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This
page
contains
a list
of the
Bailey
Brothers' favorite aquarium equipment and supplies.
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An Acrylic Aquarium
with an Eclipse System Hood |
| An acrylic aquarium is more expensive than a glass aquarium of the same size. But acrylic is much stronger, lighter, easier to move, less likely to break, and usually lasts many years longer than a glass aquarium. The front vertical edges are rounded, which makes an acrylic aquarium more beautiful. Acrylic is slightly clearer than glass and a better insulator, so the aquarium requires less electricity to keep it warm. Click here to buy an acrylic aquarium. |
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An Eclipse System Hood
is shown on top of the aquarium in the picture above.
These hoods
come in three models: the Eclipse 1, Eclipse 2, and Eclipse 3, that respectively fit an aquarium with a base footprint of 10" x 20", 12" x 24", or 12.5" x 30". Each of these hoods contains a wonderful BIO-Wheel Filter, excellent lighting, and completely covers the matching size aquarium, so the fish will not be able to jump out. Highly recommend. Click here to buy an Eclipse System Hood. |
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A Professionally Constructed
Aquarium Stand |
| Be sure the top surface of the aquarium stand fits the base footprint of the aquarium. Do not use an old table, a bookcase, or a homemade aquarium stand for an aquarium bigger than a few gallons. A 20-gallon aquarium filled with water and ornaments will usually weigh over 200 lbs., and it is not safe to set it on anything but a professionally constructed aquarium stand that fits the aquarium. A good stand turns an aquarium into a beautiful piece of furniture. Click here to buy aquarium stands. |
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| A Bio-Wheel Aquarium Filter |
| Almost every aquarium should have a BIO-Wheel Filter. If an Eclipse System Hood, shown farther above, will not fit your aquarium, then get a Penguin or Emperor filter with a BIO-Wheel
Filter. Click
here for more information about
Bio-Wheel Filters.
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Cichlid Stones
The Ideal Aquarium Caves |
| Lightweight, hollow, ceramic stones made especially for creating underwater rockscapes for your rock loving fish!! Cichlid
Stones
are a new and
exciting type of
aquarium
ornament.
They're made of
very high
quality ceramic
material that is
very similar to
the material in
stoneware table
plates. So they
won't dissolve
in aquarium
water like some
rocks may. This
means Cichlid
Stones are
aquarium safe.
Cichlid Stones
are hollow, so
they do not
displace as much
water as a stone
or rock of the
same size. This
means your
aquarium is more
full of water,
less filled with
stones, and has
more interesting
places for your
fish to explore. Since they
are hollow,
Cichlid Stones
are also much
lighter than a
rock or stone of
the same size.
So they are
easier to move
and are much
less like to
damage the
bottom of an
aquarium.
Many species of
fish seem to
have fun and
enjoy going
inside Cichlid
Stones. Cichlids
especially like
Cichlid Stones.
Most species of
Dwarf Cichlids
will make their
homes inside a
Cichlid Stone
and breed there.
Mbuna Cichlids
from Lake Malawi
seem to prefer
spawning inside
these ornaments.
Click here to learn more and to buy now. |
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| The Python No Spill |
| Regular partial water changes are a must for healthy fish. The Python No Spill removes and then refills water with NO buckets, NO siphons, NO mess, and NO tank tear downs - EVER again! Highly recommended. Click here to buy. |
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| Magnetic Aquarium Scrubber |
| One
piece
goes
inside
the
aquarium and the
other
piece
goes
on
the outside
the
aquarium.
Scrub the entire inside surface of your aquarium without getting your hands or arms wet. Makes scrubbing quick and easy, so you'll do it often and keep your aquariums spotless. Highly recommended.
Click
here
to
buy
a
magnetic
scrubber.
