You read or hear from ‘experts’ that nitrifying bacteria mixtures don’t work so don’t waste your money. That statement may have been true 10 years [...]

Fish and corals react to stress in many of the same ways that humans do. Stress can reduce their ability to fight off disease, result [...]

Maintenance – no one likes to do maintenance on aquariums or anything else. But maintenance on an aquarium does not have to be hard or [...]

What? Of course, nitrifying bacteria aren’t human everyone knows that. If that’s the case, which it is, then why do so many people insist on [...]

Setting up a new aquarium can be intimidating and exciting at the same time. But while excitement is good, feeling intimidating is not so good. [...]

Nitrifying bacteria do not last forever in a bottle. The first thing you should look for on the bottle is whether there is a born-on [...]

Rebecca L. from South Carolina asked if she should add salt in her freshwater tanks because she was told it prevents diseases and, if so, [...]

Overdosing ammonia removers during the start-up and break-in cycle of a newly set-up aquarium can cause problems and actually delay the onset of nitrification even [...]