Caring For Your False Clownfish

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False Clownfish Quick Care Facts: Environment: Tropical 75 – 81°F (24 — 27°C) pH: 8 to 8.4 KH: 8.0-11.0 Diet: Omnivorous Breeding: Egg layers The common clownfish, otherwise known as the false clownfish, the false percula clownfish,  anemonefish, and the... Continue reading →

The Lionfish Care Guide

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Lionfish Quick Care Facts: Environment: Tropical 72-82°F (22-28°C) pH: 8.1 to 8.4 KH: 1.020 – 1.025 Diet: Carnivorous Breeding: Egg layers Lionfish are some of the most impressive aquarium fish around, growing up to 15 inches in length. They also... Continue reading →

Guide To Keeping Betta Fish

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Betta Quick Care Facts Environment: Warm Tropical (77-86°) pH: 6.0 to 7.8 KH: 1.0 to 2.0 Diet: Primarily carnivorous but can eat some vegetables Breeding: Egg layers Home Aquarium Environment for Betta Betta, or Siamese fighting fish are freshwater creatures... Continue reading →

Caring For Your Discus

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Discus Quick Care Facts: Environment: Tropical 80 – 86°F (27 – 30°C) pH: 7.0 KH: 8.0 Diet: Omnivorous Breeding: Egg layers Discus are a breed of fish from the cichlid genus. They are native to the Amazon River basin and... Continue reading →

Neon Tetras Care Guide

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Neon tetras care guide gives you the basic information you need to keep your neons happy and healthy. Continue reading →

Ready For Fish

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Ready for Fish Or so I thought Editors Note: This post was updated 04/16/2012 and added a picture of the author’s own 10 gallon tank instead of the stock picture that was there. Whether I was actually ready for fish... Continue reading →

It’s a small, small world

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It’s a small, small world Or so the song goes, but for my fish tank, it’s gonna be a small world.   “How small?”, you might ask. A 2 gallon fish bowl.  Maybe 2.5 if I fill it all the way... Continue reading →

Fish Breeding: My Ultimate Goal

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Fish Breeding: My Ultimate Goal Something I’ve wanted to do for a long, long time is to get into fish breeding.  Well fish, invertebrate, and the favorite invertebrate: corals. Why fish breeding? Although there is the possibility of making a... Continue reading →

So what’s going on here?

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What a crazy couple of years. I went back to school, got a divorce (not related to school), set this blog and a few others on autopilot. I don’t like autopilot for this blog. School is…er…somewhat done. And I’m taking... Continue reading →

Setting Up Your Aquarium ~ Tank Selection

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There's only so many ways to set up an aquarium, starting with the tank selection. Continue reading →