pH in the aquarium. What is it? pH in the aquarium. Testing tests. The pH in an aquarium is one of several invisible but very important water parameters. He is responsible for whether your water is acidic, alkaline or neutral. Different types of fish in the wild ... Read more…
Biotope. What is it? To use the official wording, the word "biotope" comes from the Greek phrase, in which βίος means life as well τόπος - a place. A site of a certain geospace (land or water body) inhabited by a biocenosis. And the biocenosis, in turn, is a collection of animals, fungi, plants ... Read more…
Why a hinged filter and not an external one? I really like external filters because they do not take up useful space in the aquarium, and you can fill them with a much larger volume of filter material. But since we live on the fourth floor, and the neighbors are upstairs ... Read more…
Silicates in the aquarium. What kind of trouble are they causing us? In some aquariums, after the launch, a dark coating began to appear on the ground, snags and even on filter sponges. I began to read, and realized that these were diatoms. And they usually appear if ... Read more…
Seachem Matrix. Why did I choose him? Seachem Matrix... Some time ago we had new tenants in the aquarium, namely Loricaria Krasnaya “Loricaria Red Lizard"And Loricaria Rio Atabapo"Loricaria Rio Atabapo”. The fish are not very common, but very interesting. ... Read more…
TDS in aquarium. What is it? Once, when exchanging fish, one of my acquaintances, an aquarist, said that he does not transfer fish to another aquarium until the parameters are equal TDS... For me it was a completely unfamiliar word, I became interested in it and began to look for information ... Read more…
Water parameters in the aquarium. When looking at water in the ocean, an aquarium, or water flowing from our tap, we usually see a colorless transparent liquid. But this colorless liquid has a whole list of parameters and properties that determine its quality. And quality in its ... Read more…
Phosphates (PO4) in the aquarium. What is it? We continue to study aquarium chemistry. And today we will quickly deal with other representatives of it in the aquarium. And their name is phosphates (PO4). They are not as scary and dangerous as ammonia or nitrites, especially for fish. ... Read more…