Aquarium Set up & Maintenance

Fish keeping is a visual hobby and to fully enjoy your tank, you need clean, clear water. Cloudy water in a fish tank typically indicates one of two things happening with the water. Luckily, they are both fairly easy fixes so you can get back to enjoying your clear tank as soon as possible! Fish […]

If you own a fish tank, you need the proper set-up to ensure that the tank is level and protected. Apart from the stand on which it sits, other aquarium accessories are required. This begs the question, ‘what should I put under my fish tank?’ A padded aquarium mat is put under a fish tank

If you’re new to marine tanks, then you probably aren’t familiar yet with saltwater protein skimmers – but have perhaps heard of them and are curious about them. I would have to say that a protein skimmer is a must-have in a saltwater tank, that is, if you want the healthiest tank possible for your

When you own an aquarium and have fish stocked in it, the last thing you want to do is add chemicals willy-nilly and kill the fish! Of course, it is always a smart idea to follow instructions on the products packaging. There are times, however, when you can do something a bit different than the

It is one thing to learn how to introduce new fish to a tank, it is another to replace the location where most of the tank’s beneficial bacteria resides. If you are considering or need to switch out your aquarium filter on an established tank, it is good to understand what can go wrong and

If you are a true aquarium hobbyist, chances are you want to have more than one fish tank in your home. While you likely have a tank in the area you spend the most time in, such as on the main floor in the family room, you may also want to have one upstairs in

For years, I have had charcoal in my aquarium filters – whether it was a freshwater or a saltwater tank. I have been trying to grow live plants in a 10-gallon freshwater tank lately and decided to take the charcoal out so as not to impede the plants growth and to see what would happen.

Sometimes you start something and then later change your mind. I’ve run into this myself in the aquarium hobby regarding whether to keep a saltwater or freshwater tank. Perhaps you find your saltwater tank just too difficult to maintain and are now thinking of converting it to a freshwater tank. Is this even possible? A