So, it seems that a piece of legislation currently under consideration by NOAA would add 82 species of corals to the endangered species list. This is getting a lot of buzz around the hobby, websites, mostly of the knee-jerk "Oh my god this will kill our profits hobby!" type (ie. Coral Magazine's site, where this proposition is laughed at, yet conservation efforts are recommended only one post below!), a fear that's not only unfounded, but interfering with the protection of these species.
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I know when winter ends I am the first to start cleaning out my stuffy home, but don't forget your aquarium! Here are some great tips on how to freshen up your aquarium for spring!
1. Keep up with water changes : hopefully you have been consistent with water changes though winter but if that isn't the case you can start right now. Studies have shown that aquarium fish live longer, healthier lives when their aquarium water is changed consistently and frequently.
2. Change media and air stones: many hobbyists tend to forget that the media in their filtration systems needs to be switched with new media and that air stones tend to become brittle over time. It is proper aquarium care to check up on the filter media and air stones to check for deterioration and change appropriately.
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Okay, so you may have kept the bettas, goldfish and every possible combination of freshwater fish, and you may have even set up a
nature aquarium, so now what? Many hobbyist have seen cichlids in their
LFS or online vendor and wondered about them. You're usually told "you can't keep them with your current fish" and you may wonder how hard are they to keep? Well, I have personally asked myself these exact questions and decided to share with other pondering freshwater hobbyist in this two part post.
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Captive Aquatics customers have expressed pleasure in the past about our ability to provide (much) higher quality livestock than any
local fish store at a price no LFS or online seller can match, thanks in part to our several excellent supply partners, one of which I'd like to feature livestock from today:
C-Quest Farms.
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