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One of my favorite aquariums is the one that has coral reef and saltwater fish. I have a variety of live coral such as a pink mushroom coral, red leather corals, some pieces of star polyps and few daisy polyps which make my aquarium richly colorful. A couple of sea mats and button polyp corals …
So you’re thinking of setting up a fish tank, Great! Keeping fish is a fantastic hobby and great fun for all the family. Starting a fish tank for beginners is lots of fun and if you follow some simple rules and best practices you’ll have good success and end up with a beautiful aquarium that …
When cleaning your fish tank one of the most important part is to remove about 15-20% of the water and clean out all the debris from within the gravel and tank. How to change the water in a fish tank and why it’s important is a fundamental part of fish keeping. In this article, we’ll explain …
Fishkeeping can be costly at the best of times without making any silly mistakes. Learning from the mistakes others have made can save you time, money and loss of life ( The fish, not yours) unless you’ve just done #28. We took a poll on our Facebook fishkeeping group and asked over 2000 followers “What …
What to put in a refugium to help reduce Nitrates & Phosphates has long been discussed and opinions are still divided. In this article, we look at the best macroalgae for your refugium in a saltwater aquarium. MacroAlgae can be added to your aquarium in a couple of ways firstly as decoration and a feature …
Have you ever wanted to keep saltwater fish but worried about the size of the tank you’ll need or the amount of room you have to house one? Well, we have the perfect answer! A nano reef tank, in this post we’ll show you the Top 15 Nano Reef Tank Fish which would be perfect for …
Saltwater or marine fishkeeping as it’s know can be a very expensive hobby if you get it wrong. We’ve heard many stories of people buying the wrong equipment or wrong fish and losing hundreds of dollars and quickly giving up on the whole idea of keeping saltwater fish. This isn’t good for the hobby as …
Do you have a freshwater aquarium and want to keep something a bit special? Then let us show you some of the coolest freshwater aquarium fish available to the home aquarist. In this article, we show you some of the most amazing freshwater fish that offer you something different to the usual Guppies ( Not …
As saltwater fish keepers we have the privilege of keeping some of the most beautiful and amazing fish in our home aquariums. Cool saltwater fish from around the world with hundreds of amazing fish to choose from. In this post, we have put together a list of 13 cool saltwater fish that you should consider …
One question that always gets asked is ‘Do fish have a brain? ‘ I’m not really sure why people even need to know the answer to this question, but We’ll try to give you all the answers in this article. The old myth that fish either don’t have a brain or they have a 3-second …
We have all at some point in our Fishkeeping lives made this mistake. Overfeeding your fish can be harmful in more ways than one. In this article, What to do if you overfeed your fish? We’ll explain why it’s important not to overfeed your fish and what to do if do. Our simple step by …