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Patience is virtue. The old axiom certainly hold true in the art of fish keeping. Weather it be cycling a new tank, or waiting for your fish to spawn, trying to rush any of these processes will usually result in a loss of fish and more headaches. One important lesson learned is that of quarantining new arrivals to your fish collection. Continue Reading »
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Sometimes by nature of the aquarium hobby we learn things “the hard way”. We’ve all read the books, the online articles, gotten the advice from friends and breeders alike, decades of experience at your finger tips, but still seem to make the same costly mistakes.
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There are many reasons as to why we keep fish, and what fish we keep. It could be color, behavior, personality, exclusivity? The reason I keep mainly African Cichlids is because of their unique breeding behavior. Over the course of thousands of years these amazing fish have evolved a method of caring for their unborn progeny unlike any other animal on the planet. During spawning the male and female will perform a ritual “dance”, where the male will convince the female that it is time to spawn.
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If I am not sleeping, I am thinking about the tank, cleaning the tank, testing the tank, watching the tank, researching improvements to the tank, scouring the local fish stores for stuff for the tank, photographing the tank, dreaming about the next tank, talking about the tank, reading other people’s experience with their tanks….Is this obsession?
-Fivebymiker
In the hobby of fish keeping there are different levels of dedication and enthusiasm. Some people will have an aquarium in their living room and never give it anymore thought than they would the design of their coffee table. To these people, an aquarium is an ornament; something that goes with the leather sofa or the designer blinds. To others it is so much more; it is an addiction. Continue Reading »
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I’m sure every aquarium hobbyist has carried their share of water filled buckets while doing your water changes. There is simply no way to get around it. If your tank is over 55 gallons, or you have multiple tanks, you will feel the pain of back breaking buckets!
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At some point in the fish aquarium hobby you may realize that you can build a better aquarium filter for less money than it would cost you to buy one from your local fish store. While some of us will succeed, some of us will fail miserably and will instead spend a fortune on what becomes the newest curbside addition on garbage day.
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The Great Rift Valley of Africa is home to some of the most fascinating fish on the planet. In the past 25 years African cichlids have risen to be one of the most popular and enduring fish to keep in the hobby. Their advanced social hierarchies and vast color radiation almost guarantee the fish fancier’s devout attention.
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Welcome to Fish Tank Talk. This is the first article in a series concerning the care maintenance of the enthusiasts’s aquarium. We’ll start out by introducing you to the different types of tanks you can have setup. From rivers and lake systems to saltwater marine fish tanks, hobbyist are always studying the conditions their fish would find the most accommodating. There’s so many different fish to keep and exponentially as many ways to keep them. One thing is for sure. Once your fish are out of their natural environment You will carry plenty of buckets!