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WHEN SNAILS SUDDENLY APPEAR

WHEN SNAILS SUDDENLY APPEAR

At some point or another, every aquarist has experienced an unexpected outbreak of snails in the home aquarium. It can be incredibly frustrating too. There are these small little animals in tremendous numbers that have seemingly appeared overnight, and you...

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Mudskipper Care Sheet

Mudskipper Care Sheet

Mudskippers area fascinating brackish water fish that prefers habitat both above and below the water. Mudskippers also usually prefer to eat above water but will happily dive in to chase potential food in the water.
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Electric Blue Marron care sheet

Electric Blue Marron care sheet

Aquarium marrons contrast well with other Australian fish, thanks to their unique, intense electric blue colour.  Their shape, character and behaviour of aquarium marrons provide an interesting addition to your aquarium that you cannot achieve with fish alone.

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Discus care sheet

Discus care sheet

When selecting discus, health is more important than the variety or even the colour of the fish.  The fish should rush towards you, looking for food and should have a uniform, rounded shape, free from wounds and   deformities.  Fins should be evenly shaped and the eyes clear, bright and appropriate to the size of the fish. 
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What is brackish water?

What is brackish water?

Brackish water is a mix of freshwater and saltwater. 

It is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers.

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Fighting Fish care sheet

Fighting Fish care sheet

Fighting fish should be fed every day and will consume a wide variety of floating fish foods such as pellets and flakes (3-4 pellets per feed). Fighting fish also love live or frozen foods regularly. At Aquatic Solutions, we feed live black worms once a week as a treat!
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Hermit Crab care sheet

Hermit Crab care sheet

Hermit crabs have a few basic requirements as pets. These are required for the hermit crab to live a long healthy life as your pet. Once you provide the proper tank, humidity, temperature, substrate and food necessities you can then sit back and enjoy you hermit crab.
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Cherry Shrimp care sheet

Cherry Shrimp care sheet

Cherry Shrimp are small freshwater shrimp that are an interesting addition to the aquarium. These Shrimp are both hardy and useful, as they will eat any leftover food and graze on algae. 
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Freshwater Yabbies care sheet

Freshwater Yabbies care sheet

Allow us to introduce Cherax Destructor the Australian Freshwater Yabby, these Yabby range through part of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and even the Northern Territory.

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Freshwater Short Fin Eel care sheet

Freshwater Short Fin Eel care sheet

Anguilla Reinhardtii, Australian Fresh Water Short Fin Eel, found coastal streams of eastern Australian can also occur in New Guinea.

This is an interesting ‘oddball’ addition for an unheated tank. Provide some hiding place and ensure the tank has an extremely tight fitting lid. Eels are the MASTERS OF ESCAPE!!

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Indian Almond Leaves

Indian Almond Leaves

Also known by many other names: Cattapa Leaves, Tropical Almond Leaves, Sweet Almond Leaves, Wild Almond Leaves, Sea Almond Leave, Catappa Leaves, Java Almond Leaves, Ketapang Leaves.
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