February 11, 2010
- Beginners Guide To Setting Up A Fish Tank
This will be a beginners guide to setting up a tropical fish tank. You will need to take your time and make sure not to add fish to the tank right away as this could kill your fish. You must understand that it takes a little time for the water to fully cycle so your fish can live a long time and stay healthy.
October 14, 2009
- Aquarium Canister Filters for Beginners
If you are new to taking care of an aquarium, you have probably heard of the benefits of using a canister filter. This filter has a variety of uses that many aquarium owners prefer using these to hang-on type filters. Although the canister filter has a compact design, it is capable of performing mechanical, chemical, and biological filtration.
October 3, 2009
- Pros and Cons of Tropical Fish Tanks
Do you want to have a tropical fish tank? Having a tropical fish for pets have become a popular hobby of the people around the world. (…)
July 27, 2009
- Requirements For Testing Water In A Freshwater Aquarium
Testing of water in a fresh water aquarium involves two steps, the first is when you first start an aquarium and the second stage is when the tank has already been established and you have fish in them.
July 6, 2009
- How to Care For Tropical Fish
Tank maintenance is one of the most important parts to having healthy fish. The tank needs to be vacuumed at least once every two weeks. Try to do a 10-20% water change every week. Once a year you should completely start over. Drain all water, clean the tank, and rinse the gravel.
July 4, 2009
- All You Need To Know About Aquarium Filters
Aquarium filters play an extremely important role in maintaining a proper environment in your fish tank. They remove toxins and chemicals from the water.
June 24, 2009
- How To Choose My Goldfish
The goldfish is maybe the most common fish all over the globe. They can be found in Asia, Central Asia and China. In many countries people set up a fish tank just for this amazing species. There are many fancy variants including the veiltail, the Red oranda Goldfish, ryukin, Lionhead, Black Moor and much more. They also come in many shapes and forms.
June 17, 2009
- How To Take Care Of Fish Tanks And Aquarium Maintenance Tips
When I was a young boy my family bought me a aquarium and we put the fish into the tank. We always struggled with keeping our fish tank clean. Many of our fishes passed. I wish I had the fish care knowledge I have now. Let me pass along some fish and fish tank care tips to you so you can avoid some of the mistakes I made.
June 1, 2009
- Important Preparations Before Buying Tropical Fish
When you think about becoming a fish owner, the first care is the fish species and other fish ornaments.
May 30, 2009
- How to Take Care of Your Fish - A Few Tips
Today's pollution makes is harder for people to get close to nature and live in a green environment. Just like apartment plants, the aquariums are small pieces of nature brought indoor. Because of the bad water and air, people are trying their best to preserve these green ecosystems. Nowadays the tanks are built by people with a lot of skills and they look a lot like real water environments. But with that, the aquarium still remains a copy of the real nature.
May 27, 2009
- Freshwater Angelfish Are A Favorite Tropical Fish For Hobbyists
Freshwater Angelfish are a very popular choice of tropical fish for any fish lover. Angelfish are curious about their surroundings; they will even swim over to greet you during feeding time. They are great pets, however during the breed time they can become territorial.
May 21, 2009
- Marine fish species
So how can I choose my first marine fish or should I need to change my tank population? There are too many families of marine fish, Blenniidae, Gobiidae, labroids, Chaetodontidae, Pomacanthidae, Acanthuridae and much more. Make sure that your desired fish suit to your tank size and just pick one.
May 17, 2009
- Aquarium Tanks - Which is the Best One for You?
If you are thinking about getting an aquarium there are many choices you'll have to make. With such a wide range of aquarium tanks on the market it can be difficult trying to choose the right one.
May 3, 2009
- The Filtration System in Fish and Aquarium Care
The filtration system in aquarium fish care is extremely important. The system filters pollution, and the chemicals. The water passed through the system and the filters retain what is harmful. After a while, the filters are changed.
April 4, 2009
- Unique Freshwater Angelfish
Freshwater Angelfish are a very popular choice of tropical fish for any fish lover. Angelfish are curious about their surroundings; they will even swim over to greet you during feeding time. They are great pets, however during the breed time they can become territorial.
March 22, 2009
- Tips for adding a heater to an aquarium with fish already in it?
Can you answer andreak1013's question about aquariums?:
I have a 5 gallon aquarium and would like to add a 50 watt heater for the winter, as temperatures are already starting to drop. (…)
February 5, 2009
- Nano reef Tank Aquariums For Your Home
If you have ever heard of a Nano Reef Tank, you may have been slightly confused; many people fail to completely understand what a reef tank is, none the less a Nano Tank. A nano reef tank is a particular size of a coral reef tank. This type of tank is gaining popularity in many homes and places that would love to have a live coral tank, but need to save space, or money, by going with a smaller type.
February 3, 2009
- Tropical Fish Tank Set Up For Beginners
So you want to set up a fish tank, well the first thing that I will tell you is that you have to be patient and should not jump right into putting fish in your tank. In this article I will be explaining all of the steps to setting up a fish tank for tropical fish only.
January 15, 2009
- What You Need To Know About Aquarium Heaters
As you many have already figured out there are many things that you need to do when you set up your aquarium. (…)
December 23, 2008
- So , You Want To Buy An Aquarium? Where On Earth Do You Begin?
There are hundreds of books written about fish keeping which are readily available, however there is not enough time to read a book before we start, so let us get going and we will keep fish successfully by staying with the basics, then you can become an expert later on, from experience, as well as from books.Why do we want an aquarium, because it is a great indoor hobby that teaches so many things, about nature, water, fish behaviour, plants and decoration, plus when you create a nice display it looks fantastic as well.There is a little work involved in setting up and keeping a nice display, but what good is a hobby with nothing to do and without doubt, aquariums are a very enjoyable and satisfying hobby.Remember too, that you are creating an underwater world, your aquarium is a micro system of living creatures that will react to each other and so there is no exact science or instructions, but a gradual building of the understanding of your creation.There are three different types of environment that you can create depending on the types of fish that you want to keep, here mentioned with a little detail to help you choose, but in greater depth later, so you only have to read about the type of environment you have selected.Coldwater Aquariums Contain ornamental goldfish, a small number of other species and a range of plants that can thrive indoors, but in water that is not heated. (…)
