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Vallisneria species, 294 vegetarians, 142 velvet, freshwater, 156 ventral fins, 84 vertebrae, 92 vibrator pumps, 72 videos, 273 vitamins, 138, 157 viviparous, 256 • W • warming a tank, 238 waste eliminator products, 183 waste, eliminating fish, 187–188 water adding to aquarium, 176 for fish show, 286 problems with, 236–238 weight of, 30 water changes amount of water to change, 193 benefits of, 193–194 breeding tank, 250–251 for metal poisoning, 162 weekly, 151–152, 193 water clarifier, 183 water conditioner, 181–182 water fouling in breeding tank, 249 from dead fish, 310 from overfeeding, 138–139 from vegetables, 142 water hyacinth, 230, 248 water lettuce, 208, 229, 248 water quality conditioning the tank, 188–189 nitrogen cycle, 188–193 rules for good, 176–177 testing, 152, 193–196 waste elimination, 187–188 water softener, 196 water sources bottled water, 174 collecting from natural bodies of water, 175–176 rainwater, 173–174 tank location considerations, 26–27 tap water, 172–173 variability in, 171 well water, 174–175 water sprite, 248 water temperature breeding tank, 249, 251 checking daily, 150–151 cooling, 237 overheating, 309 oxygen concentration, 24 plant requirements, 210–211 room temperature effects on, 23–25 warming, 238 water volume, figuring, 35 Web sites Algone, 186 aq-products.com, 211 aquahobby.com, 21 aquaria.info, 21 Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, 176 AquariumFish.net, 124 aquariumguys.com, 49 aquariuminfosite.com, 21 aquariumplants.com, 206 aquaticfoods.com, 145 azgardens.com, 183 customaquatic.com, 49 Fish2u.com, 124 freshaquarium.about. com, 21 freshwateraquariumplants. com, 206 liveaquaria.com, 135 livefoodcultures.com, 145 Marine Depot Live, 124 Marineland, 76 ratemyfishtank.com, 135 wormman.com, 145 webcams, 273 weekly maintenance routines, 151–153 weight aquarium, 315–316, 318 of water, 30 well water, 174–175 wet/dry filters, 67–68 when to use, 180 whiskey barrel, for indoor goldfish pond, 203 windows, aquarium location near, 24–25 wood buying, 52 floating, 51 sealing, 52 wooden cabinet stands, 42 wormman.com (Web site), 145 • Z • zebra danio, 115–116 zebra loach, 110 zeolite, activated, 62 zoom lens, 271 Index 335
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