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August, 2009:

Advantages & Disadvantages of Live Plants in a Betta Fish Aquarium

Aug 28th, 2009
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Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)

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Author: D Swain

If you want plants in your Betta fish aquarium, you’ll have to decide between live or manufactured ones. Live plants have a number of advantages and disadvantages when compared to their artificial counterparts. This article will discuss some of these advantages and disadvantages of live plants.

Advantages

Live plants provide many benefits to your aquarium. While reducing carbon dioxide levels in the water, they also add extra oxygen. The plants also help lower the nitrate level in the tank.

Algae can become a problem if you don’t keep it in check. Plants release chemicals in the water that help prevent algae from growing. They can also serve as a source of food for your fish. However, you should make sure that your fish don’t nibble them too much, or they can start to harm your plant. (more…)


Tropical Fish Aquariums

Aug 21st, 2009
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Author: Jay Wilson

Seeing the colorful fish glide through their silent, lush miniature undersea world, almost like dancers in a tiny ballet, can be the perfect calming influence after a hectic and stressful day of work. For this reason one often finds aquariums not only in homes but also in the waiting rooms of doctors and dentists, in physiotherapy or massage therapy rooms, hospitals and psychiatric clinics, and even prisons.

While saltwater fish and coral can be spectacular, they can also be expensive and tricky to maintain. Consider instead tropical fresh water fish, which come in a variety of colors and types and are typically very attractive in their own right. Additionally, they are normally quite inexpensive and a lot easier to keep healthy than saltwater fish.

What You’ll Need To Set Up Your Tropical Fish Aquarium

In order to set up your tropical fish aquarium, you will need an aquarium, or fish tank, gravel for the bottom, an aquarium filter, replacement filter media, a tank heater, decorative stuff for the bottom of the tank such as real or imitation plants, test kits to test the ph, temperature and other parameters and monitor the infamous nitrogen cycle, fish food, an aquarium vacuum, a fish net, a tank scrubber, a five gallon bucket, and a pasta strainer. (more…)


How to Care for Your Fish Aquarium’s Filter

Aug 15th, 2009
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Author: nlwest21

Having an aquarium in your home or your office can be a wonderful conversation starter. With the right aquarium you can hold some of the most exotic pets that individuals will ever have a chance. I have been fortunate enough to have seen some marine aquariums that are so that they have a variety of small sharks, starfish, shrimp, and many other types of fish.

The only thing that can take away from how picturesque and special these fish tanks are is how dirty they can become. The greater the fish aquarium the more maintenance it calls for.

Your fish cannot swim in an environment that is always foul and no one wishes to look at that. In order to keep things impeccable you have to buy a filter that will remove the waste and bacteria from the water inside of the fish tank. (more…)


Discus Fish – What You Need to Know Before Keeping Discus Fish

Aug 7th, 2009
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With a compressed rounded body shape and gorgeous colors of green, red, brown and blue, (There are 4 ‘real’ discus variants, with their own Latin name. The rest of the color variants are captive bred and the list of these color variants is nearly endless.

They have exotic names like, ‘White Diamond’, ‘Blue Diamond’ ‘Snake Skin’, etc… ) discus fish are among the most popular aquarium freshwater fish in the world.

Native from the Amazon River, Wild caught discus fish first started to appeared in the 1920s, discus fish are spread all over the world being part of true industries in Asia, for instance. When they reach adulthood, discus fish are no bigger than eight to ten inches and they make great pets, bringing an excellent array of lively color to your house.

Make sure you know everything about the needs of this fish breed before even thinking about keeping them, though discus fish are not very fragile, they still require a lot of care.

Discus fish make excellent aquarium inhabitants and they can be combined with other species in the habitat, the best choices would be the uaru or the tetras species. Normally discus fish are very serene creatures; they are a bit sensitive to stress and a disturbing environment but most fish are. However it is not too great an idea to combine them with fish that are quite a bit smaller, as the discus fish may eat them.

It is also totally unadvisable to combine any variety of discus fish with catfish since you might find you just end up with fat catfish and no discus. Like all aquarium creatures, discus fish require optimal living conditions; otherwise they are exposed to disease and may die. (more…)


The Right Fishes for Your Aquarium

Aug 1st, 2009
by Neon.
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Georgia Aquarium Fish

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Saltwater aquariums are great for people who love the ocean and the creatures that live underneath it. It is best to orient yourself and choose the right fish carefully.

If you want to have the most wonderful marine aquarium in your own home, you have to first choose what kind of fishes you will put in it. More over, you have to be able to maintain your aquarium. This requires patience and motivation. Having a salt-water aquarium is not that hard after all.

Choosing the Right Fish for Your Saltwater Aquarium

The first step is to decide on the number of fish you want to house in your aquarium. Make a rough estimate on how many fish will fit spaciously in your aquarium. As a rule, you have to allow two inches of fish with every gallon of water in the tank. (more…)


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