March 2016 – Page 3 – Fish Tank Fan

What You Will Find Here

Posted on March 17, 2016April 6, 2016 by Chad

Arizona Fishkeeping seeks to provide practical information on how to be a "fishkeeper" and about just what it means to be a fishkeeper rather than just someone who happens to keep fish. What it means to be an aquarist rather than just someone who has an aquarium. This site includes freshwater information, plants, salt water, corals, as well as the fish, shrimp, crabs, and other things that live in...
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New Site

Posted on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by Chad

I realized that my site was pretty old. Google kept telling me that responsive design was the way to go. Being inherently lazy I fought putting in the time and effort to do a new site. I'm not sure what motivated me but in the end I got off my rear and did it, or in this case got on my rear in front of the computer. In order to have a domain I could work with and not interrupt the existing site I ...
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How to choose good live rock

Posted on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by Chad

A vermitid snail has hitchhiked on this liverock.

The first thing we should understand is that live rock is not actually alive, it is rock, sometimes coral skeletons or fossils of such, but it is not actually alive. This title refers to the bacteria, and other life that dwells on and within the rock. The positive affect of these on your tank is what you're looking to accomplish. Not all live rock is created equal though, and an aquarist should kn...
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The four best corals for beginners

Posted on March 16, 2016March 4, 2023 by Chad

Below are listed four very hardy corals, some information about their care, feeding, and behavior. There are other corals that are relatively easy to care for, but really none so easy as these four. They are listed by the names they are most commonly called by. Mushrooms These are soft corals known as corallimorphs and most commonly called mushrooms. For the most part it is difficult to ...
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