Posts by Avery

The biggest natural method to clean the tank, substrate, plants, or even any decorations would be to use white vinegar. It's natural, actually pretty cheap compared to other cleaners, and it won't be harmful if some is accidentally left inside when you put the fish back in (unlike bleach which requires HEAVY cleaning and verification that there is none left, otherwise in small traces it is fatal).

I do believe that using actual reef corals are highly beneficial compared to using none, or using ones that aren't alive. The way that the fish interact with them to either hide within, get cleaned, or use as their home, is one of the biggest benefits. Additionally, it also makes the fish feel more secure and therefore they will interact with their environment with less stress, and therefore act more natural as they would within the ocean.

As far as being too big or possibly crushing them, this is where when you place them inside of your tank that you make sure that they are secured in one way or another (just as you would with rocks to make sure that a fish couldn't ever move the substrate and might cause for them to shift and fall).

As far as treating, there are a few different types of natural ways to cure some diseases (fungal, or parasitic mostly), but it's not a widespread solution that can solve the vast majority of diseases. Some of the natural ways include; using aquarium salt, raising the temperature of the water, and also even using specific ingredients in their food like garlic.

Do you prefer to add in a bunch of colorful or dull color looking fish to your tanks? This can even include those where you only may have a few handful of fish, or tanks that are setup to not just be species specific (since their coloration may change and/or it would obviously only be 1 color set in your tank).

Do you use a protein skimmer within your refugium? If so, can you explain your layout in terms of the flow of water coming out of your main tank and then being replaced back into it?

Have you ever needed to use a filter sock to make sure that there wasn’t anything from your refugium being sucked back into your main tank?

When you go out to purchase your food for your tanks, do you tend to stick to name brands or those brands that are local (if they sell any). I’ve seen a bunch of shops have their own food brand, or even have a container that you can scoop out of and pay based on the weight taken.

What makes you the most afraid of owning any type of amphibian, and do you think that will change if you had the proper time to setup their tank, get the right equipment, and learn all of the right care for them?

We have released a few different styles of dark themes, all with their name containing the color that it will focus on (ex; “Dark Green” means the style will be dark and focus on the color Green).

You can toggle under “Control Panel > General” and changing the “Style” option from Default to one that you want. Let us know how you like them, and we’ll try to add in more over time. Thanks!

With a bunch of tanks that can have fish or just corals in them, but still having issues with the sand/substrate collecting algae (commonly green, purple, and brown), how do you prevent it in your tank?

Do you commonly stir the substrate to make sure that it turns over as debris collects to prevent algae? Do you have any other method at all to take care of it?

Although many of us try to make sure we provide the corals we buy with all of the love and care possible, sometimes they sadly end up dying and turned bleached (white in color). When this happens, do you take it out of the tank and toss them, or do you keep them in there still?

To keep an update, the new themes have been set. We’re just going through them now to match the footer and header items from our current default theme, to those as well.

I’ll post an update once they have been all released for everyone to pick their own in their user profile.

I’d probably say that my favorite is Auratus Cichlids, since in a species only tank man are they beautiful in terms of their coloration but also based on the way that they interact with each other (given enough space).

With the females (or not dominant males) being a lovely yellow, with white and thin blue stripe - and males being a lovely blue, black, with a white/yellow stripe.

What is even stranger is that Petco’s social media team seems to still be talking about it as if it’s 50% off, so not sure if the 30% was some type of one time test or an off sale but labeled as such?

Also to update there is a new confirmed event starting February 27th (the ad is placed on March 1st, so might start then instead going forward) for the whole month of March 2022.

Do you mean this photo that I’ve attached to this post? I’ve seen a huge bunch of different photos on the subject that go over the general look with a realistic photo, but some species of plants may not share the symptoms the same due to their leaf structure.

Since every single coral grows differently due to its species, conditions that it lives in, and other environmental factors in the tank; how often do you forcefully propagate your corals in order to optimize their growth (and allow for your reef to become more and more covered with actual corals)?

With all of the different types of materials used for tanks stands, which is the most common (if you have more than one tank setup) that you use, and why do you think it’s your specific most common compared to others?

I’ve seen them, and they appear to work extremely well if placed correctly. I wouldn’t worry too much about any spots being extremely colder (since with a heater in the actual tank the same can be said the further away you get from the heater itself). The only downfall is that in-line heaters tend to be more expensive when compared to traditional drop in heaters.

I normally keep them as long as their expiration date, as in many cases, it can cause for false positives or negatives (for testing), and medicine can either become too weak or too strong in specific aspects.

When you have done any type of creating an aquascape using live plants inside of an aquarium, what materials did you use and how did they pan out in terms of reliability and visually once underwater and over time being underwater?

I've personally used the common egg crates for ceiling tiles/lights, aquatic safe foam (that expands over time when first sprayed out), some aquatic safe paint, and then using items like river rocks/substrate to create a mountain/rockwall appearance. In terms of its ease to use, all was easy, although the lifespan was honestly really determined by if I added enough coats of paint and silicone to the whole thing since when the fish would peck at it randomly if it was too thin, they could actually create small holes in the foam.

I personally tend to make the tank appear more of a match for the fish's natural habitat, adding in things such as driftwood, or lace rock to simulate a rocky shore if that is where they are from. Ideally, if you do it right, it can really make the fish behave in a way that you would never see inside of any tank since they feel more secure.