Aquarium Set up & Maintenance

If you want to put an aquarium in your bedroom, you might be having a tough time finding a place for it. Typically, a bedroom has a bed, a dresser or two and one or two nightstands. Unless you have an overly large bedroom, yours will have the same pieces of furniture. Now, the problem […]

Hang on back filters (HOB or power filter) and canister filters are two of the more popular filters used by aquarium hobbyists for both freshwater and saltwater. They both have their pros and cons which always relate to the size of tanks being used as well as whether you have a freshwater or marine setup.

This seems to be an ongoing discussion in the aquarium community. I know my view on this has changed over the years and yours probably will too after reading this article. It is always good to hear what other, more experienced hobbyists have to say about things like this in order to help you make

This coming spring, I am putting a Koi pond in my backyard and I am super excited about it! I have a ton of experience with aquariums but have never tackled a pond. I have been researching the answer to every question I could think of on how to set up the pond and what

UV (ultra violet) light sterilizers for aquariums are not as common as I thought they would be. I don’t personally know anyone with an aquarium that is currently using one. Many people with outdoor ponds have them. Does that mean you shouldn’t use one? Good question! Aquarium UV sterilizers certainly have their place and are

In my house, Legos can be found in numerous locations and in more shapes and styles than my son has time to play with them! For some reason, just last night, I was thinking I should put some of his unused Legos together and place them in my fish tank. We have a 10-gallon aquarium

This is a great question! You can look at this one from the perspective of does the aquarium filter need to be on for the fish’s sake and should a piece of equipment such as a filter be left running 24/7? Not surprisingly, this question comes up a lot online. I can help answer both

If you are new to the aquarium hobby or maybe stick to either freshwater or saltwater tanks, you might not be familiar with one of these types of skimmers. Personally, I was very familiar with protein skimmers, as I have had marine tanks for years but didn’t know much about surface skimmers. Now that I