Newbie with a 20G tall questions!
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southern wolf
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Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///t/388235/newbie-with-a-20g-tall-questions#post_3422978
Pelleted foods lack the nutritional value that frozen foods can offer. They also are a source of phosphates and nitrate when added to the tank. They are OK once in awhile but not on a regular basis. Think of frozen as a gourmet meal, pellets as McDonald's and flake as potato chips.
guess the tropicals will be fat off tater chips LOL
Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///t/388235/newbie-with-a-20g-tall-questions#post_3422978
Pelleted foods lack the nutritional value that frozen foods can offer. They also are a source of phosphates and nitrate when added to the tank. They are OK once in awhile but not on a regular basis. Think of frozen as a gourmet meal, pellets as McDonald's and flake as potato chips.
guess the tropicals will be fat off tater chips LOL
southern wolf
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Originally Posted by TeresaQ http:///t/388235/newbie-with-a-20g-tall-questions/20#post_3422983
Fresh homemade food is the best, Even brine isnt all that good unless enriched.
Is there a thread around here that talks about making your own fish food?
Originally Posted by TeresaQ http:///t/388235/newbie-with-a-20g-tall-questions/20#post_3422983
Fresh homemade food is the best, Even brine isnt all that good unless enriched.
Is there a thread around here that talks about making your own fish food?
snakeblitz33
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Look up Eric borneman fish food recipe. I think he also has a coral food recipe. If you can't find it I'll type out my own fish food recipe.
artbymollie
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I saw a tomato clown yesterday at the saltwater place. it was so cute! Im gonna get some books and do some serious research on what to put in my tank when its ready!
artbymollie
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I see how starting a new tank is a waiting game!
tirtza
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It's soooo hard to wait, but I know it's worth it. I'm counting down the time until I can a Bubble Tip anemone. On my calendar, each Sunday marks off another week that the aquarium has been set up. Today it's exactly 2 months and 2 weeks old. I have a looooong way to go before it'll be ready for the anemone. I'm having fun in the mean time adding a snails, a couple of shrimp, a couple of crabs, and a handful of fish.
I'm learning sooooo much in the mean time. I kind of laugh because as I learn more, I keep switching to different equipment (if I had learned more in the beginning I probably wouldn't have waisted so much money of useless stuff... in my spare parts box I now have 2 different types of hydrometers (I upgraded to a refractometer), a glass thermometer (I upgraded to digital), 3 really cheap algae scrapers (I upgraded to a MagFloat), some miscellaneous filtration stuff, and various other bits and pieces.
When choosing fish, I've definitely been using SWF.com as a resource but I've also been using a book called
What Fish? A Buyer's Guide to Marine Fish: Essential Information to Help You Choose the Right Fish for Your Marine Aquarium
Here's a link to it on Barnes and Noble website
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-fish-a-buyers-guide-to-marine-fish-tristan-lougher/1007867957#Details
I'm learning sooooo much in the mean time. I kind of laugh because as I learn more, I keep switching to different equipment (if I had learned more in the beginning I probably wouldn't have waisted so much money of useless stuff... in my spare parts box I now have 2 different types of hydrometers (I upgraded to a refractometer), a glass thermometer (I upgraded to digital), 3 really cheap algae scrapers (I upgraded to a MagFloat), some miscellaneous filtration stuff, and various other bits and pieces.
When choosing fish, I've definitely been using SWF.com as a resource but I've also been using a book called
What Fish? A Buyer's Guide to Marine Fish: Essential Information to Help You Choose the Right Fish for Your Marine Aquarium
Here's a link to it on Barnes and Noble website
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-fish-a-buyers-guide-to-marine-fish-tristan-lougher/1007867957#Details