Tropical Fish Tank Lover

Should you go fresh or saltwater? When you decide to invest in an aquarium for the first time, the decision could be quite a challenge. Knowing the difference between the two with respect to cost, maintenance, etc., could make it easier to decide.

Setting up a freshwater aquarium is cheaper and maintenance is easier […]

The Saltwater Aquarium Do's and Don'ts List (Part 1)Having a saltwater aquarium can be a lot of fun. Watching your tropical saltwater fish can be a very relaxing hobby. Not to mention if set up properly your aquarium can be a great addition to any room. If you want to keep it […]

Why do people want to keep saltwater aquariums in the first place? Well, the answer to these questions will naturally differ from aquarist to aquarist. Some aquarists are intrigued by the challenged. They started out with easy freshwater species, advanced to breeding freshwater species that hardly anyone can even keep alive in aquariums, and now […]

I recommend changing 20% of your aquarium water once per week (best) or at least 25%+ once per month (minimum). With good filtration and plants (live rock in marine aquaria), you often can go longer than once per week. Use a de-chlorinator such as Start Right or Prime (Prime also detoxifies ammonia and nitrites) while […]

Anybody that decides to create an aquarium and keep aquatic life has a number of duties of care for their animals and plants. You have to feed them, keep them healthy and keep their environment clean and inhabitable. Keeping the environment clean and inhabitable means keeping the water clear to look at and keeping the […]

Saltwater aquariums are the most sensitive and delicate aquariums that can be maintained. Saltwater aquariums resemble the oceanic environment for saltwater fish. Unlike freshwater fish, saltwater fish are very sensitive to sudden temperature fluctuations.

Saltwater aquariums need to be larger than fresh water aquariums, because saltwater fish require more space than freshwater fish do. A saltwater […]

Aquarium lighting is often the last item a person is thinking about when buying an aquarium. The lighting of an aquarium, however, is very important.

There are 4 different kinds of aquarium setups that may require different kinds of aquarium lighting:

Freshwater - fish only.
Freshwater - fish and plants.
Salt water ? fish only.
Saltwater ? fish and corals.

The […]

It is always best to have as many different test kits as you can afford (as they apply to either freshwater or saltwater

I prefer to purchase my test kits separately as most master test kits duplicate test I do not need (high range and low range ph) and leave out ones I need such as […]

When you build your own fish tank, there are only a few really important things to do. Anyway, before buying your fish you should sit down and make a detailed plan about how to start up with your fish tank and answer yourself the following 3 questions:

Do I want a freshwater or a saltwater aquariums? […]

Saltwater aquariums are certainly more difficult to maintain than fresh water aquariums. The ecology of saltwater aquariums is different and needs careful as well as knowledgeable handling.

Saltwater aquariums can house a wide range of fishes and mammals in comparison to fresh water aquariums. In a salt water aquarium it is possible for you to keep […]