Cycle a new fish tank by adding a steady ammonia source to a running, fishless tank and testing the water…
Austin Murphy
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A beginner is best served by a tank in the twenty to forty gallon range, because a larger volume of…
Austin Murphy
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Change roughly a quarter of the water in a typical stocked freshwater aquarium once a week, adjusting from there based…
Austin Murphy
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Cloudy aquarium water is usually either substrate dust in a new tank or a bacterial bloom in a tank that…
Austin Murphy
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A guinea pig cage needs far more floor area than pet store packaging suggests, and almost every problem owners report…
Austin Murphy
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A rabbit needs unlimited hay, a large enclosure, a litter setup and something safe to chew before it needs anything…
Austin Murphy
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A bird cage has to match the species that lives in it, and the two numbers that matter are bar…
Austin Murphy
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An aquarium starter kit is worth buying when the filter and heater included are ones you would have chosen anyway,…
Austin Murphy
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A reptile heat lamp has to deliver the right kind of warmth at the right time of day, which is…
Austin Murphy
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Most adult indoor cats need somewhere in the range of 20 calories per pound of body weight per day, which…
Austin Murphy
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