Aquarium Equipment Basics (Introduction)

Essential equipment keeps an aquarium up and running. In this video I cover the basics of aquarium equipment and show what I've hooked up to my own aquarium.

[@guppiesstories5942]

Quite an impressive collection of equipment. There is one simple and cheap one that you missed out. An under-gravel filter or plate. It is out dated because most don't really understand it function. Under very slow flow, the water in the gravel will have low oxygen and this is where facultative bacteria will consume the oxygen in the nitrates [no3] releasing nitrogen gas.

[@princedakis4285]

New subscriber from the Philippines 😊 enjoyed watching your video. I'm actually newbie in taking care of gold fish. I hope you make a video about how to treat a sick gold fish

[@BetrayedAndAmused]

I'm wondering what I would need to add to the water before I add fish. With gravel and plants in there, would I need to add a dechlorinator or anything to help keep nitrate down? And how long should I wait before putting fish in the aquarium, to allow the necessary bacteria to grow?

[@C7SP3R]

You really need to get rid of the black beard algae