Pearl Gourami How To Care For And Enjoy in Your Tank

Pearl gourami are some beautiful fish that I don't think get enough attention. They are quite a hardy fish and get large but not to large.

Usually live between 4-6 years. Pearl Gouramis get around 4 inches. They do like warmer water but can tolerate lower temperature.  The temperature should be kept around 72-80F.  With the PH you can be in the range of 6.4 to 8.2, I keep mine around 7.8 and they are doing great.  These pearl gouramis will eat pretty much whatever is put in front of them including flake food, frozen brineshrimp, plus live brineshrimp as well.  They are usually peaceful but can be aggressive if a nest is built and they feel threatened.  Plus a positive about them is at their large size they are still safe to put with plants.  They will build their bubblenest under or in floating plants, Styrofoam cups cut in half or bubble wrap floating.

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Assassin Snail Breeding Plus Care

If you are having a snail problem which does happen quite often if you buy from petstores.  Not saying it always happens but it can.  Then you can get a Assassin snail, but these guys aren't as bad as you think because they only go after other snails and leave fish and fry alone.

Photo by RSX

You will find assassin snails in clean, fast moving streams with mud and sand in the wild.  These snails can tolerate a larger spectrum of water conditions from P.H at 6.2-7.8.  The assassin snails will lie under sediment or leaves and will chase other snails down and eat them.

Scientific Name- Clea helena

Retail these assassin snails go for around $4.99 - $6 per snail.  These guys are easy to care for and do much better in a planted tank and look stunning in them just look at the picture above.

How To Score A Deal On A Tank or Aquarium on Craigslist

So you find your self debating between going to the big chain store or buying a used tank.  My only recommendation would be buy used you will save hundreds of dollars.  So their is a general rule to go with when buying tanks.  If your buying a tank only used don't pay more than 75 cents per gallon so a 20 gallon, I wouldn't pay more than $15.

Now if your buying a whole aquarium setup with tank, hood, stand, heater, filter and more then I don't pay more than $2 a gallon.  so For a 55 gallon tank with everything I wouldn't pay more than $110 but take into consideration the condition of the tank.  For bigger tanks be sure to check the center frame beam if it has it and make sure it's not broke.

Also if your looking on craigslist try these words in the search bar for some results that others wouldn't show up.  Also check the pet section and general section but for keywords search for.

• Aquariums
• Fish
• Fish Tanks
• Cichlid
• Tetra
• Tank

These will usually touch on everything that you'll be looking for.

Underwater Aquarium LED Light Bar Light Strip & Airstone for Aquariums

 So while shopping for the most newest thing in the aquarium world I can across the submersible light.  It's crazy all the things this light can do.  So this light has 16 colors and a couple different modes like flash, strobing, fade-change a couple more.  This light works really good with a air stone or a air stone curtain.  Buy The Underwater LED Light Bar Here From Amazon.com

What makes this great is if you have any nocturnal fish this has a light that can help you see the fish while they swim around thinking it's night time still.  Also their is no need to have to worry about weighting it down like some other lights require.  This one is weighted already and great for use in a freshwater or saltwater tank.


It also can be used as a air stone

 Here are a couple examples of what it will look like but you can help disguise it behind plants and build up gravel around it.  This is a neat decoration for your aquarium.  Also because it's LED it doesn't use a whole lot of power.

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Angelfish Breeding A Guide on How To

Found this really great site with alot of information on Angelfish Breeding and alot of great detailed photos on how to tell the genders between a male and a female angelfish.  The fry care section is great as well.  Please view it at Angelfish Breeding Plus Fry Care

What Size Heater Do You Need For Your Tank-Calculation Here

Here is the calculation for determining the size of the heater you need for your tank.

For Tanks up to 30 gallon its 5 Watts per gallon. For Example a 20 gallon tank would be 100 watt heater-For Example: 20 gallon x 5 watt = 100 watt heater.

Tanks over 30 gallons are calculated at 3 watts per gallon- (You may need to round up wattage to find correct size heater.) Example: 40 gallon x 3 watt = 120 watt.  But 120 watt heaters either wont exist or be rare to find so you go up to 150 watt for the tank since those are easy to find.

Another thing to keep in mind is that with large tanks usually 75 and above you will most likely have to split the wattage between two heaters to get the adequate heating.  So for example a 100 gallon tank x 3 watt = 300 watts. But You should get either a 200 watt heater and a 100-150 watt heater.

If the area you have the tank in is cold like in my case in my fish cave(basement) it can get cold so no matter what I use the 5 watt per gallon rule for even the large tanks.

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Sponge Filter Reviews: Round, Corner, Dual Corner Filters

Sponge Filters are one of the forgotten filters and can actually make your life a little easier when it comes to fry, shrimp or small fish.  The sponge filter allows you to control outflow of water and the suction won't suck your fish or fry up in it.





One of the most popular sponge filters is the round sponge it's cheap usually under $6.  This as well as other sponge filters does require a air pump.  How this works is the air stone blows air and water creating a vacuum which draws the water and debri into the sponge.

The sponge is designed and constructed with multilayer principle, provide larger surface area with no clogging. The Fish Tank Filter provides biological filtration to the aquarium, helps to stable water quality. Mostly fit to external or top filtration system for pre-filtration purposes. Biochemical Fish Filter increases the oxygen solubilityWorking noiselessly. Good permeability, Fish Air Pump is easy to clean. Buy the Sponge Filter Here

The corner sponge filter does everything the others do but fits nicely in a corner. You can buy Corner Sponge Filters from Amazon Here

This is another version of a sponge filter it contains many forms of media in it that help you filter out your water a little more efficient.  The allows more beneficial bacteria to grow and other toxins to be removed that normal sponge filters don't remove. Buy it Here From Our Amazon Store.







Here are the main sponge filters that you can buy.  These filters aren't recommended for large aquariums like 55 gallons.  These are best used smaller tanks usually 1-20 gallon tanks.  They conserve energy like crazy because they run off of one air pump which is more energy efficient than a bunch of HOB filters.



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Guide To Drilling A Aquarium, Fish Tank or Glass Tank-Step by Step

Drilling a fish tank can be a scary nerve racking adventure for anyone who has never done it before but I will walk you thru it and what you need to do it.  Please Enjoy!  Don't drill thru tempered glass.  Drilling a aquarium allows you to do sumps, overflows, connect multiple tanks, allow a neater look to a aquarium canister filter.

What you need-
Diamond Glass Drill Bit-Buy Here
Plumbers Putty
Electric Drill

One of the most important things to remember is that you must keep the bit cool.  It's best to set up a water hose to run water constantly over where you are drilling.

The tank must be empty and laying so that were you are drilling is laying horizontal and is level.  Next roll the putty between hands into a 1/2 inch rope.  Put the putty in a circle twice the size of the hole thats where the hose water will pour during the drilling.

Drill straight down only allowing the drill to create the pressure.  DO NOT PUSH DOWN OR MOVE SIDE TO SIDE!!!!  Doing that can chip, crack, or break the tank or glass.  Please be patient this can take a little while.  Being patient is very important. Always drill more than two inches from the sides.

Hope this helps you drill a aquarium.


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