Articles, tagged with "nitrites", page 1
07th September 2011
Freshwater Aquarium Chemistry
Water chemistry, or water quality, is quite possibly the single most important thing you need to know about in this hobby. We don't really think of what comes out of our tap; to humans, it's just water, but to fish it...
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Author:
Blue Falcon
24th June 2011
If you have been eating nutrition bars or drinking protein drinks on your gluten-free diet that contains soy protein thinking that it is healthy for you then think again. Soy protein is just another way of saying soy isolate.
So what exactly is soy is...
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Author:
CarolKicinski
25th May 2011
The two most common types of ponds are the ornamental pond and natural pond. Both ponds require proper oxygenation for a healthy pond and can receive it with pond fountains.
Ornamental Fish Pond: An ornamental fishpond is designed to create a water fea...
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Author:
Polly Godwin
24th May 2011
If you want healthy koi, the most important factor you must keep in mind is koi pond water quality. Koi are long-lived and can grow very large, but they don't flourish in a poor pond environment. The environment is a fairly narrow range where these beauti...
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Author:
writeragain
11th May 2011
More and more people are complaining about pain throughout their body. They go to their doctor and are told they have fibromyalgia, arthritis, chronic fatigue, or any other of the inflammatory ‘diseases’. Then they begin questioning why they have the in...
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Dr. Jeri Spencer, N.D.
28th March 2011
1. Is an ultraviolet light a filter? Yes, as far as the definition of filter goes. A filter is a device that removes unwanted material from liquid, gas, light or sound. Ultraviolet light removes harmful bacteria such a pathogens from the water. In the cas...
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Author:
doughoover
04th February 2011
One of the first things anyone new to the hobby of fish keeping learns are how to cycle the fish tank properly as well as how to introduce their new fish into the fish tank, making sure to avoid sudden increase of ammonia as the beneficial bacteria colon...
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Author:
Tim Kessler
11th January 2011
When you have just setup your aquarium for the first time you may not realise it but you have created a fish killer. If you introduce your fish immediately you are potentially going to put them through an extremely stressful period which will make them mo...
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Author:
John A Thomson
07th January 2011
Why would you want to go to all the trouble of having to buy and look after live freshwater aquarium plants? Surely we have enough trouble looking after the fish?
Well there are several very good reasons why live aquarium plants are worth all the troub...
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Author:
John A Thomson
01st September 2010
The instance, you have finished installing your tropical fish tank then you will definitely want to take pleasure in this new hobby. Taking good care of a new tropical fish tank is fairly easy and simple; nevertheless there are a number of problems that m...
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Author:
Chuck Emerson
13th July 2010
So that people can have safe water to drink water purification is being used all over the world these days. The process can be difficult to understand. However understanding a little about it will help you see why it is a good idea for anyone to use this ...
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Author:
Jeff Schuman
29th March 2010
In Yangzhong, China, researchers from the UCLA School of Public health studied a total of 732 patients. 133 of these patients had stomach cancer, 166 had chronic gastritis and 433 were healthy and used for control purposes.
After adjusting the study fo...
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Author:
Hosea Charles
17th March 2010
Some people have biological koi pond filters, and find that for their large 1,200 gallon or more ponds, this just isn't enough to keep their pumps from constantly clogging with debris. These kinds of filters are a great way to reduce ammonia and nitrites ...
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Author:
provqbs
18th September 2009
Much to the surprise of many tropic fish owners, discus fish care has revealed special features specific to this breed that makes it stand apart. Therefore, when you design your aquarium make sure you plan the discus fish care area properly. They make gre...
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Author:
Ismail
17th July 2009
When beginning a new aquarium understanding the nitrogen cycle is very important. Many new fish tank owners jump into the hobby of fish keeping too quickly. Before purchasing fish, the aquarium must be cycled. This could take anywhere from twenty four hou...
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Author:
aspiretoo