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Care Guide for Pea Puffers – The Smallest Pufferfish in the World - Aquarium Co-Op
Care Guide for Pea Puffers – The Smallest Pufferfish in the World
Pea puffers are one of the coolest oddball species you can keep in a smaller-sized aquarium. They’re known for their helicopter-like maneuverability, independently moving eyes, and of course, ability to...
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10 Best Clean-Up Crew Ideas for Freshwater Aquariums - Aquarium Co-Op
10 Best Clean-Up Crew Ideas for Freshwater Aquariums
Looking for a fish or invertebrate that will clean your aquarium so that you never have to do tank maintenance? Sorry, that mythical creature doesn’t exist. However, many animals do...
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How to Culture Vinegar Eels for Fish Fry - Aquarium Co-Op
How to Culture Vinegar Eels for Fish Fry
Are you getting into fish breeding but need a way to feed teeny-tiny fry that are too small to eat regular fry food? Try vinegar eels! This live food is...
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Care Guide for Discus Fish – The King of the Aquarium - Aquarium Co-Op
Care Guide for Discus Fish – The King of the Aquarium
Discus fish are one of the beautiful freshwater fish in the hobby, known for their spectacular colors and large, circular shape. However, they’re also notorious for being extremely difficult to...
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How to Properly Clean Your Fish Tank - Aquarium Co-Op
How to Properly Clean Your Fish Tank
When people find out you keep fish, they probably imagine a crusty, algae-coated tank where you can barely see anything swimming inside. But with just a few easy steps, you...
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Top 10 Easy Aquarium Plants for Beginners - Aquarium Co-Op
Top 10 Easy Aquarium Plants for Beginners
Planted aquariums are very popular nowadays because of their natural beauty and amazing ability to consume toxic waste compounds. However, many beginners have trouble keeping their green foliage from turning brown. After...
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10 Best Coldwater Fish That Don’t Need a Heater - Aquarium Co-Op
10 Best Coldwater Fish That Don’t Need a Heater
Most aquarium fish require a heater because they’re used to tropical temperatures, but did you know there’s a whole class of coldwater fish that are perfectly fine at room temperature?...
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The Easy Guide to the Nitrogen Cycle for Aquariums - Aquarium Co-Op
The Easy Guide to the Nitrogen Cycle for Aquariums
Are you getting started with your first fish tank? Then you may have heard of something called the “aquarium nitrogen cycle,” followed by a bunch of complicated scientific terms and...
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How to Use Pothos as a Natural Aquarium Filter - Aquarium Co-Op
How to Use Pothos as a Natural Aquarium Filter
One of the reasons we love aquarium plants so much is because of their amazing ability to absorb the toxic nitrogen compounds produced by your fish's waste, but what if...
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Care Guide for Guppies – The Most Popular and Colorful Livebearer - Aquarium Co-Op
Care Guide for Guppies – The Most Popular and Colorful Livebearer
Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are one of the most popular fish in the aquarium hobby because of their brilliant colors, lively personalities, and ease of breeding. In this care guide, we...
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How to Use a Gravel Vacuum to Clean Aquariums - Aquarium Co-Op
How to Use a Gravel Vacuum to Clean Aquariums
Did you know there’s an easy way to clean all the fish waste at the bottom of your aquarium without dumping everything out? Keep reading for a step-by-step guide on...
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7 Popular Fish You Should Try in a 20-Gallon Aquarium - Aquarium Co-Op
7 Popular Fish You Should Try in a 20-Gallon Aquarium
20-gallon aquariums are one of the most popular tank sizes among fish keepers because they’re small enough to keep in a bedroom but big enough that you can choose from...
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