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Freshwater Fish Compatibility Chart
Always wondered which fish can live with others? Are angefish campatible with Mollies?
This chart will help you work out which fish can live with each other, but remember it will depend on your own freshwater aquarium environment your fish live in, how many of the fish are together and many other factors but the compatibility chart will serve as a good guide to start with.
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Other Considerations on Aquarium Location
We have covered many areas including not placing your aquarium near high traffic, not near windows and doors and ofcourse nearwater supply. So this is the last few things you must consider.
Electrical
Check for electrical outlets near the place you want to set you tank. Nothing is more frustrating than setting up a tank only to find out that you have nowhere to plug in your aquarium equipment. Make sure that electrical outlets and trust me you need more than one and are in good working condition and are close to the tank so you don’t have extension cords lying around, which can short out, look messy, are difficult to clean around, and can cause people to trip. And make sure your outlets are up to code. If necessary, get a professional electrician to install a new outlet; or use a multi-outlet strip. Be careful to locate the plugs far enough away so waters not splashed over the electric outlets.
Cleaning
Once in while, you have to do a little cleaning and maintenance on your aquarium. So ensure you have left enough room around your tank to allow cleaning and easily access.
Even aquariums with tight-fitting hoods tend to have drips and dribbles every so often. So one way or another, you have to get behind your aquarium at some point. Make sure when you are setting up your tank that you have plenty of space to take care of any problems that may occur.
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Water Source
One Key element that you must check before setting up is the water source, no point having ahuge aquairumand finding you need carry the bucket after bucket though the whole house and remember you change water on a weekly basis too.
So locate your freshwater aquarium somewhere within near a ready available source and try use a spare tap so not to affect others in the house.
Checking the Source
Make sure that the water you are going to use is free from heavy metals and other hazardous content. Simple testing kits are available to ensure your water is free of the [...] Continue Reading…
Kids, high traffic and Aquariums
Avioid areas of high traffic such as hallways, entranceways, kitchens, and so on are not good places for your aquarium. Constant movement along the tank’s glass also tends to keep many species of fish continually spooked. Fear leads to stress. Stress leads to disease. Disease leads to death. This is a very simple but all too frequent pattern.
As mentioned in a previous article place them in the corner where you and the fish can relax and destress without having to worry about people moving around.
Fire and water dont mix and at times kids and aquariums dont mix too. Well [...] Continue Reading…
Other factors that effect Water Temperature
Windows
Sounds harmless ..right? But if you place your aquarium near a window you can have several problems. Firstly the temperature of your water could be effected,when your freshwater aquarium has long periods of sun on it the temperature will rise and thus affect the fishes. Consider not puttng it there or add curtains to keep the heat off. If you live in a cold country then its the opposite drafts or chilly air can lower the aquarium temperature,so therefore its easier to avoid windows full stop.
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Room Temperature and its Affects on Freshwater Aquarium
Freshwater aquariums need a stable water temperature and if there is extreme changes in temperature can weaken the fishes immune systems and increase their risk of diseases. Heaters can keep your water temperature high enough assuming the outside or room temperature is high enough as heater can only handle so much work. Be careful for airconditioning too, as it is on in the daytimes and off over nite, this can have an effect of hot and cold spells for the water.
Too high of a water temperature can also cause death baecause as water temperature raises the oxygen in [...] Continue Reading…
Finding the Best Location for your Aquarium
Before we do anything we need to look for a good place to set up our freshwater aquarium, the layout of the house including human traffic, windows, door and other elements will have a major effect on yor aquarium success. Carefully inspect the area where you plan to set up your aquarium to check for a few easily avoided hazards. A little good judgment and patience goes a long way.
We examine a few common physical problems that can occur when we place our aquariums in the wrong spot. Most people like to place the aquaium at a focal point [...] Continue Reading…
What kind Aquarium do you want?
You are setting out on the freshwater side of the hobby or why else would you be here…right? This site wll go though the processes to set up your aquarium, but before we go to far into freshwater aquariums lets have a quick glimpse what you may want move into after you mastered the basic freshwater aquarium guide.
The aquarium hobby has three basic systems:
Freshwater System
Saltwater System
Brackish System
The fish, plants, equipment, tanks and management will be different for each type of system. We will discuss over the next few articles a brief overview of each type of set up and [...] Continue Reading…
Freshwater Aquarium Beginner Guide
So, You Want to Set Up a Fish Tank?
Here are some tips for getting started in the one of the fastest growing hobbys in the world, fish keeping. These 10 steps can help you to avoid many common mistakes and get you into a freshwater aquarium that you can live with and be proud of.
Determine what kind of fish you want to keep.
Many decisions you make from now on is linked to what kind of fish you want to keep. Different kinds of fish will require different care, different conditions, different space, and different aquarium equipment. [...] Continue Reading…
History of Fish Keeping
Originally fish were kept in captivity not for pleasure but for practical reasons, as a food source. The development of fishkeeping as a hobby began when, out of curiosity, usually colored specimens were isolated from the main stock and then selectively bred. In China, particularly, early aquarist started to produce tank-bred carp in large numbers, not just with enhanced coloration but also with specific body and fin adaptations. By the 16th century, colored carp had been introduced to Japan. Within the next hundred years they had reached Europe, and by 1900 the Goldfish had made [...] Continue Reading…