As good as many all-in-one aquariums are, there is still a need for supporting equipment to keep your fish and plants healthy and happy, ranging from heaters, water conditioners, and even fish food.
Check out my reviews as I discuss what products I have used along with the good and bad of each.
When planning on a quarantine tank to use during our recent rescape, I needed to come up with a way to provide aeration (oxygen) and filtration for our critters. I didn’t want to spend much money and wanted something
When I first setup our planted aquarium, I readily jumped on board for tools and supplies to make for a healthy tank: substrate – check, fertilizers – check, upgraded light – check. As the items piled up and the budget got crunched, some things I decided to do without. One neglected item was
I recently rescaped our Fluval Spec V aquarium
I did a lot of research on all the necessary pieces for setting up our aquarium – most of it was decided by on-line research. One item that I couldn’t begin to decide on with only internet research was what fish food was best. I waited until we picked up our first batch of fish and
Fishkeeping requires a certain level of commitment. Water changes, regular cleaning, feeding, and attention to your tank. I try to keep my maintenance regimen simple, but there is a minimum level of effort to keep everyone in the tank healthy. Inevitably, there comes a time when you have to leave town and then the reality sets in: what am I
When getting back into the aquarium hobby last year, I quickly realized the advantage to automating the lighting in some way so that the light duration for our plants was consistent every day. I know that there are aquarium controllers available that incorporate lighting and other timers, but the cost and size of such systems was not for us. The simplest solution seemed to be a
It wasn’t long after acquiring our first batch of 6 red cherry shrimp that I started to look for a good way to feed them. I had heard that you can offer them blanched vegetables, like sweet potatoes or zucchini; I gave that a try without much interest on their part. Also, I didn’t really want to fiddle around with preparing a custom salad for them every day. A trip to the local fish store sent me home with a great packaged shrimp food from Hikari called
When I started planning my first aquarium, I kept seeing the coolest accessory in some of the fish stores – a magnetic glass cleaner. I knew that it had to be part of my shopping list as it seemed like such a cool product to help