Aquarium Factory Outlet Toowoomba

17/07/2024

13/07/2024

Yes we build aquariums!!!
Yes we build them in house!!

Here’s an awesome job we’ve knocked together.
10ft of awesomeness

Coke can just for a reference

02/07/2024

Kribensis in abundance!!

29/06/2024

Heeyyy!!!

Those were my rays!!

You weren’t supposed to buy them!

2 pancakes off to a forever home.

23/06/2024

Great scapes guys!!! Looking amazing!
What a competition this year.

22/06/2024

Anyone heading down to the pet show??

Anthony and Kodie will be there Sunday!

20/06/2024

Another stock standard stock order

17/06/2024

Haven’t done a stock post in a while.

Here it is!!!

14/06/2024

DYMAX Mini Mag algae scraper - the ultimate solution for keeping your aquarium clean and algae-free without breaking a sweat! Say goodbye to those hard-to-reach corners and stubborn algae build-up with this innovative and easy-to-use tool. The mini magnet design makes it perfect for navigating through tight spaces, ensuring every inch of your aquarium stays crystal clear. Keep your fish happy and your tank looking pristine with the Dymax Mini Mag Algae Scraper - a must-have accessory for every aquarium enthusiast!

It is made with a double-sided scrubber to thoroughly and meticulously clean aquarium glass and acrylic tanks without getting your hands wet. Perfect with medium to small tank sizes!

Visit our local shops now to grab yours.

07/06/2024

Excuse me!!!

Those are my peas.

05/06/2024

Fritz Water Testing has you covered to keep those tank levels in check....

04/06/2024

Fritz Water Conditioners - Detoxifies Chlorine, Chloramines and Heavy Metals, Detoxifies Ammonia & Nitrite and helps Reduce Nitrate - Does not affect PH - Will not Over activate Skimmers - Concentrated Formula

01/06/2024

6x2x2
On the floor and ready for you to take home today!!

How many other shops do you know that have a 6ft on the floor for sale, let alone built it in house?

We build all tanks big and small.

01/06/2024

What an action packed Saturday! You awesome customers had Tony run off his feet all day. We haven’t had a Saturday like that in a while.

One of the highlights of the day is this beautiful Saratoga off to his forever home.

31/05/2024

Yum yum yum, baby rays loving some early morning basa fillet!!

29/05/2024

A little fish order arriving today..

22/05/2024

Crystal clear water and how to achieve it.

First things first, because its clear doen't always mean its clean.

If you're water parameters are in check there's a few things you can do to make your water sparkle and your fish seem like they're floating. Without using any chemicals.

Ensure you have adiquate biological filtration, enough good surface area for your bacteria to colonise and do thier thing.

Make sure you have coarse right up to fine filtration pads/media to filter out any solids in the water collum.

Still having trouble? Maybe some chemical filtration. Some carbon or better yet some Clear-Mix to polish up the water.

Make sure your water turnover is adequate for the aquarium size and fish stocking.

21/05/2024

TDS and should i be concerned about it?

TDS stands for Total Dissolved Solids. It means just that, the amount of dissolved mineral solids in the water source.

TDS is important depending on the fish youre keeping. Marine systems like a very low TDS to be used for a water source. In this instance its important to have a low TDS so you know exactly what mineral you are putting into a marine system.

Other instances where TDS is relevant is breeding certain types of fish. Fish like discus and shrimp like a certain TDS level to best suit them for spawing and rearing young.

TDS can be measured using a TDS meter. Best off spending the money to bvuy a good quality one if you're needing to keep an eye on your TDS

20/05/2024

FRITZ HAS LANDED!!!!

Aquarium Factory Outlet is now the proud stockist of Fritz!!

Fritz industries was founded in 1956, a research leader in the development of products based on applied chemistry and unique manufacturing processes, leading to the development of the pet division.

Fritz Aquatics is the fastest growing aquarium brand in the USA over the last 10 years, Fritz Aquatics were the original producers of the world’s No1 selling nutrifying bacteria, unlike other brands Fritz has a fully functioning laboratory with guaranteed quality control. Fritz Aquatics also manufactures products for the large aquarium facilities, zoos and the largest public aquariums in the world.

Come in store, check out the new Brand and ask the team if Fritz is right for you.

Anthony will be doing Facebook posts on how he has found the Fritz products to work.

Can’t find it? More Fritz stock will be in soon.

20/05/2024

The benifits of fluidised bed media.

First what is fluidised bed media?

A fluidised media bed is when a media is held in suspension in the water collum.

