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The temperature thing is interesting. My tanks were unheated but would not drop below low sixties. Filtration was HOB, typically 15 - 20 changes per hour.

I had at one time ten of the golden clams. I kept them one per 2 square feet of substrate and fed them a commercial marine filter feeder food with a turkey baster. However, none lived more than two years or so and none reproduced - which might well have been a blessing as the young hitch rides...

Hi, my name is Mike and I've been keeping aquaria off and on for over forty years since being given a hand-me-down 10g as a child. (Sounds like something Anonymous so far, eh?). In the early days my small town boasted only a Lays which stocked a few tropical fish. As they were all more money...

I don't like to use potting soil with laterite because of the danger of metal toxicity. I have been using plain unwashed top soil, 1-1/2" to 2", with a 1/2" sand cap followed by a 1" gravel cap. But I am tearing down my 75 which was set up as a temporary tank and based on Walstad's advice I...