Month: October 2017

Fluval Studio 900 Review

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The Fluval variety of aquariums offer among the most popular and respected products within the aquatic marketplace. This manufacturer, aquatics and pet company Hagen currently in Germany, pride themselves on putting together a lot of different high quality, reliable goods at strong market prices.

Today we’re checking out the big brother to the Fluval Studio 600, the Fluval Studio 900. Much like the 600, the larger 900 happens to be an appealing designer tank. Fluval appear to have it cracked on the subject of designing good-looking, superior quality aquariums. This is no exception but it isn’t the lowest priced available on the market so, if the 900 is your thing, you’d better start cracking open the piggy banks now!

At 46 cm wide x 94 cm long x 55cm high and holding approx 180 ltrs of the clear stuff the 900 is a good size. Add to this the cabinet at 46cm wide x 94 cm long x 80 cm high and you’ve a sizeable piece of equipment, albeit a truly appealing piece of equipment. As part of the package are:-

1 x Fluval Glo T5 lighting unit, 1 x Power Glo T5 flourescent bulb (39w), 1 x Life Glo T5 flourescent bulb (39w), 1 x Fluval 205 external filter + media, 1 x Fluval E300 Vuetech advanced electronic heater (300w) along with a handy few little bits ie. An LCD thermometer, Nutrafin Aquaplus water conditioner, Nutrafin Cylce, Nutrafin Tropical Flake Fish Food and a Fluval aquarium care guide.

All in quite a nice package. Plus if you opt for your 900 (or 600 for that matter) from Aquarium House (http://www.aquariumhouse.co.uk) additionally, you’ll get:- a Japanese plant and driftwood 100cm background, Dorset Natural Gravel (23Kg), aquarium fish net (5in) and Easy Clean gravel cleaner (medium).

The 900, as well as being larger than the 600 (180 litre capacity in comparison to 120 litre capacity) is more expensive. The RRP of the 900 is 611.75 (509.62 RRP for the 600) but, realistically, you ought to be looking to pay around the 570 mark.

If you can’t stretch to that then some tropical fish tank alternatives include the Fluval Osaka 155 (as the name suggest 155 litre capacity) retails for around 290 or the Juwel Rio 180 (180 litre capacity) which retails for around 300. To sum up, the Fluval Studio 900 is a superb looking, well built tank/cabinet combo. It is typical of Fluval’s top quality engineering. The black gloss finish on the cabinet is nothing short of stunning and the drilled holes in the base have always been a great idea. It’s a little pricey but it’s true that you get what you pay for! Compare and buy href=”http://www.aquariumhouse.co.uk/compare_aquariums.html>Fluval Studio 900 Fish Tanks, Marine Fish Tanks, Tropical Fish Tanks and aquatic supplies at http://www.aquariumhouse.co.uk

Put Together A Inexpensive Room And Board Along With Tickets To Enjoy An Amazing Vacations In Boston

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Visiting Boston: Boston Common

Boston Common is the citys central public park and one of the nations oldest parks. In addition to the usual public park features, this park is marked by history exemplified by the burial ground of participants in the Boston Tea Party, plaque for the Great Elm Tree, the first subway station in America and other monuments mainly from the 19th century. A more park-like feature is the Frog Pond which is used as an ice skating rink in the winters and the softball field in the southwest end for recreational activities. The park plays host to some interesting recurring events such as Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare, Boston Lyric Operas Outdoor Opera Series and Ancient Fishweir Project Installation Event. These events keep the environment lively at the park during different parts of the year and reflect the contemporary interest in traditional arts at Boston. Boston Common, in many ways, exemplifies the historical and cultural background of Boston and is a place you should definitely visit.

Amazing Festivities for Independence Day in Boston

When you think of Independence Day, you will be reminded that Boston is where it all happened. We can help you with the details first: The Boston Pops Orchestra begins its concert at 8: 30 PM while the Oval opens for the people around 4 PM. With nearly 400,000 to 700,000 lovers of the US of A, the gigantic Oval is brimming full of happy Americans wearing wristbands and entering the center. You can enjoy an alcohol free family night with your loved ones while making BBQ, sausages and hotdogs under a sky full of breathtaking fireworks at The Esplanade. Fireworks take place over the beautiful Charles River in Boston and a great 6-day Harborfest Fourth of July Festival kicks off the events up to the final day. Remember to bring your camera and be happy about the State Troopers; they are present for your safety on foot, horseback, motorcycles and boats.

Boston Vacations – New England Aquarium

The New England Aquarium is one of Bostons main attractions and a leading public aquarium in the United States. With 20,000 animals and 600 species living at the center, its top quality maintenance and commitment as a conversation center has made it popular enough to be visited by 1. 5 million people each year. In addition to this amazing range of animals to observe and appreciate at the aquarium, the facility also includes an IMAX theatre and a whale watching program. Within the aquarium, the biggest ocean tank stands out with its simulation of a Caribbean coral reef with inhabitants such as sharks, turtles and reef-living fish. Right next to it is the penguin exhibits which take pride in displaying the not-so-common specimens of African penguins, rockhopper penguins and the little blue penguins. Other attractions include the Amazing Jellies, Amazing Rainforest, Atlantic Harbor Seals, Gulf of Marine, Marine Mammal Center and Seadragons, all replete with amazing displays and simulations that help you experience these miracles of nature.

