Tropical Fish Tank Lover

Once you own an aquarium the tank maintenance will be one of your most important responsibilities. It is certainly not as much fun as you get from decorating the tank or selecting your fish, but without proper fish tank maintenance, you will be endangering the lives of your fish.

Fish tank maintenance is an essential part […]

?If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down 70 times and get up off the floor, saying, ?Here comes number 71!?

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Fly fishing the large and small ?drive-in? high lakes of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest is an art in itself and good fly-fishing information about a lake is of prime importance to the success of the high lake fly fisher. You need to have a good understanding of the lake bottom, the insect life and […]

Cichlids are a type of freshwater fish. They form a large and diverse family of fish. There are currently 1,300 scientifically described species. Each year, new species are discovered. For this reason, no one quite knows how many species of cichlids exist.
Generally speaking, cichlids are of a medium size, ovate in shape, and are laterally […]

Well we're halfway through the 2006 Atlantic tropical hurricane season or so they say? And at least we're halfway through the alphabet aren?t we? Although this hurricane season has not been his bat is the 2005 Atlantic tropical hurricane season insurer has cost the United States taxpayer and FEMA quite a bit of money. […]

TAPS:

There are four main finishes for taps and showers:

Chrome, the hardest wearing finish, usually last over 20 years.

Antique Gold, used more on traditional style suites, is generally a soft finish which will last approximately 3 years with day to day use but in a rarely used second bathroom could last as long as 10 years.

Nickel […]

Maintenance Tip #1 - Preparing the water heater. Turn off the power if its an electric water heater. Turn off the water to the water heater by closing the valve on the cold water line. Its located on top of the water heater. The cold line is always to the right. Open a […]

The basics for successfuly fish keeping can be summarized as follows:
Research your pet fish environment to facilitate duplicating it within your fish tank. Locate your fish tank in a consistent environment, while still enjoying your fish. Population density is crucial to a happy fish tank, even more so than fish species. Temperament of fish species […]

1. Fill your tank only with “aged” or conditioned water. Never use unconditioned tap water. Conditioning tap water is preferred over aging tap water (”aging” is the practice of setting aside tap water a sufficient time to permit the release of chlorine and other substances harmful to the fish).
2. Plan on changing about 20-25% of […]

People are hearing a lot about fish oil supplements and hence are rushing to snap one from a local pharmacy, a GNC, or the health store in town. But you need to know the facts and educate yourself about them and then lay your hands. So, think again, read on to find out more, before […]