Aquarium Care, Biological Filtration, and Cycling

http://www.TheSmileyFish.com

A basic understanding of biological filtration is absolutely essential for success with both freshwater and saltwater aquariums.

This video, aided by The Kick-Ass Aquarium eBook, covers both biological filtration and the proper and safe method of adding fish to your aquarium.

For more info on the subject, visit www.TheSmileyFish.com

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• aquarium
• fish
• care
• biological
• filtration
• nitrogen
• cycle

[FLIPWILSON1]

Good job, bro!

Matter of fact--excellent at explaining.

Thanks!

[FishTankEnthusiast]

Thanks man. I'm glad you liked it.

[CSFREAK21]

I have a 10g tank, and my fish have been doing fine till recently they all started sitting on the bottom, i have cichlids so they dont "sit around" but theres white stuff growing out of my tank at the bottom it looks like theres a spider or something in my water..

could you please help me.

-Brian.

[FishTankEnthusiast]

Hi Brian,

first and foremost, I apologize for the late response (I've been away for the holidays).

From what you're saying, it sounds like you're overfeeding your fish. the white stuff that grows on the uneaten food is probably some time of fungal (and perhaps bacterial) growth.

This problem is simple to fix:

Feed your fish tiny amounts of food for a period of 2 to 5 minutes (as opposed to dumping all the food in there at once). Doing this this way prevents overfeeding.

Hope this helps :)

[FishTankEnthusiast]

(Part 8)

Having said that, please do educate yourselves on the various filtration forms and on the other water quality issues necessary to keep these wonderful creatures in your homes:)

Happy fish Keeping Everyone!

Best,

Luke

p.s. I'd like to apologize for the video quality (to my credit, I had to resize this vid from my website to a smaller size and resolution for it to show on Youtube). Still, the information is there, and I hope all benefit from it:)

[FishTankEnthusiast]

(Part 7)

This filtration from, in large aquariums, is bay far the best available means of removing Ammonia from the water ...the many experts and pioneers of the modern aquarium hobby with whom I;ve had the privilege to meet (and some of whom I've had the pleasure to work with) would attest to the merits of bio-filtration.

In fact, my planted discus tank, my anemone tank and my Acropora-dominated reef tank (which also has a protein skimmer)rely on bio-filtration to keep them clean and healthy.

[FishHobbyest101]

wow, I am starting up a 135 gallon freshwater aquarium, and this has helped me soo much! Thank You!

[jieboyskybwi]

Thank You Verry Much!....Verry! Verry! Verry! Helpull For Fish Lover.....Like Me!

[kanidanieldariusdad]

i have one question now i have t wo oscars and water was clear , they got ich from feeder fish cleared that with ich cure , cleared water then tank got cloudy a milky color , ammonia shot up fast , and water got a milky color , can i be going thru the cycle , please help

[classiclistener01]

Excellent video! Very informative and concise! When I used to manage reptile/fish departments, I had to explain this to customers and heard them say everything from "Thank you" to "I don't want bacteria in my aquarium!" I should have just made a video that ran constantly in the department. Take care and keep up the great work! :)

[ekham1]

ok so i understand how this would work, but im setting my very FIRST aquarium ive ever had, would you suggest i use this or just cycle the tank for the 4-6 weeks because everyone ive talked to is telling me all kinds of different stuff, i currently only have 3 mollys in a 40 gallon aquarium right now but im evetually going to add afew more, some hachet fish, silver dollars, a crawdad and maybe a catfish

[Snuper325]

I have a 10 gallon tank and i have 4 fish (2 guppys, 2 white skirt tetras. Today is day number three and one of my fish died 1 guppy. I did a 1 gallon change of water. Would it help if i change some water everyday.

[valentinecutiee]

thank you!

everyone was saying that cycling your tank with fish would make them suffer, but it doesn't seem so bad if you only have like 2 fish to start it (i have a 10 gallon)

once again, THANK YOU!

[calmwaters555]

Hi for example I have a new tank then I used 70 water from a tank that has been running for years of course with regular maintinance then for the new tank I also used a filter that came from the old running tank will it the cycling be faster?

[CaDiLaCxPiMp]

If this is not to late then don't pick a chinese algae eater or a gold algae eater. Both are highly aggresive and will suck the slime coat off your bigger fish.