What Are The Common Aquarium Terms You Need To Know – Part 2
Here is the second installment of common aquarium terms which covers the alphabet B.
Ballast: A power source required for fluorescent and metal halide lighting. Ballasts are highly specialized. Each type of lighting requires its own particular type of ballast.
Bio-filter (Biological Filter): Any device or substrate that provides a site for the nitrifying bacterial colony in an aquarium to attach itself to.
Bio-Load (Biological Load): The waste output of organisms in the aquarium or pond. If you aquarium carries a high bio-load, supplemental filtering sources must be provided to maintain water quality.
Blood Worms: These are not worms, but are so called because of their bright red color. They are actually larvae of non-biting midges (small, spotted, two-winged flying insects). Available live, frozen or freeze-dried, blood worms are often used as a food supplements for fish to stimulate their growth or condition them for breeding.
Brackish water: Water that is half fresh and half salty. A number of species, such as brine shrimp, prefer this sort of diluted saltwater.
Brine shrimp: Species of tiny shrimp that grow to only about a quarter of an inch long. Also known as “sea monkeys,” they are sold as fish food. Brine shrimp are delicious treats for reef fish, but they are not nutritious enough to be used as the sole food source.
Buffer: A substance added to aquarium water to raise the alkalinity or adjust its pH level. Various types of buffering materials are available.
Note: Please keep in mind that this list here is by no mean extensive. I will add them periodically whenever there are more queries. For now, I’ve divided this list into 7 parts in alphabet order.
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