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Aquarimax 317: Interview with Colin in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Aquarimax Episode 245: Aquarium podcast

Aquarimax on Aquariums! Join hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss aquarium topics from Matt in Perth, Western Australia; Jeremiah in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Brian in Maine.

Brian in Maine bought this:

2015-04-02 20.16.15and his Daphnia did this:2015-04-02 20.12.51
It’s great to know that the book helped!

Here is a link to the video that Jeremiah put together to show how he has repurposed an autosiphon to do water changes on his 20-gallon aquarium.

If the embedded video doesn’t work, click here to watch it.

Here is a link to an autosiphon Jeremiah sent. It is similar to the one he has:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00AYHWWIC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1427813217&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=1%2F2+auto+siphon&dpPl=1&dpID=31PLMiqNIWL&ref=plSrch

Aquarimax Episode 210

Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from:

Carlos in New York; Jeremiah in Grand Rapids, MIchigan; Derek (from England) in Limoges, France; Tom in Provo, Utah; Sean in Asheville, North Carolina; and Dr. Bob on the North Shore of Boston.

 

 

 

Aquarimax Episode 128: Betta and Betta, Black Sand, Corydoras Creepies, and Cycling Success

Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss their 5-week old betta spawn, as well as questions and comments from Juliette in Paris, France, Mick in Carnforth, UK, and Tony in NY (whose tanks, incidentally, have just cycled! Congrats Tony!)

 

Here are some pics of our bettas at 4 weeks, 6 days old. Click on the images to enlarge them:

betta

Here’s a short video clip of our fry feeding on newly hatched brine shrimp and on walterworms, at 4 weeks, 3 days old, and 4 weeks, 6 days old, respectively:

 

 

Aquarimax Episode 116: Plant Precautions, All’s Well that Cycles Well, and A Fun Frog Feeding Technique

Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as the discuss comments and questions from Tony in NY, Ann in Pittsburgh, and stopfighting5 (a YouTube ID).

This just in! We were guests on the Pet Tech Podcast with Ken Jones. We did an interview on filtration.  To listen, click here:

http://www.ornamentalwaterfeatureacademy.com/Ornamental_Water_Feature_Academy/PET_TECH/Entries/2012/5/18_PET_TECH._Episode_5.html

 

Here’s an article on using potassium permanganate to sanitize aquarium plants:

http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/potassium-permanganate

This link describes some of the other common plant dips:

http://www.plantgeek.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1445

Here’s the Fabulous picture of Anne’s Rams. Click on it to enlarge it:

 

Here’s stopfighting5’s video on how to feed African Dwarf Frogs in a community tank: