Stocking the Aquarium – DCAS Rule #1
The General 1” Rule By Ed Keene, DCAS, friend of Ecological Labs I have talked about stocking your new aquarium with fish very [...]
WORMS IN MY AQUARIUM? By Carolyn Weise
“The Naididae are a family of clitellate oligochaete worms like the sludge worm, Tubifex tubifex. They are key components of the benthic communities [...]
A FISH DIES… By Carolyn Weise
Sometimes, through no fault of the owner, a fish dies. This is no comfort to the hobbyist who just lost their “favorite” fish [...]
ACID RAIN: Introductory overview
As you may understand acid rain reduces aquatic environmental pH to “low pH levels” as indicted in the chart below, and these ranges can be [...]
Velvet Disease (Oodinium pillularis)
Velvet is actually a round or pear-shaped dinoflagellate that attacks both freshwater and marine tropical fish and can cause death when not treated promptly. (Do [...]
Why Koi Fish Die and How To Help Them
Koi Fish do not always die from parasites, worms, or disease. In fact, one might be surprised to know what one of the [...]