Boston Vacations The Beauty of Beacon Hill

In the world, Beacon Hill is simply a neighborhood in Boston, MA along with Back Bay that is home to nearly 26,000 people by true meaning, Beacon Hill is a way of life in America. Regarded as one of the most posh and expensive areas in the United States of America, Beacon Hill is famous nationwide for its Federal-style row-houses along with its narrow gas-lit streets and brick sidewalks. You owe Beacon Hill a visit since the community that has lived here includes some of your very favorite people like Louisa May Alcott, Robert Frost, Abigail Johnson, John Kerry, Edward M. Kennedy, Henry Cabot Lodge, David Lee Roth, Jack Welch, Anne Sexton and other personalities of much awe and glamour. Massachusetts State House, Unitarian Universalist Association, Louisburg Square, The Club of Odd Volumes, Suffolk University, Museum of African American History along with The Vilna Shul will provide you with the visual entertainment and experience that is a must for sightseeing in Beacon Hill. Enjoy the best in Beacon Hill!

Keeping Cichlids And How To Breed African Cichlids

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Many aquarists like you enjoy keeping cichlids in their fish tank because of their different shapes and vibrant colors. Before long, just having them in their aquarium is not enough, fish lovers want to breed cichlids on their own. In fact, cichlid breeding is an interesting process to watch because of their parental behavior and highly organized breeding activities. Cichlid breeding parental brood care falls into one of three categories: open brooding, cave brooding, and mouthbrooding.

Most African Cichlids are mouthbrooders. In other words, the female African Cichlid will hold the eggs in their mouth. First, you need to get your breeding colony. Often, when a female cichlid is ready to mate, all the male cichlids will turn very aggressive and will often fight over her. Or, if you have only a pair, the male may be too aggressive towards the one available female, resulting in stress and potential death. Instead, you may want to keep 3 females for every male in your cichlid tank. This will keep the males busy chasing multiple females and let the females a chance to recover from being chased when breeding.

The African Cichlids breeding colony will love to have a good environment with plenty of caves, rocks, shelves and crevices which they can choose as their territory and breeding ground. Don’t bother to put any aquarium plants as they will be removed by the cichlids. It is equally important to feed your African Cichlids well to get them into their breeding condition. Spirulina flakes and occasional earthworm are excellent quality food for your African Cichlids.

When breeding time comes, the male will chase after the female and it will do a mating dance which consists of shimmying in front of the female. The female will lay eggs and then pick them up in their mouth. The male will fertilize the eggs. This whole process is repeated many times until the female loses interest and the male will chase another breeding female and repeat the whole process again.

Those unfertilized eggs will be disposed of. The female cichlid will keep the fertilized eggs in her mouth until they are hatched. This process can take about three to five weeks.

To keep the baby African Cichlids alive, it is important to transfer the female to a smaller tank before the baby cichlids are born. If not, the adult cichlids will eat them. When babies are born, move the babies to a fry tank before the mother cichlid eats them.

For the baby cichlids, you can feed them with some fine powder form of flake food. Meantime, it is good to let the female cichlid recover its health before putting her back in the tank. Also, try to keep the babies with cichlids of the same size, lest they become food!

How To Make Your Aquarium Attractive

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Imagine a fish tank that has nothing but fish in it! Boring, to say the least! To make your aquarium attractive, you need to accessorize it. There are all sorts of ornaments on offer in the market today. First, you need to take into account the size of your tank and the kind of effect you wish to create. Of course, the most important consideration would be the type of fish you wish to breed in your tank. The ornamentation of a tank is more for people than for the fish. In fact, certain species don’t like gewgaws. The extras seem to get in their way. Oscars don’t like greenery, let alone trimmings! On the other hand, some fish would be lost without some place to get away’. Others need some place to call home’, while a few need something to play around, surprising as that may seem. If you have both small and large fish in your tank, the smaller ones would appreciate something to protect them from being preyed upon.

Select what best suits your requirements from the local pet store or an exclusive fish store. On display, you will find traditional accessories like ships and castles. You could choose seaweed and other branched greenery or imitations of these in various materials. You could pick up shimmery stones of varied hue or pretty baubles to embellish your fish tank. Besides these, there are any number of new fangled accessories to suit every pocket.

Some people are fascinated with amphibians. If you are one of these who keep pet amphibians in your aquarium, the requirement is different. These creatures love waterfalls that terminate in a pool they can luxuriate in. Waterfalls come in all shapes and sizes. You can best replicate their natural habitat by providing for a virtual forest’ of water plants in their tank.

When you choose ornaments for you aquarium, keep in mind what the fish you would like to raise are partial to. Get some literature and read up on their preferences. Certain fish are more sensitive and even a few accessories may traumatize them. Goldfish make excellent pets as they don’t need much care and they don’t seem to mind what’s in the tank with them. Therefore, you can go wild and do what appeals to you. Small fish don’t seem to mind either. So it’s entirely up to you on how you do up’ the tank for small fish.

If you make your aquarium especially attractive, it could become a conversation piece. Use accessories that simulate their natural habitat. That will certainly keep the fish happy! You, your children and your friends can spend hours enjoying the antics of the fish. This occupation is known to be therapeutic, to boot. So be imaginative in decorating your tank. Create your own ornaments or stick with the conventional. The outcome should give you and the fish pleasure.