The benifits of media rotating in the water collum is that you're colonising bacteria on the whole surface of the media as water is constantly touching all sides. And because it rotates and bumbs into other meia in the same vessile, it bumps off older bacteria leaving more room for younger harder working bacteria to colonise and break down water impurities. Meaning that at any one time you have the maximum amount of bacteria digestion impurities at maximum capacity. It also is self cleaning, because it bashes into other media, it knocks off any matter that would clog the media up, meaning its performing at 100%, 100% of the time.

You don't have to use the K series media for this, if you have a gig enough pump and a secure enough vessle you can literally use sand. (eg a pool style sand filter)

19/05/2024

The before shot is in……

Stay tuned this week for the after…..

We’re holding no punches in our supplier shake up

19/05/2024

Stunning local peppermints now available.

Looking happy, healthy and ready for a forever home. The outstanding colours of these catfish will brighten up your aquarium.

No wonder why they are Anthony’s Fav catfish

19/05/2024

When in doubt... Water Change.

No not the whole tank.

Generally most fish health issues revolve around poor living conditions (not always).
Prevention is far better then a cure. If you think you may have a sick fish, do a 25% waterchange. Most times if caught early enough this can fix the problem.

If it doesn't fix it, you're starting out with good water quality, wheres the harm in that. Prevention is far better then the cure.

If your aquarium has an off smell, do a waterchange. Often smells are due to a build up of food, nitrate, nitrite or ammonia. Often this will fix the issue. If not, youre starting out with good water quality.

Tank is a bit cloudy, not as crystal clear as it was. Do a waterchange. If youve over fed or been slack on the filter mainteneance, this will give you more time. If thats not the case, you're starting out with good water quality. Where's the harm in that.

Prevention is better then the cure.

18/05/2024

How to anchor your plants.

We all have planted out our aquarium just how we like it, just to have them all float to the top. DARN!!

Anthony's hint for planting plants is...
When you add your plants to the substrate most people just bury straight down.. We bury straight down, then lightly drag the plants into position, We find that this gets them to hold long enough that the ruits start to anchor.

Still having difficulties, try adding plant weights.

17/05/2024

Weekend feeders

Our take on Weekend feeders.

Weekend feeders are often a block feed that disolves into the watercollum and is fed in to the fish as they swim throught the water.

We are of the opinion that these feeders can be a little dangerous.

Because they are dissolved in the water, its hard to tell if all the food is eaten. So if you come back from holidays, remove the remaining block and then start feeding. Chances are there's disasolved food already in the aquarium, you've just adding more food.

Also think to the golden rule of fish keeping. If its not eaten in 3-5 mins remove it. But you've just put enough food to feed for 2 weeks.......

A better way to prepare for the holidays is to
1. ensure your water quality is up to scratch
2. Add more plants to the aquarium (a more natural food and if they don't eat it they will grow)
3. Feed before you go, have someone check on them while youre gone (if for long periods).

We had a customer go into hospital for 4 weeks, unexpectedly. He had someone check on them after 2 weeks. When he got home, tanks were clean, fish were happy. As if he never left home at all.

Fish are resilliant as long as your water is clean.

16/05/2024

Frozen foods.

Frozen fish foods are a great treat for your fish, but not always a good source of all nutrients. Really a varied diet is best.

Here's our sauggestion on how to feed frozen foods.

DEFROST FOOD
In a container defrost the food yopu are feeding. We reccomend this for a number of reasons. You can net out the food leaving behind the water content, less fouling the aquarium. Also means the food is feed in smaller pieces, more digestable to the fish. Also means the bigger fish wont eat a whole cube to themselves.

FEEDING CONE
We do reccomend using a feeding cone as pictured. This way food is fed more evenly amongst your tank mates. If you have over agressive eaters you can portion the food up in two feeding cones so that the feed is evenly fed through the aquarium.

15/05/2024

The benifit of "under feeding."

Through winter we do reccomend that you UNDERFEED your pond fish.

Through cooler months, pond fish naturaly transition into more lethagic state. They will be less active and even less interested in food. This is completely normal, the last thing we would reccomend would be to change brands or buy a different food. Feed less, skip feeds even just a few days. Fish will still eat to keep themselves alive but they wont be eating excess. This extra food will either sit on the bottom of the pond or clog your filter.

In fact we don't feed the fish atleast 1 day per week. We find it gives your fish a chance to digest their food and lowers ther chance of them bloating.
Feed less, trust me you'll see a difference.

14/05/2024

Phones are back up and running!!!

Hip hip horay!!!

14/05/2024

Coming into cooler weather is an excellent time to remind everyone Aquarium Salt is your friend.

Adding 1g/L of aquarium salt does the world of good. It helps your fish recover quicker from any deases or parasites. It also helps keep your water chemistry stable. We're not adding enough to turn it salt water or even brackish. Just a bit of salt makes all the differtence. You'll find with the temperature swings in winter that this small am,ount of salt can keep the stress levels and whitespot down.