The Fish Bowl & Ponds
Business Services in Mitcham

High quality products, service and advise for all your aquarium and pond needs, corporate and private maintenance for aquariums and ponds. Large range of quarantined fish, plants, pond plants and corals. We also specialize in frogs, turtles, yabbies and reptile products. Friendly knowledgeable staff who can help with all areas of aquariums and ponds. We are a family run business with loads of experience. Give us a call or drop in and have a look, you will be amazed at what we offer, great prices and great service.

Overhead Right When we maintain a pond we target problem Areas and detach Blanket Weed. From one off appointments, to steady contracted services we can cater for all your aquarium needs. In our example we need the pump to displace water 1 m overhead the water surface. Ground levels are a factor when considering where to deposit your pond. Smooth ground will make it easier to build but for areas with a slope, you can build up your levels using extra soil that you remove from the pond site. To avoid this, take into consideration the automatic fall of the land. Gullies and low spots that will fill with water from compressed rain must be avoided. It is a good practice to unfasten turtle from the tank for feeding, deposit in a small tub with a insignificant water and feed. This prevents the tank from getting filthy from left over’s and builds a bond with you and the turtle to trigger feeding times. Fighters are a bubble nest breeder: the males construct a nest at the water surface and court females with exaggerated displays. (The females are usually smaller than the males, with much shorter finnage and are generally less colorful.) The most crucial fish waste we have to worry about is ammonia (NH3). Therefore, we must not allow the ammonia to build up to a concentration that is tall sufficient to kill our fish. We need the equivalent bacteria in our tanks to oversee the ammonia, this bacteria will occur naturally over time but is superior to be added when fish are added. This also will occur naturally but it is best to add concentrations when adding fish. When the bacteria have grown, the toxic fish waste (ammonia nitrate) have been consumed by the bacteria then the tank is cycled. The superior assist for fresh tank syndrome is to introduce bacteria to the fresh tank. Increase the bacteria only if there is fish and ammonia in the tank first. The bacteria must have enough oxygen to convert the ammonia to nitrite and then to nitrate. When there is a deficit of oxygen, the time required to cycle your tank goes up. The temperature of the tank’s water can also play a role in the time needed to cycle your tank. But perpetual adjust the temperature for the species of fish you are keeping. When adding new fish that appear healthy to the aquarium, they still may cause stress to the tank, which can also cause an outbreak of a disease. The disease could have already been offer in your tank, but the new stress has provided it with an opportunity for an outbreak.