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How to Change & Dechlorinate Aquarium Water
Regularly changing and dechlorinating aquarium water keeps your fish healthy. These essential maintenance tasks ensure the water is clean and free of impurities, and dechlorinating water is less scientific and less complicated than it sounds. Purchase a water conditioning product from a pet supply s
Mating Fish - Love in the Aquarium!
Quite often when hobbyists are new to breeding aquarium fish, they can be startled when their fish begin behaving strangely. They may notice them chasing each other wildly around the tank, or making strange shaking and quivering movements, and begin to wonder if they are ill.
Setting Up a Fish Tank Filter
Setting up a fish tank filter is an important step in maintaining the health of your aquarium and fish. Filters do far more than just circulate water through the aquarium--they remove debris and solid particles which enter the tank, and through the beneficial bacteria which come to live in the filte
Home Fish Aquariums Are Fulfilling For the Hobbyist But What Are the Costs
This article will tell you what are the essential things needed for buying a home aquarium with their approximate costs. There are several components needed in order to buy an aquarium.
How Long to Leave Light on in a Salt Water Fish Tank?
Salt water fish tanks require very specific care, and how long the lights are left on is a common concern. The idea is to mimic the natural periods of lightness and darkness in the ocean with your fish tank. Fish, and even rocks and plants, do better with periods of both lightness and darkness, so k
What Plants Only Live in Water With Beta Fish?
Peace lilies are native Southeast Asia and tropical regions of the Americas.peace lily image by Ronnie Howard from Fotolia.comBesides breathing through water, Betta fish have a lung-like organ that allows them to breathe air above the water line. Because of this the natural habitat of...
List of Sustainable Aquarium Fish
Sustainable aquarium fish are those that are farmed and/or harvested in a responsible manner that does not harm the habitat or other living things in the surrounding environment, including the fish. Keeping an aquarium is a soothing, relaxing and educational hobby for many people. Knowing...
DIY Aquarium Rocks
While it is possible to spend mega bucks outfitting and decorating your aquarium with all varieties of store bought rock, there is a great deal of fun and satisfaction in collecting your own rocks. With natural rock, gluing them together into formations and caves, or using "frames" as a guide, is a
How to Make a Drinking Bowl Fountain for Pets
Your pet's water dish can get downright grungy in less than a day. Table manners are not a pet's strong suit, by the look of what's floating around in the water bowl. Just as it's important for humans to drink clean water for good health, pets need a constant supply of good water. A pet fountain ca
How to Help Egg-Bound Koi
During spawning, female Koi fish sometimes experience dystocia or egg binding. Egg binding occurs when the female produces eggs, but the ovaries are not developed enough to release them. This leads to a buildup of eggs in the ovaries, which results in egg binding or impaction. Egg binding causes fem
What to Do If Your Tropical Fish Keep Dying
It is said that every one attempts at keeping an aquarium at least once in a life time, but not many are successful.Tropical fish, with their bright and cheerful color bring immense happiness.However, there are certain guidelines that you need to follow so that your fish are healthy and cheerful and
How to Install an Undergravel Filter Aquarium
In order to be successful at keeping fish, you need to make sure your tank includes three distinct kinds of filtration. You need biological filtration, which uses friendly microbes to break down fish waste; chemical filtration, which eliminates harmful elements from the water; and mechanical filtrat
The Care of Goldfish - An Overview
As with any other type of pet, there are some basic considerations involved in the care of goldfish. Before you purchase any type of pet for the first time, you need to do a little research to find out about its behavioral characteristics, required living conditions, and feeding requirements. Goldfi
How to Clean a Marine Aquarium
Marine aquariums are more difficult to clean than freshwater tanks. The salt tends to "creep" onto the powerheads and the glass lid and even down the outside of the tank. To remain attractive, it's important that these surfaces be cleaned frequently. Clean the salt deposits no less than once a week
Keeping a Healthy Aquarium
The most vital element to the health and longevity of fish is keeping a clean aquarium. Cleaning an aquarium becomes a bigger project, the bigger the tank. It is recommended that you clean your aquarium about once a week; however, this may not be practical for very large tanks.
How to Agitate Fish on the Bottom of a Pond
It becomes necessary to agitate your bottom hanging fish when you notice a high rate of fish kill in your pond. Since different species of fish require different water temperatures, at certain times of the year the fish may congregate at the bottom of the pond. Difficulties arise in ponds that are n
How to Lower the Nitrates in My Tank
Low levels of nitrates in an aquarium are not harmful to fish. However, excessive nitrates, 20 ppm or more, will cause the water to look dirty and stress your fish, leading to disease or death. To be able to lower the nitrate levels in your tank, you must understand the nitrogen cycle and what incre
The Diet of the Otocinclus
The dwarf suckermouth catfish, or otocinclus, is a small South American freshwater catfish that only grows to two inches in length. It is undemanding to keep or feed. With luck, "ottos" can live up to five years.
How to Care For Aquarium Fish
The easiest way to have a pet without sacrificing too much of your time is to have an aquarium. Just ensure you follow these guidelines to provide a healthy and conducive environment for your marine friends. There is some maintenance work to be done daily, while others requires some of your time wee