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| Aquarium Scrubbing Pad |
| We don't like to stick one of our arms in an aquarium to scrub the windows. We prefer to do most of the scrubbing with a Magnetic Scrubber, but occasionally we do use a scrubber like this one to scrub off the filter and ornaments. If you have an acrylic aquarium, like we ones we recommend, be sure to get a scrubber that's labeled for acrylic aquariums, or you could scratch your aquarium. Click here to buy an aquarium scrubbing pad. |
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| Scrubber with Handle |
| We do most of our scrubbing with our Magnetic Scrubber, because it is so easy. But sometimes a scrubber with a handle works better. Click here to buy a Scrubber with a handle. |
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| Plastic Utility Bucket |
| These buckets have many uses around aquariums. You can move fish in them from one aquarium to another. You might use this bucket to move water to and from a small aquarium, but for a larger aquarium you should have a Python No Spill, as shown above. A utility bucket is nice to use to scrub items from an aquarium. Just put a few inches of water from the aquarium into the bucket, then remove a dirty item from the aquarium, scrub it in the bucket without using soap or any other cleaners, then return the item to the aquarium. Do not use the bucket for anything else like scrubbing your floor or your car. It's a good idea to mark the bucket with a black marker pen, "For Aquarium Only". These buckets are sold in home improvement centers. |
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| Bottle Brush |
| Use this brush to clean the inside of the tube that carries the water to the filter. This tube must be scrubbed out once in a while as part of your regular aquarium maintenance. Brushes for use in kitchens, around food, and for scrubbing a baby bottle are available from many mass merchandisers, and you should own one that you only use in your aquarium. |
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| Kordon Amquel |
| This very advanced water conditioner removes ammonia, chlorine, and chloramine from tap water to make it safe for fish. This item is highly recommended. Click here to learn more. Click here to buy Amquel. |
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| Dirt Magnet Sponge Filters |
| These filters are very good with small fish that might get sucked into a filter with a pump like the BIO-Wheel Filters, shown far above. We use sponge filters in aquariums with baby fish. Click here to buy a Dirt Magnet Sponge Filter. |
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| Pocket Size TDS Meter |
| TDS means Total Dissolved Solids. This small pocket size TDS meter reads the amount of solids dissolved in the water, and gives a good idea of how much mineral matter is dissolved in your aquarium water, which is not too important if you want to keep fish, but can be very important if you want to breed fish. Click here to buy this TDS meter now. |
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| Net Breeder |
| You assemble the 12 stiff plastic edges, then put the netting over the four sides and the bottom. Making a box shaped container that goes inside your aquarium and attaches to the rim of your aquarium. You can put fish that need to be isolated in this contraption. Click here to buy. |
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| Aquarium Salt |
| This is Aquarium Salt for freshwater aquariums. It is not suitable for a saltwater aquarium, which require marine salts that contain a wide variety of salts. Aquarium Salt contains almost all sodium chloride. Do not use table salt, which may contain iodine and other additives. Click here to buy Aquarium Salt. |
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| Quick Cure |
| Quick Cure is an essential part of the Recommended Treatment. Click here to learn more about the Recommended Treatment. Click here to buy Quick Cure. |
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| Click here to see all of the Recommended Medications. |
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| Magnifying Glass |
| It's amazing how much more you can see with a magnifying glass, and when you can see more, it will make your fish all the more fun to watch! See more details of your fish. Watch tiny baby fish eat. A magnifying glass can also help you to see and recognize a disease like ich. Highly recommended. Click here to buy a Magnifying Glass. |
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| Aquarium Water Test Strips |
| You can learn a lot about the quality of the water in your aquarium by using your nose, eyes, and finger tips!! Click here to read more about that. But you probably can't determine the level of nitrate with a test kit. We have used the Jungle Quick Dip, and checked its accuracy with a very high quality test kit. These strips are pretty good and accurate enough for most of what we want to know. They give results for several water parameters. They are very convenient to use and give the test results in a minute or two. We recommend this product. Click
here and
here and
here to buy Jungle Quick Dip test strips. |
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| HydroCarbon 2 |
| Hydrocarbon 2 is a granular activated carbon designed specifically for the purification of aquarium water. It has an extremely porous texture which makes it ideal for both fresh and saltwater aquariums and does not leach phosphates into the water, which can cause outbreaks of algae. This activated carbon absorbs both large and small molecular pollutants such as the defense substances released into the water by both soft and stony corals and will also pull out the water-yellowing tannic and humic compounds. After months of use it also becomes a very active biological filtration community full of beneficial bacteria and microorganisms. It can thus be used as a biological nitrification and denitrification media, or to seed new aquariums with active bacteria cultures. Click here to buy now. |
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| More Favorites Coming Soon |
| Aquarium Nets, Special Aquarium Light Fixtures and Bulbs, R/O Water Filters, Decorations, and more. |
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Comments
You may have noticed that several of these items are very inexpensive and widely available. You may also notice that many of the most expensive kinds of equipment are missing from this list. We recommend the biggest acrylic aquarium you can afford or several aquariums, which will make your aquarium hobby even more enjoyable. Next we recommend a professionally built aquarium stand that fits you aquarium.
We also strongly recommend a filter with a BIO-Wheel Filter for almost all aquariums. We also like equipment, like the Python, the Magnetic Scrubber, a Bottle Brush, and a Utility Bucket that make cleaning and changing water much easier, so we will do it more often! |
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More Help and Advice
Click
here to go to a page in Pet Fish Talk's web
site, where you can send an email with your
questions about starting a saltwater aquarium. |
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