The Aquarium Insider Podcast

Starting a planted tank can be overwhelming and challenging, so where should you start? Today we talk with Bentley Pascoe with the best tips and tricks for starting and maintaining planted aquariums. TIMECODES BELOW
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Where can you find Bentley Pascoe?
Check out his channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/BentleyPascoe
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TIMECODES
0:00 Intro
4:42 Best piece of advice for starting with planted tanks
15:50 Get rid of the terms low tech and high tech tanks
26:30 What does a planted setup look like? Does size matter?
34:38 What do I need to look for when getting a light for my tank
47:22 Fertilizers for beginners; What’s a good starting point?
55:15 Planted substrates required?
1:03:02 What tools might make planting plants easier?
1:13:35 Uh oh Algae! What do I do?
1:17:49 My plants are melting!?!
1:24:49 Can you have a tank with just plants?
1:26:27 Do aquarium plants need a filter?
1:27:46 How long does it take to establish roots?
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🐠Visit our blog for in depth guides on all things aquarium related. https://consolidatedff.com/blogs/news
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Who am I?
My name is Dan and I have been a fish farmer pretty much all my life. From raising fish to importing them and everything in between. I hope to bring fun and help as many people as I can in their fish keeping journeys!

Your fish literally live and die by the water quality in their aquarium, so what do you need to monitor? In this Episode of the Aquarium Insider Podcast, I go over what parameters you need to monitor and how to deal with them if they are off. TIMECODES BELOW:
0:00 Intro
1:05 - Why is it important
2:42 – Why does it matter to you?
4:02 – Two things to mention that are SUPER IMPORTANT
6:08 – The most important factor you can’t test for: OXYGEN!
10:45 – How to deal with low oxygen levels
14:51 – Heaters! Why do we need them?
19:02 – How to prevent thermal stress
20:22 – What is ammonia?
26:50 – Nitrite: What is it?
31:26 – The least toxic: Nitrate!
33:15 – What is ph and what matters?
41:25 – What in the world is Kh?
44:39 – What is Gh?
🐟Want to support us? Check out our website for the best aquarium fish and plants!🌿 consolidatedff.com
🐠Visit our blog for in depth guides on all things aquarium related. https://consolidatedff.com/blogs/news
Keep up with what were doing on social media
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/consolfishfarm/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/consolidated.fishfarms
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Who am I?
My name is Dan and I have been a fish farmer pretty much all my life. From raising fish to importing them and everything in between. I hope to bring fun and help as many people as I can in their fish keeping journeys!

Guppies are one of the best fish to start with in the hobby. On today’s podcast, we speak with Kerri from ScienceGal Aquatics to talk about keeping, breeding, and all things guppies. Check this out!

Where can you find Kerri?

Check out her youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/ScienceGalAquatics

🐟Want to support us? Check out our website for the best aquarium fish and plants!🌿 consolidatedff.com

🐠Visit our blog for in depth guides on all things aquarium related. https://consolidatedff.com/blogs/news

Keep up with what were doing on social media

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/consolfishfarm/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/consolidated.fishfarms

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Who am I?

My name is Dan and I have been a fish farmer pretty much all my life. From raising fish to importing them and everything in between. I hope to bring fun and help as many people as I can in their fish keeping journeys!

Keeping tropheus can be a daunting task because there isn’t a ton of info out there on them. In today’s video, we interview Pam Chin and talk about care for tropheus cichlids, her travels to Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyanika and how to get involved in conservation. Stay tuned!
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TIMECODES
0:00 Intro
0:39 Pam’s Bio
3:03 - What got you into fishkeeping?
4:18 - How many fish tanks do you have now?
4:56 - What does a maintenance schedule look like to maintain 150 tanks?
7:37 - What would you tell a new fishkeeper looking to keep tropheus?
10:37 - What’s a good tank size to start with for tropheus?
12:23 - What kind of filtration do you have on these aquariums?
14:43 - Any type of lighting for these aquariums?
15:47 - What are you feeding your tropheus?
18:47 - Do you keep any tankmates with your tropheus?
20:28 - Traveling to Lake Malawi and Tanganyika: How did that happen?
24:34 - What does travel look like for these places?
28:05 - Lodging how does that work?
30:00 - What has been the most impactful thing you have experienced going to origin?
35:56 - When did you become interested in conservation?
38:48 - Auctions for conservation research
40:56 - What is C.A.R.E.S.?
48:49 - What’s the best way to get involved with C.A.R.E.S?
50:14 - Closing Thoughts
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🐟Want to support us? Check out our website for the best aquarium fish and plants!🌿 consolidatedff.com
🐠Visit our blog for in depth guides on all things aquarium related. https://consolidatedff.com/blogs/news
Keep up with what were doing on social media
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/consolfishfarm/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/consolidated.fishfarms
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Who am I?
My name is Dan and I have been a fish farmer pretty much all my life. From raising fish to importing them and everything in between. I hope to bring fun and help as many people as I can in their fish keeping journeys!

Aquarium filtration can be confusing. What size? HOB? Internal? Well today, we hope to put that to rest and help you maximize your filter that you have! We go through types of filtration, talk about the ABSOLUTE MUST every filter must have to be effective, and som e of my favorites out right now.

🐟Want to support us? Check out our website for the best aquarium fish and plants!🌿 consolidatedff.com

🐠Visit our blog for in depth guides on all things aquarium related. https://consolidatedff.com/blogs/news

Keep up with what were doing on social media

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/consolfishfarm/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/consolidated.fishfarms

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Who am I?

My name is Dan and I have been a fish farmer pretty much all my life. From raising fish to importing them and everything in between. I hope to bring fun and help as many people as I can in their fish keeping journeys!