Monitoring pH and alkalinity closely is a very important venue to determining the overall quality of your water. If one of these is out of wack, chances are other variables are also being affected, ultimately, leading to possible stress or worst case scenario…death to one or more of your livestock inhabitants! PH is the measure ...
If you’ve ever heard the term substrate you are probably wondering what it is. Substrate is known as the rock, sand or gravel that you use in your freshwater or saltwater aquarium. You will usually want at least three inches of substrate in your aquarium to house beneficial bacteria. In saltwater tanks, a lot of ...
All three of my children are either attending or have attended the Burke School. As most families who live in the West Peabody area, my children were originally slated to attend the West Elementary school which was the school closest to us. Without getting into too much detail, the West is a snooty school with ...
What kind of habitat should one use when considering an aquatic turtle? The most common set-up I have seen (and use myself) is just a simple aquarium tank (a.k.a., fish tank). This can be more affordable than having a backyard oasis for your lovely turtle. I will state that, most turtle enthusiasts, would love the ...
If you have a fish tank, you’ve probably encountered quite a few different problems at one given point or another. Fish tanks are very touchy, despite what everybody might think. It’s not just as easy as throwing a fish in a bowl. If you don’t know a lot about aquariums you will probably run into ...
