Chubbywubs
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Hello,
Id just like to know if there are any websites or books you could recommend about tank maintainence. Because at the moment i have a small tank, and cleaning it is really really easy, because i dont have much gravel or ornaments to move/remove to clean. But obviously with larger tanks, you have alot more gravel to tend to and rocks and plants, and undergravel filters/heaters to maintain..
And one day after ive got my degree in a few years time id like to treat my self to a bigger tank. But i want to be able to do things right, and i've no idea how i would maintain such a tank, so obviously i want to learn as much as i can now so i can be prepared for the future.
At the moment i have a small tank with quite large pebble like gravel which is easy to clean with a hand preasure vaccum (just a plastic tube you push up and down until gravity takes its toll and causes the water to flow through it) but obviously this wouldnt work if i were to buy sand/plants.. I assume cleaning the filter and the glass would be the same. But i've yet to find a book or website to explain how one maintains something under the gravel or how to maintain a sand or earth like substrate with plants.
Im not getting a new tank for at least another couple of years so dont panic... Im just trying to learn enough about it to make sure its a wise decision. Because i do love keeping fish and i would like to evently increase my fishy family.
Id just like to know if there are any websites or books you could recommend about tank maintainence. Because at the moment i have a small tank, and cleaning it is really really easy, because i dont have much gravel or ornaments to move/remove to clean. But obviously with larger tanks, you have alot more gravel to tend to and rocks and plants, and undergravel filters/heaters to maintain..
And one day after ive got my degree in a few years time id like to treat my self to a bigger tank. But i want to be able to do things right, and i've no idea how i would maintain such a tank, so obviously i want to learn as much as i can now so i can be prepared for the future.
At the moment i have a small tank with quite large pebble like gravel which is easy to clean with a hand preasure vaccum (just a plastic tube you push up and down until gravity takes its toll and causes the water to flow through it) but obviously this wouldnt work if i were to buy sand/plants.. I assume cleaning the filter and the glass would be the same. But i've yet to find a book or website to explain how one maintains something under the gravel or how to maintain a sand or earth like substrate with plants.
Im not getting a new tank for at least another couple of years so dont panic... Im just trying to learn enough about it to make sure its a wise decision. Because i do love keeping fish and i would like to evently increase my fishy family.
