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The Houses that Kevin Built

-My name is Kevin and I love aquariums.    “Hi Kevin, welcome!”    -Thanks, I’m really glad to be a part of all this. I’m here because wanted to tell you a bit about my aquariums and how they got the way they are. Now Im not claiming to be an expert, as there are …

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Plecos…….yeaaaaah, thats a no!

Uh oh! My 10 gallon tank is getting lots of algae and I don’t know why! Maybe the nice gentleman (or woman… It’s 2018 we’re progressive at Reef Playground) at Petco can give me a solution! What’s that? There’s a small fish that cleans the tank for me? It’s called a pleco? PERFECT, I’ll take …

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3of My Fav Aquarium Plants

1. Cabomba (green, purple, and furcata) • This frilly, tall, unique stem plant is by far my favorite plant. If you’re looking for something different that behaves like valicinaria, this is your plant… As long as you don’t live in California. Some species like cabomba furcata actually flower when it reaches the top of the …

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Weirdest thing seen in an Aquarium

I’ve seen a lot of weird stuff in aquariums…. I mean alot. From candiru (the fish famous for swimming up the urethra and eating the……….. Cookies in the cookie jar) to freshwater sturgeon fish. From 700 dollar true tigrinis catfish, to a 30 dollar gulper catfish, (the customer would feed it Jack Dempseys). And I’ve …

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Nightmare Tanks- Episode 1

Oooh this is a fun one. I’ve anyways dealt with cattywampus tanks, it just comes with the job. But a few clients will what’s stand out to me. I remember a client coming into the store I worked in, telling me he had a “large” tank (after this I never made the same mistake again), …

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