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Porosity in filtration is the basic natural mechanism in the sand based ocean - biologically porous sponges, coral, rock embedded with bacteria and even some fish manifest different forms of "porous filtration" - and in some cases reversing the process in a reactionary manner with one type of porous filtration mechanism enhancing or stimulating the other. Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria are an over simplification of what the complex biological filtration systems tout in aquarium literature.

Movement and light also manifest biological filtration health - they stir the pot of life - photosynthesis, oxygen, carbon and the many components of the earths atmosphere integrate downward from the waters surface into the depths of the ocean - and life gradually adapts and thrives in millions of forms, both macroscopic and microscopic -

For those who must have a clinical full prrof mechanical solution to keeping an aquarium - sadly - there is none - for the current recommended filtration procedures and equipment are nothing more than conventional wisdom and only partially succeed in maintaining life in a four walled container -

Open aquarium systems adjoining the ocean are the most successful for obvious reasons - but needless to say there is no pill to take the place of a steak nor an aquarium system dead or alive that will take the place of the ocean! -

To many that statement will seem trite - but its very truth is ignored by the experts themselves in that there IS NO EXPERTISE - there is only "what is" - and "what is" depends exclusively on water volume, movement, porosity and light. -

Anything else attributed to success is pure luck. Sponge (dead) filters are the least expensive yet most effective form of filtration in an aquarium - fresh or salt - they must merely be periodically squeezed in a bucket of water taken from the aquarium to unclog them, maintain their porosity and serve as a home for aerobic bacteria as well as a mechanical filtering device for particulate matter.

Recently in an attempt to budgetize nature nano-aquariums (small tanks) have become popular - they are merely a low cost item whereby intense labor is substituted for a larger more expensive yet more easily maintained system - and have become popular and in some cases even more complex and expensive then the larger systems that they were meant to budgetarily replace!!

Convincing hobbyists to spend hundreds of dollars to establish an aquarium in what amounts to a large cocktail glass is quite a marketing feat - unfortunately our civilization is well trained to react - in part aided and abetted by the DIY mentality of many financially constrained hobbyists who often end up spending twice the amount for simply buying a set-up.

It is painful (to the listener) for me to say that there is no short cut to keeping a healthy aquarium - nor is there any equipment that will substitute for simplicity itself - sponges, water, movement, light and oh yes , intelligence.

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here's a KISS for you WATER ... yes water ... consider the amount of water that both fresh & salt water fish live in ... then forget about getting an aquarium unless it is LARGE ...... like 70 gallons minimum .... FISH .... assuming your listening so far & have at least a 70 gallon tank .... consider the following ... there are small fish that will stay small AND small fish that will grow LARGE ... make some effort to know what size your fish will be .... BUY A BOOK .... NO don't go on the internet ... unless you know what yo are doing already ... IN WHICH case you DON'T need to go on the internet WHY? ... because you can keep 70 1" fish that STAY around 1" OR 35 2" fish that won't grow larger ... or twenty 3" fish or fifteen ... 4" fish or ten 5" to 6" fish or five 7 to 8" fish ... GET THE PICTURE? EQUIPMENT ... a light .. a filter ... a heater and an air pump .. ask someone who knows .... NO not the clerk at PetCo keep the fish hungry ... when you feed them they should be ravenous .... feed every other day ... 2/3 frozen & 1/3 dry food oh ... and make sure you use the right person to guide you .... ME

This beauty is rarely seen in the USA and in Japan though highly poisonous is a delicacy! Scientific name is Chelonodon Patoka aka milkspot puffer ... can be fresh (high Ph), brackish (1.015 salinity) or 100% marine(preferred!)