failure

For some reason, in our culture, the term "failure" is equivocated with "bad" without exception. Now, I'll give you the fact that "failure" has a negative connotation in many instances: structural failure", "catastrophic failure", "bank failure" all carry some pretty negative imagery...

Okay, at the bit of sounding just a bit negative today, I'm pondering on a few things that have been on my mind lately about the aquarium hobby. There are a lot of articles, blogs, and tips on how to succeed at this-or-that aspect of the hobby, which is awesome. But those of us who have been...

My WON heater failed after a little over a year! It just stopped working. The temperature dropped from 80 to 67 overnight on my Angel/Discus 65 gal tank. Luckly, I had another heater. It looks like the fish will be ok. What the heck happened? I thought they were good heaters! No warranty...

So in regard to canister filters, I've read that if the power goes out the filter keeps pumping or something like that, flooding the room. Am I mistaken at what I'm reading ? Someone educate me.

I tried to take some with two remote flashes and they all came out with a flash burst on the glass or the shadow behind the fish. I need to play more and adjust. Next time.