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7 months 1 day ago #37968
by scubadiver
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Steve,
With good water changes and good filtration you can significantly increase the quantity of fish you can keep in an aquarium.
Jason
With good water changes and good filtration you can significantly increase the quantity of fish you can keep in an aquarium.
Jason
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A Pig and a Chicken are walking down the road. The Chicken says, "Pig, I was thinking we should open a restaurant!". Pig replies, "What would we call it?". The Chicken responds, "How about ham-n-eggs?" The Pig thinks for a moment and says, No thanks. I'd...
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7 months 1 day ago #37967
by TitaniumSteve
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I am helping some newbies setup a Hap tank, and everywhere they go they are told their tank is too small.
I am so tired of this nonsense. After 30 years owning, breeding, and enjoying Aficans from every lake, the one thing I learned is aquarium size is not terribly relevant.
What is relevant is:
1) The amount of diffused oxygen in the water
2) The relative concentration of waste byproducts
I am not speaking of breeding Fronts, but mostly to those who keep Mbunas or Haps.
A 32 gallon bio-cube can support 25 Mbunas, until they outgrow it, which due to the slow decline in available oxygen can take years.
A 20 Show can do 15, if large scale filtration and water movement in place (large bio wheel plus large canister for example).
I hope people here do not discourage someone who only has room for a 20 gallon tank!
Steve
I am so tired of this nonsense. After 30 years owning, breeding, and enjoying Aficans from every lake, the one thing I learned is aquarium size is not terribly relevant.
What is relevant is:
1) The amount of diffused oxygen in the water
2) The relative concentration of waste byproducts
I am not speaking of breeding Fronts, but mostly to those who keep Mbunas or Haps.
A 32 gallon bio-cube can support 25 Mbunas, until they outgrow it, which due to the slow decline in available oxygen can take years.
A 20 Show can do 15, if large scale filtration and water movement in place (large bio wheel plus large canister for example).
I hope people here do not discourage someone who only has room for a 20 gallon tank!
Steve
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