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Caring for your fish

Fish & Coal Marine Aquarium
The reef tank requires some up keep, but will give you years of enjoyment.  With the right equipment ie Chiller, Protein Skimmer and the correct lighting – caring for your tank should be easy.

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Starting A New Fish Bowl
A very important fact to remember when caring for goldfish is that it is not a good idea to keep them with tropical fish. For one, they don’t eat the same foods. Secondly, goldfish like colder waters than tropical fish. In addition, goldfish can be threatened by tropical fish. The long flowing fins and the slow motion of the goldfish make them irresistible targets to many fast fin nipping tropical fish. The stress can be very traumatic.

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The ‘fish Only’ Marine Aquarium
Keeping a fish only marine tank is no harder than keeping a tropical aquarium. The difference is you are using a salt and it requires a little more patience with testing.                               

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Starting A New Aquarium
Cleaning Tip – Remove only 25% of the water fortnightly by gravel vacuuming the bottom of your tank, so you do not disturb the good bacterium, which is necessary to break down the food & faeces.

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