A community fish tank or aquarium is a tank designed to house more than one species of fish. If you want to begin a community fish tank, it’s best not to go into the endeavor blindly without at least a little bit of knowledge. For example, it would be a bad idea to mix clown … Read more
When you think about it, a 10-gallon fish tank seems big enough to have a school of any fish you want. However, that is generally not the case. You need to be smart about how you utilize a 10-gallon fish tank and which fish you put inside otherwise you will have a disaster on your … Read more
Introduction: Of fish care and well-being As many fish lovers have unfortunately come to discover, neglecting proper fish care can have disastrous consequences for our little friends. Things such as water that does not get cleaned regularly, low quality nutrition, large quantities of waste material in the fish tank or even a fish tank of … Read more
Introduction: Cleaning your Aquarium As many fish around the globe can attest to, living in a poorly maintained aquarium can prove to be extremely unhealthy for one’s growth and well-being. Without proper care of their environment and without clean water fish suffer all kinds of trouble, like stunted growth, skin problems or even premature death. … Read more
Have you thought about owning a pet fish, but withdrew the idea because you thought it would be expensive and time-consuming? Well, after reading this article you will be able to know what type of fish is much easier to take care of you. Guppies If you are interested in keeping guppies, it is important … Read more
The law of survival of the fittest still applies to the animal kingdom. We should think about introduce some liberal ideas in the animal kingdom as “democracy and the rights of the animals”, unfortunately not to the aggressive freshwater fish, even if kept in the aquarium their behavior remains normally the same. Aggression is a … Read more
Introduction A relatively small member of the carp family, the goldfish is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish. Natural selection and selective breeding originating in China more than a thousand years ago has led to several distinct goldfish variations, differing in color, shape, fin and eye configurations. Nowadays, there exist roughly three hundred … Read more
I got an interesting question from a reader, Brooke, she asked my advice on how to help an underweight fish get back to a healthy weight. I’ve done this with my rescue Betta, Bub, and I think that this is a very important and often overlooked aspect of fish-keeping. The obvious answer would be to … Read more