Very broadly, fish can be roughly divided into three types – community fish, semi-aggressive fish, and aggressive fish. When you are planning your community tank, you need to decide what are the kind of fish that you want to keep, and decide on each individual species accordingly. For a community tank for instance, you would [...]
So, you’ve decided to go in for a community tank [Read Species Aquarium Or Community Aquarium?], and now you’re wondering which are all the different fishes you could get for your aquarium. It does take a bit of research, but its not too difficult. Temperament: For one, you need to check out the social skill [...]
The dietary needs of the various fish differ from fish to fish. Take piranha for instance – they need a healthy diet of meat, as do fish like parrot fish, which could do with beef heart once in a while to retain their colors. Herbivores, on the other hand, need plants for them to nibble [...]
This is a question that is quite relevant and pertinent to answer. Overfeeding is a common mistake that new aquarists make – they probably get carried away by the way the fish come to the front of the aquarium and “beg” for food. However, overfeeding clogs the filters, the fish dirty the water more, and [...]
If you were ask People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), you would get a vehement YES!. However, Bill Smoker, professor of fisheries at the University of Alaska Fairbanks claims that the scientific community seems to think otherwise. “Fish lack the higher level brain structures and are not able to be conscious of something [...]
This is one question that confronted me when I was setting up my first aquarium, and there is no definitive answer to it. A species tank is typically one which has only one species of fish (in truth, it is rare to find a species tank, since you would want other species such as algae [...]
Most fish will thrive on a diet of flakes, freeze dried food and live foods with a few eccentricities (my siamese fighting fish (betta) for instance, has only freeze dried bloodworms, and will not touch flakes). That said, you also need to look at a few aspects before feeding your fish. If the fish are [...]
By now you have a tank where all your fish pets have happily settled in, but you have just found the perfect addition for your tank. As you drive back with your newest pet in a bag beside you, here are some pointers that you would do well to remember: The fish you have just [...]
