Fish & Reptiles : How to Build a Salt Water Aquarium
Build a salt water aquarium by picking the size of the aquarium, adding live sand, putting in live rocks, filling the aquarium with distilled water and adding lighting to the top. Put fish in a salt water aquarium very slowly with help from an aquarium specialist in this free video on salt water aquariums.
Expert: David Pearson
Contact: www.avahomemediasystems.com
Bio: David Pearson is the CEO of AVA Home Media Systems, and has been involved in the alarm business for 25 years.
Filmmaker: Suzie Vigoin
Duration : 0:2:15
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Do i have to use a …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmDo i have to use a wet and drive filter or can i just use a normail filter??!?!?!
it looks like you …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmit looks like you have the percula clown fish and the black one but i forgot what there called, i didnt know you can mix the two together, did they say you can or did u just try to experement it urself?
The title is quite …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmThe title is quite decieving. He’s telling you how to SET UP an aquarium, not how to actually build one by hand.
is it a good idea …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmis it a good idea to use reverse flow with a under gravel filter in a salt water tank to help keep the area clean under the rocks and coral
who the has …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmwho the has darts near an aquarium how stupid!!!
Pour vinegar on it …
Pour vinegar on it to see if it fizzes and if its carbonate… on a sample of it not the whole thing.
If it fizzes you have aragonite sand and taht is good. Even if its not “alive” per se. If it hasn’t been kept in moving water it is probably dead, but just go buy a small bag of live sand and mix it.
If no fizz, then toss it and buy live sand.
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmthanks for adv
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmthanks for adv
How to BUILD!!!! an …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmHow to BUILD!!!! an aquarium not to set up!!Fool!!!!!!
were do i buy glass …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmwere do i buy glass to built a 5 foot long by 2 foot wide by 3 foot tall tank is 9 mm glass good or should i go bigger like 12? i dont know never done this before any one send me in the rite direction?
you will want to do …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmyou will want to do 10% water changes weekly, it causes less stress on the fish than say a 20%+ water change. as well as helping keep down nitrites and nitrates. all of which depends on your feeding schedual and what inhabitants you have in the tank along with size…
do not stir up your …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmdo not stir up your sand. this causes a LOT of stress on many types of fish. sand becomes live between 5-16 months depending on activity of the inhabitants and bacteria available. you can check various online sites for sand sifting “crews”. that would be my personal advice for you.
is this good for …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmis this good for blue crabs to?
hi there. i have a …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmhi there. i have a 85 gallon FOWLR. the sand i used when i first set it up last june was given to me by a neighbor and now he has moved out. i dont have a clue if the sand is live sand or just normal sand since i was thinking of giving it a quick stir. is there a way that i can check if the sand is actually live sand. regards
Do you change your …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmDo you change your water and if you do how often?
great! very …
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pmgreat! very straight to the point