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What Is A Breeding Tank? What Is A Sponge Filter? What Is Drift Wood(That Java Moss Hooks On To)? And A Filter In The Thing That Makes Bubbles Rite?(New At This Stuff!)

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What Is A Breeding Tank?

A breeding tank is typically a tank that is more shallow (about 12 inches if I'm thinking correctly), and is used when you are planning on breeding fish. But, it is not absolutely necessary to use a breeding tank to get some fish to breed. I know that my guppies do perfectly well in my 29 gallon tank and it is not "shallow".

What Is A Sponge Filter?

A sponge filter is simply another type of filtration device...sponge, with airline tubing, and an air pump, that helps remove yuckies from the tank.

What Is Drift Wood(That Java Moss Hooks On To)?

Drift wood is simply a type of wood, is usually found after the tide has swept it up to ground. To use in a tank you typically boil or bake or soak it for certain length of time to be sure to get the tanens out of it, and to confirm that it is clean enough for you fishies.

And A Filter In The Thing That Makes Bubbles Rite?

Filters do create bubbles, but they are not the only thing. Filters help to remove nasty things from the water. Your biological filter usually build up inside of the filter, to help take care of the ammonia, and nitrites in a tank. Depending on the filter you choose to use, will depend on where it is kept, how it is used, and what of media (the stuff inside the filter) is used with it. The choices are up to you...HOV hang over the back of the tank, and generally have a cottony package with charcoal inside. You have a canister filter, that sits under the entire setup and it contains numerous things to help keep your water clean. UGF is an undergravel filter. It sits under the gravel, and uses uplift tubes, airline hosing, and pumps in which it sucks the water through your gravel, and up into the uplift tubes, and out the top. Sometimes people will use powerheads on the top of the uplift tubes, and this creates more current. There is the Sump system, and I'm not totally sure how to explain it, as I haven't used it. And there is the sponge filter as told about above...

Does all of that make sense? The choices are numerous, and each is up to the individual...There are good things and bad things to be said about each type of filtration, and it depends on you, and how you choose to maintain your choice of filter...

Best of luck, Heidi

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You can ask all sorts of questions Ashneil, & be ready to get the reply's as soon as possible.
It's better to ask before buying or doing something, as afterwards it's too late.




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