Aquarium fish keeping is a common practice that has been around since the ancient ages. There are many people who love to cultivate aquarium and fish keeping as a hobby. Very interesting and nice to look at, aquariums make fabulous centerpieces used to decorate homes and offices. In the market you will find aquariums in various price rates that consist of fishes from different nations such as South and Central America, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. The fishes are of various colors, sizes with lots of innovative designs. Hence to maintain an aquarium you need to know about the basics of fish keeping first.
To know about fish keeping, the first thing you need to know is about the tropical fishes used in aquarium:
African Cichlids
(lemon cichlid, lombardoi, tropheops )
Catfish
(corydoras, dwarf sucker catfish, upside-down catfish )
South & Central American Cichlids
(angelfish, discus, convict cichlid )
Characins
(bleeding heart tetra, piranha, hatchetfish )
Cyprinids
(scissortail rasbora, zebra danio, tiger barb 0
Anabantidae or Labyrinth
(betta splendens, gouramis, climbing perch )
Rainbow fish
(celebes rainbowfish, threadfin rainbowfish, madagascar rainbowfish )
Loaches
(clown loach, dwarf loach, khuli loach )
Livebearers
(swordtails, platies, guppies, mollies )
Miscellaneous species
(elephant nose, puffer, bumblebee goby)
While keeping fish in aquarium make sure it is of big size so that the fishes get enough space to move around. The water must be clean and safe apart from other components of aquarium such as live rocks, greeneries, lights and more. The types of fish keeping that you can try at home also are as follows:
Freshwater fish keeping: Here you will find various freshwater fishes in aquarium such as goldfish, angelfish etc that are harmless and easily captivated.
Marine Fish keeping: This type of fish keeping is more tough and expensive than fresh water ones. Marine water aquariums consist of coldwater temperate zone fishes with colorful and attractive reefs and corals.
Fish keeping can be fun but you need to be very careful and attentive towards the fishes. The common factors that should be remembered in fish keeping are as follows:
- Water quality
- Filtration
- Lighting
- Environment control
- Nutrition
- Maintenance
As fishes are aqua animal, they need a specific ecosystem to lead a proper life. Commonly people buying aquariums see that the fishes start to feel sick or die off. The most important thing in fish keeping is to maintain the nutrient cycles of aqua life with oxygen, nitrogen and balanced food supply. The common requirements of fish keeping are as follows:
- Water
- Temperature
- pH
- Salinity
- Alkalinity
- Redox Potential
- Dissolved Oxygen
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Filtration
- Biological Filtration
- Mechanical Filtration
- Chemical Filtration
- Auxiliary Filtration
Lighting
- Fluorescent lights
- Compact fluorescent lighting
- Metal Halide Lighting
Nutrition
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