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 …
Hey, you… No not you…… YOU!………. With the fish tank………. Yes you! I’ve got a secret that it seems nobody knows…. Did you know you have to change the water in your fish tank? But that’s not all!! Did you know you also have to vacuum the gravel????? AND clean the filter??? I know …
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 …
Ok so you got yourself a new fish tank. You got the perfect gravel, the decorations to accent the theme your going for, so the filtration, your food, nets, chemicals, and EVERYTHING else needed to keep a fish alive in a box. So what’s next? That’s right, the fun part. Buying fish. This last step …
Oh no! Your beautiful angelfish that you’ve had for 10 years is swimming at the top of the tank and gasping for air, or that big batch of guppies, tetras, or gouramis keep dropping one by one every day! What about those damn goldfish from the fair you keep killing… that’s why their so cheap …
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 …
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), …
There are times in the aquarium hobby where your tank sometimes gets… Bland, even after hours of aquascaping, choosing the right lights, filters, fish, and even plants. If you ever do find yourself at that point, why not add an oddball fish! Something you and your friends can look at and say “WOW this isn’t …
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I tend to see time and time again the same fish in most planted tanks. I’m positive if you Google pictures of planted tanks you’ll see picture after picture of beautiful tanks, but the same 3 or 4 fish. I have to admit there’s nothing wrong with fish like neon tetras, lemon fins, cherry barbs, …
