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1. Never clean the filter media in tap water - always use old aquarium water. Cleaning the filter media in tap water can result in the bacteria being killed - but the bacteria is needed to help the break down of the nitrogen cycle. 2. Never over feed your fish. Depending on the size of your fish feed them a maximum of twice a day. Feed just enough for all the food to be consumed in 5 minutes. Any left over feed can result in poor water quality. 3. Always do 20% water change every two weeks with conditioned tap water. Make sure the conditioned tap water has been stood for 24 hours with More on this >
When setting up an aquarium we recommend you have a fish tank with a filter system and not just a bowl. Most fish tanks nowadays come with the filter, pump and heater already in them but if they don't all these products can be bought at The Giant Pet Store. If you just buy the fish tank get a pump that will turn over all the water in the tank at least 7 times an hour. For example a Tetratec Air Pump APS400 can move between 200litres to 400litres of water per hour so it is suitable for aquariums up to a 60 litres. If you are hoping to stock tropical fish in your aquarium and it doesn’t come with a heater you also need to buy one. The Tetratec HT range of heaters are reliable and easy to use and come in various sizes to suit the size of your aquarium....
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The Reef One Biorb’s and Biube’s are complete aquariums that come with filter, pump and media. They are also some of the easiest aquariums to maintain. All of them, except the 30 litre Biorb, come with a light. You must use the ceramic media that is provided with the Biorbs. The ceramic media provides essential biological filtration. Putting normal gravel or sand in the Biorb can block filtration and can become lodged in the filter cartridge casing...