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The products, shown on this page, are the products that Tom and Nevin own and use in their aquariums.
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The Bailey Brothers
with Tom on
the right and Nevin on the left are two of America's most
trusted aquarium experts with a combined 90+ years of fish
and aquarium experience. On this page they use all
of that
experience to help you choose the best equipment for your
aquarium. |
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1. Acrylic Aquariums
Stronger, lighter, and longer lasting than glass aquariums.
Both Tom and Nevin have acrylic aquariums in their living rooms. |
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| Click here to buy an Acrylic Aquarium. |
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2. Eclipse Aquarium Hoods
Best way to cover, light and filter an aquarium.
As shown on top of the aquarium, above.
Both Tom and Nevin have Eclipse Aquariums Hoods on their aquariums.
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Click
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3. Aquarium Stands
Professionally constructed with the correct size.
Both Tom and Nevin have professional aquarium stands under their aquariums. |
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| Click here to buy Aquarium Stands. |
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Bio-Wheel Aquarium Filters
The best way to filter aquarium water.
Tom has a
Penguin 350B filter on each of his 55-gallon acrylic
aquariums. |
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| Click here for more information about
Bio-Wheel Filters.
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5. EcoBio-Planter
The best way to insure crystal clear aquarium water. |
| Wow this must-have product
combines the power of maintaining high levels of beneficial bacteria with the nitrate absorbing benefits of plants. The new EcoBio-Planter will truly create a perfect ecosystem in your aquarium. Highly recommended. |
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| Click here to Shop Online for EcoBio-Block Products. |
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6. DrTim's AquaCleanse
The most effective aquarium water conditioner. |
The tapwater from your faucets contains harsh chemicals that are toxic to your fish.
These chemicals, such as chlorine, chloramines and ammonia, are put in tapwater to kill bacteria, viruses and parasites, and make the water safe for you to drink. But these same chemicals can also harm your fish.
AquaCleanse neutralizes these chemicals and makes your tapwater safe for your fish. Add AquaCleanse to your tapwater when setting-up a new aquarium and when doing routine partial water changes. Highly recommended as the best water conditioner for both freshwater aquariums, saltwater aquariums, fish bowls, and ponds.
Both Tom and Nevin use AquaCleanse in their aquariums. |
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Click here now to buy AquaCleanse. |
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7. DrTim's Waste-Away
Helps keep an aquarium clean. |
Waste-Away sludge busting beneficial bacteria will naturally dissolve the sludge and dirt that accumulates in an aquarium and prevent the build-up of debris when used on a regular basis. Waste-Away is fast acting and specially formulated to remove aquarium gunk, unclog gravel/coral beds, and keep filter pads freely flowing longer. This results in better water flow, more oxygen and a healthier aquarium environment. Waste-Away should be used on a regular (weekly) basis to keep sludge from accumulating which can negatively affect fish and corals. Contains no phosphates.
Both Tom and Nevin use Waste-Away in their aquariums.
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8. Denitrifying Lava Rocks
Reduces harmful nitrate in Aquarium water. |
These rocks are sold and intended for use in aquariums. Put them in an aquarium, and the beneficial bacteria will begin to reproduce and remove nitrate from the aquarium water.
Right
now we
recommend
an 8 oz.
package
for each
50-gallons
of
water.
Then you
should
use the
Aquarium
Water
Test
Strips,
shown
below,
to test
for
nitrate,
and add
or
remove
Lava
Rocks,
until
the
nitrate
reads
between
20 and
40 ppm.
Both Tom and Nevin have the right amount of Lava Rock in their aquariums.
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Click
here now to buy Denitrifying Lava Rocks.
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9. Visi-Therm Heaters™
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Both Tom and Nevin have Visi-Therm heaters in their aquariums.
Click
here now for more information about these Aquarium Heaters. |
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10. Cichlid Stones™
The Ideal Aquarium Caves for Pet Fish
Both Tom and Nevin have Cichlid Stones in their aquariums.
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| Click here to learn more and to buy Cichlid Stones now. |
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11. Aqueon Water Changer
The easiest way to do partial water changes.
Both Tom and Nevin use an aquarium water changer to regularly change water in their aquariums. How often? Twice a week. How much of the water? 20%. How does it work? Connects to a faucet and draws water out of the aquarium, then flip the valve to easily refill the aquarium. No lugging buckets or mopping up spills! Highly recommended. |
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12. Magnetic Scrubber
The best way to scrub an aquarium.
