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Saltwater Tank Reef Aquarium Closeup Tour By Newyorksteelo

Sandra Bing — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:24:04 +0000

Educational detailed commentary closeup tour of my 90g Saltwater Tank Reef Aquarium Setup. By Newyorksteelo. www.newyorksteelo.com Facebook: www.facebook.com

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10 gallon Freshwater Aquarium

Sandra Bing — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:34:47 +0000

Residents: 3 Zebra Danios, 3 Gold Danios Cleaning Crew: 3 Amano (Yamato / algae eating) shrimps, 1 male Red Claw Crab Plants: Anubias Nana (dwarf), Java Fern attached to bogwood, Marimo (moss) ball. Filtering is carried out by an airpump driven undergravel filter and a 80gal/h hang on back power filter. Heater is a 50W submersible. CO2 is pumped in every now and then via a DIY CO2 generator (water, yeast, sugar combo in a 2.5L soda bottle.) Diffuser in the end of the air line is a plain, round, bamboo chopstick. To keep crab zealots happy one bogwood reaches out of water surface, and a table spoon of evaporated sea salt is added in every few water changes. Infamously, red clawed crabs are escape artists. My crab, Houdini, as his name suggests, now live in a hot glued, old vertical blind cutout reinforced full hooded tank. The light in the hood is a 18W, 8000K fluorescent light strip.

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Fish store searching, thrift finding & my first car accident.

Sandra Bing — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:25:15 +0000

Went looking for some stuff for my aquarium today, and stopped by a few thrifts, nothing new at all same old stuff….picked up one game at least though. Bad news is I had my first car accident..some dude was backing up into the space next to my car and just ran right into my car! wtf?!….I didn’t think the guy would hit me, I saw him coming, and beeped my horn, but the guy just kept on coming…unbelievable. I was the only damn car in the area! I guess I’m lucky he didn’t run me freakin over, because I was just outside my car a few secs earlier bending over looking for something under the seat…

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Saltwater Aquarium – Finding Salinity

Sandra Bing — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:18:26 +0000

To view the next video in this series click: www.monkeysee.com This video will show how to set up a salt water aquarium and how to find salinity.

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How do you get black algae off the fish tank?

Sandra Bing — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:27:01 +0000

I tried my trusty algae scrubby, and it doesn’t work.

Is there a secret to it?
I’ve never had black algae before… I’ve never HEARD of black algae before.

What causes it?

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Fish That Clean Your Aquarium For You

Sandra Bing — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:49:08 +0000

Maintaining an aquarium can be an ongoing task but you can lighten the load of little bit by buying fish and other creatures that you part of the work for you. These fish are scavengers that feed on the any food on the bottom of the crater rim as well as the algae. When buying these kinds of fish you need to be careful of the kind that you buy us some can exist peacefully with your other fish while others will attack them.
One of the toughest problems In maintaining a tank is keeping the algae growth down. Luckily there are fish that actually eat the algae keeping the tank clean for you!
The Chinese algae eater can eat in a normal salon of algae and attach themselves to the flat surfaces of your tank and decorations scraping algae off. The Chinese algae eater can become aggressive when he becomes an adult and may even attack larger fish so they are great having a tank when they are young, but not so good when they’re adults.
The flying fox or trunk barb each LG and also will eat the leftover food at the bottom of the tank. They shouldn’t be put in with a similar species though as they can become territorial.
If you want a shy and peaceful fish that is a good community member and also each algea then you could try getting a catfish for your aquarium.
Snails are another fish tank creature that eats algae but they’ll go for the plants first so if you have live plants in your tank you might not want to add snails. Apple snails might be a good idea because they prefer the LG over the plants however you may find them feeding on sleeping fish! another thing to keep in mind is that snails reproduce pretty quickly so if you don’t want a tank full of snails by only one.
Sometimes live plants have snail eggs are ready on them. I once put a plant in my tank and low and behold all of a sudden I had tons of teeny tiny snails – and I mean tons! If this happens to you and you want to get rid of them think about buying a loach. Loaches eat snails and they also eat algae so you can kill two birds with one stone. Sucker loaches, however, made a bit of the fish when they grow to be adults.
cleaner shrimp can help with Tank maintenance. Bumblebee shrimp will eat leftover food enough help keep down algae growth In the tank but you have to be careful to provide them with other food as well. These shrimp are only about an Inch long and relatively harmless to your other fish. Ghost charm will eat both algae and the food at the bottom of the tank too but they also might eat small fresh and may get to the fish food before your fish can even eat it as collection point!
If you have any saltwater aquarium, then getting a couple of crowds might be a great way to cut down on algae. Hermit crabs who eat algae as well as the food that sells on the bottom of the aquarium. Keep in mind, however, that you must buy crabs that don’t grow larger than an inch as big crabs might kill your fish. Emerald green crabs and need Mithrax crabs might be good for saltwater tank. Sally Lightfoot crabs eat hair algae and bubble algae and are also very peaceful creatures.
So there you have it, some creatures to add interest to your tank as well as help you clean it!

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Saltwater Aquarium – Lighting

Sandra Bing — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:18:17 +0000

To view the next video in this series click: www.monkeysee.com This video will show how to set up a saltwater aquarium and discusses lighting.

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