Aquarium Calculator

How much does it weigh? That’s where condition factor comes in. Condition factor take into account an animal’s weight (or mass) and length. If a … Read more

How many times have you set the hook into a fish only to wonder how large it is? You get a sense from the line … Read more

When treating fish in a quarantine tank, how do you know if there’s too little or too much salt? You’ve probably asked yourself this question … Read more

According to the label you’re supposed to add 5 milliliters per gallon. Your dropper? It doesn’t talk in milliliters. It talks in drops, and that’s … Read more

You need salt bath accuracy because guessing is bad medicine. It seems like a sloshy mess to have a bucket of water, but sometimes it’s … Read more

When a freshwater fish clenches its fins or flashes at glass, you tend to find out that there’s a problem. What do you think caused … Read more

With the best of intentions, you purchase a bottle of treatment. Because you believed the tank’s labeled volume, you estimated the dose incorrecty. The instructions … Read more

The fish is newly acquired. They may have come with some germ from where they were. On one hand, you want to release them in … Read more

Then there’s new livestock purchases. This is where you get panicky. You’ve got that perfect water chemistry in your tank, the water in that bag … Read more

A common problem in any reef tank is salinity drift, which will make you crazy, but correcting too fast is bad for your livestock. It … Read more