Both Tom and Nevin use Magnetic Scrubbers to clean their aquariums. How does it work? Two parts: one on the inside surface of the aquarium does the scrubbing, while the other part is outside the aquarium in your dry hand! A very bright idea! Takes all the hassle out of scrubbing an aquarium! Highly recommended. |
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here
to
buy
a
Magnetic
Scrubber.
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13. Aquarium Scrubbing Pad
Both Tom and Nevin use a Scrubbing Pad like the one shown above to clean places in their aquariums that the Magnetic Scrubber can't reach. |
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| Click here to buy an Aquarium Scrubbing Pad. |
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14. Scrubber with Handle
Both Tom and Nevin use a scrubber like the one shown just above to reach places that the Magnetic Scrubber and the Scrubbing Pad can't reach. |
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| Click here to buy a Scrubber with a Handle. |
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| 15. 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. A bucket like this is a good place to store you scrubbing pad, siphon, and other aquarium maintenance items. 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, "AQUARIUM ONLY!!". These buckets are sold in home improvement centers and lots of other places. Every aquarist should have one.
Both Tom and Nevin use a Utility Bucket like the one shown above. Several experienced aquarists have pointed out that they have several dedicated buckets, and it seems to be very useful to have several sizes from maybe a quart or two quarts up to maybe 5-gallons. Tom and Nevin looked around and realized they have lots and lots of dedicated containers and buckets. ;^ } |
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| 16. 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. Store it inside your utility bucket.
Both Tom and Nevin use a Bottle Brush like the one shown above. |
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| 17. Dirt Magnet Sponge Filters |
| These filters are very good with small fish that might get sucked into a filter with a pump like a BIO-Wheel Filter, like the one shown far above on this page. For example, both Tom and Nevin have used Sponge Filers for may years in aquariums with baby fish. |
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Click here to buy a Dirt Magnet Sponge Filter. |
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| 18. 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.
Both Tom and Nevin use a TDS Meter to test their aquariums for dissolved solids. |
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Click here to buy this TDS meter now. |
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| 19. 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.
Both Tom and Nevin have owned and used Net Breeders for may years to protect baby fish. |
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| 20. 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.
Both Tom and Nevin have and use Aquarium Salt from time to time. |
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Click here to buy Aquarium Salt. |
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| 21. Quick Cure |
Quick Cure is an essential part of the Recommended Treatment.
Both Tom and Nevin have and use Quick Cure from time to time. |
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Click here to learn more about the Recommended Treatment. |
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Click here to buy Quick Cure. |
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| Click here to see more Recommended Medications. |
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| 22. 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.
Tom has 3" and 5" Magnifying Glasses that he uses to see his fish in greater detail. |
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23. 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.
Both Tom and Nevin have an use Water Test Strips from time to time. |
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| 24. Activated Carbon |
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.
Both Tom and Nevin have small bags of Activated Carbon in their aquariums. |
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Activated Carbon now. |
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25.
Premium Fish foods |
Yikes! We almost forgot to include our Favorite Aquarium Product!! Well, we'll make the same
excuse often given, when someone forgets to mention something very import, "We saved the best for last!" And that's
true. Premium Foods greatly increase the health, energy, and coloration of all fish. Premium fish foods also do not
contain fillers that produce lots of excess fish waste ("Poop") and so keep the aquarium cleaner, fresher, and reduce
the amount of time you have to spend cleaning our aquarium. ;^ }
Both Tom and Nevin feed their fish premium fish foods. |
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The Bailey Brothers
with Tom on
the right and Nevin on the left are two of America's most
trusted aquarium experts with a combined 80+ years of fish
and aquarium experience. On this page they use all that
experience to help you choose the best equipment for your
aquarium. |
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On this
page
you
can click on links to buy the Bailey Brothers' favorite aquarium
equipment and supplies, including an aquarium, a matching aquarium stand,
a Bio-Wheel filter, aquarium caves, siphon, magnetic scrubber, and many
more aquarium items.
All of these items are highly recommended to make aquariums easier and
more fun.
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| Aquarium Nets, Special Aquarium Light Fixtures and Bulbs, R/O Water Filters, Decorations, and more. |
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Summary
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 aquarium 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 your aquarium.
We strongly recommend a filter with a BIO-Wheel Filter for almost all aquariums, because Bio-Wheel filters are very effective and very inexpensive to buy and to run.
We highly recommend adding DrTim's Waste-Away to your aquarium water each week, and we recommend having some Denitrifying Lava Rock in each of your aquariums. It is very convenient to use Aquarium Water Test Strips to test your aquarium water regularly.
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 all of us will do it more often!
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