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Hey guys, just another blog by the World of Aquariums. Today, we will be talking about water hardness and how to soften your water in your aquarium. We will be giving a general run through of what water hardness is, why you might want to soften your water and the different ways of doing so. For the full video guide, check out: https://youtu.be/Pv0ZuxdoLHA   What is water hardness?  Water hardness is how hard or how soft your water is and this is measured as gH, which stands for general hardness. Your general hardness will be purely made up of 2 mineral...

Hey guys, Welcome to the World of Aquarium. Today I will be partnering with Hurstville Aquarium in Sydney, to run you through how to cycle your fish tank with the nitrogen cycle. This is extremely important as it is maturing your aquarium so you can safely add new fish by first allowing beneficial bacteria to colonise. The nitrogen cycle is constantly at work in nature and we want to replicate that in our aquarium, which is essentially an enclosed ecosystem. Without doing so, you will likely experience elevated fish waste levels that are toxic to the fish and will likely...

So we get a LOT of questions on how to properly treat diseases in marine fish. The most common of all is Marine White Spot (Cryptocaryon Irritans) also known as saltwater ich/ick disease. For this post we will focus only on white spot, its life cycle and how to treat it. We will touch on other common diseases such as flukes, velvet, brooklynella and intestinal worms later.   So what is marine white spot? Marine whitespot is a protozoan parasite, it is one the most common diseases found in almost all home aquariums, if you have purchased a fish with out first...

HOW TO CYCLE YOUR TANK Congratulations on the purchase of your new aquarium! Now to get started you must complete the following procedures before any new additions of livestock are to be added to your new tank.   The FILTRATION All aquariums are recommended to have some form of filtration in the tanks, and we’re not talking about a fancy piece of equipment to keep your water clear. An efficient filtration system should contain at least (in order of filtration) a mechanical stage, chemical and biological, but each tank may be use each for a different application.   Mechanical filtration...