Looking to buy an aquarium – should you buy a glass aquarium or an acrylic one? Glass is a long time favourite, and most of the tanks that I have seen are glass, but consider this: Acrylic is reputed to be 17 times stronger than glass, softer and more flexible than glass, and hence highly [...]
An Ultra Violet Sterilizer is a device that filters water filtration using an ultraviolet light bulb to kill microscopic organisms. I always knew it more in the context of the home water purifier, but it given that it helps cleanse the water from known bacteria and stuff, it would also be pretty useful for an [...]
Available in three sizes – a 30 litre square style and a 45 and 60 litre portrait style, the biOrb Life Aquariums from Reef One feature a crystal clear acrylic front and back and are finished with seamless gloss coloured acrylic wrap (choose from chilli red, ice white or piano black). Each aquarium within the [...]
We recently came across this aquarium supplies shop tucked away in corner, near the Juhu Bus Depot in Mumbai. For a change, this was the first aquarium supplies shop we have been to that had good natural lighting, and was extremely well organized, with whiteboards on top of each tank mentioning the names of the [...]
A laterally compressed body shape, and almost absent extended finnage gives the discus a more rounded shape. It is this body shape from which their common name, “discus”, is derived. They are very slow moving fishes, and are a delight to watch. They are excellent community fish, but require smaller and non-aggressive companions to be [...]
