Made As a Beginner Aquarist.
1. Starting out with too small of an aquarium. A small aquarium can be more difficult to maintain than a larger one and are not well-suited to beginners. Conditions like Ph, Ammonia and Nitrate and tend to be more stable in larger aquariums, and is easier to control, or more time to correct them if…