Here's the aquarium all set up and rearing to go. Hold on a minute!! Aren't aquariums supposed to house fish you ask? Well yes, but after reading up on starting your aquarium, I came across this notion of "Aquarium Cycling". Its a process of building up the necessary bacteria in the water that will break-down all the nasty stuff the fish and plants leave inside the aquarium as they go about their day-to-day actvities. There are a few ways to go about growing this bacteria, but the one that appealed to me the most is something they refer to as "fishless cycling". Cycling the new aquarium without fish in it has its advantages and disadvantages, but I weighed the options and decided on this way.
One of the best places I found on the web that has all kinds of information about keeping fish as pets is the Aquatic Community
.Aquarium Details:
Marineland 46 gallon bowed-front glass aquarium
Marineland Bio-wheel power filter Emporer 280
Standard hood with pre-installed light
Topfin 300 Watt heater
Tetra Whisper Air Pump with 2 valves and airstones
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