Saturday November 17, 2012
When deciding to give a complete aquarium set up to someone as a gift for Christmas or another special occasion, there are some things that need to be considered before doing so. These helpful aquarium gift giving tips from your Guides will help you avoid pitfalls that can occur when buying such a gift, like purchasing unnecessary equipment and supplies, ending up with something that the giftee doesn't have room for, or spending beyond your budget.
More Gift Giving Help
Giving the right gift to aquarist can be challenging, but there are affordable gifts like an Automatic Fish Feeder or even a spare Submersible Aquarium Heater which are always appreciated. To help you out, here are some surefire gifts that will please anyone with a saltwater aquarium.
Ways To Find Out What An Aquarist Wants or Needs Not giving away your intentions can be difficult when you are trying to surprise someone. These tips should help you get the information you need to buy that special person a great aquarium gift.
Items To Put On Your Gift Giving Ideas List
Top Mini and Nano Aquarium Kits Plug N' Play aquariums to get you started quickly.
Top 1 to 50 Gallon Aquariums Make a great gift for the whole family.
Top Canister Filter Picks Offer biological, mechanical and chemical filtration in one easy to install and maintain unit.
Nano Cube Photo by PriceGrabber
Friday November 16, 2012
It's not too late to make your own greeting cards to send out to friends and loved ones this holiday season! To make things even easier, I've added this new delightful Yellow Tang Santa with Ho-Ho-Ho greeting, which I designed using another one of my original watercolor paintings.
That's not all. Here are more Christmas fish art pictures that were also just added.
Aside from these new items, any of the free for personal use designs in my Yellow Tang Santa and Humu-Humu Ho-Ho Christmas Triggerfish collections can be combined when making cards and applied to make other items, so have fun being creative, or try these quick and easy to print specialty items.
-- MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HANUKKAH! from Debbie and Stan
Wednesday November 14, 2012
You have probably heard it said many times that bio balls which are used in Wet/Dry Trickle filters are "nitrate factories" or that someone's bio balls have "gone bad". Bio balls are a great nitrifying bacteria platform but, like any other filter media, they can produce nitrates, if not maintained. Curing the problem is simple, costs nothing and takes only a few minutes.
More: Wet/Dry Trickle Filters have been around for a while. Providing a large surface area for great nitrifying bacteria platform, they also do a great job of oxygenating your aquarium water.. Read more
More: DIY Wet/Dry (Trickle) Filters come in many shapes and sizes and can be easily constructed of a wide variety of materials.
Monday November 12, 2012
You hardly ever see Head-and-Lateral-Line-Erosion (HLLE) in the wild. It is almost exclusively seen in some marine aquariums. Now, thanks to a study performed by Jay F. Hemdal, the Curator of Fishes and Invertebrates at the Toledo Zoological Society, we now understand the major reason for this. Do you have one or more fish (probably a surgeonfish) showing signs of this disease? Here is the reason why and what you can do to prevent HLLE
More: Hyposalinity or Osmotic Shock Therapy is a safe and effective treatment for a number of parasite infestations. Before you start spending money of chemical treatments, you might want to look into it.
