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How to Set Up a Brackish Aquarium
When it comes to setting up an aquarium, the most obvious choice is between a fresh water or a more complex marine set-up, but there is also a third option…
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How to Select Your Fish
Once you know which species you want, and have found an outlet that appears to be well-run and carrying healthy stock, you can select your fish. Inspect their condition and…
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How to Reduce Aggression in Your Aquarium
Fish, like people, do not always manage to live in harmony. In the restricted conditions of an aquarium, territorial and aggressive behaviour may be more pronounced; it is vital to…
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How to Properly Catch a Fish in an Aquarium
Not surprisingly, fish will try to avoid being caught, so unless you proceed in the right way, you may cause great disruption in the tank when trying to catch them.…
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How to Prevent New Tank Syndrome
Once you have established a maintenance routine, caring for your fish can be fairly straightforward. In the first few weeks after you have introduced the fish, however, the new aquarium…
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How to Prevent Illness in your Aquarium
Choosing healthy fish, providing them with good environmental conditions, and protecting them from undue stress are the keys to preventing unnecessary illness in your aquarium. It is also vital to…
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How to Plant and Fill the Fish Tank
Once the aquarium is in position, and you have checked that it is correctly level and prepared the substrate and decor, you can move on to the next stage. The…
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How to Observe Your Aquarium Fish’s Health
With most types of illness, fish exhibit visible signs that they are afflicted - such as physical symptoms or changes in their typical behaviour or movements. Keen observation of the…
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How to Maintain Your Aquarium in a Regular Basis
Establishing a care routine will help you keep the ecosystem within your aquarium in balance, and the inhabitants in good health. As well as partial water changes, maintenance usually includes…
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How to Improve the Chances of Successful Fish Breeding
When it comes to breeding fish, paying attention to detail will greatly improve your chances of success. Bear in mind that relatively few fish display any signs of parental care,…
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How to Feed Aquarium Fish
With the wide range of formulated foods available nowadays, including general-purpose diets as well as specialist kinds for different fish groups, feeding aquarium fish has become relatively easy. Many live…
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How to Encourage Your Fishes to Breed
As you become more experienced in fish-keeping, and more knowledgeable about the needs of your fish, you may want to try your hand at breeding them. Successful breeding in the…
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How to Deal with Parasitic Infections in your Aquarium
Tropical fish are unfortunately vulnerable to a number of parasites, which may seriously threaten their health. Some parasites are highly specific, tending to attack only particular groups of fish, while…
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How to Deal with Fungal and Viral Diseases in your Aquarium
The average aquarium may contain a wide range of fungal spores in the water - no matter how clean it may look - and they are certainly present in the…
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How to Cope with Different Kinds of Aquarium Crisis
Even the most careful aquarist may suddenly be faced with a crisis. You can protect the fish to a degree by trying to anticipate possible problems and by knowing how…
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How to Condition the Water in the Aquarium
If you have followed all the necessary stages, and checked that the equipment is functioning properly, your aquarium should be almost ready to receive fish. A final, vital step is…
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How to Choose the Location for Your Aquarium
When it comes to choosing the location for your aquarium, take the time to think ahead and consider all the relevant factors so that you get it right. It may…
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How to Choose Plants for an Aquarium
Aquarium plants from various parts of the world are now widely cultivated, but it makes sense to choose those that would normally grow in the same conditions and habitat as…
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How to Choose Live Foods in your Aquarium
Although formulated foods play a significant part in the diet of many fish, especially in a typical community aquarium set-up, live foods can also fulfil an important function. Live food…
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How to Choose Heaters and Thermostats for an Aquarium
In most aquaria today, combined heaterstats are used in preference to separate heater and thermostat units. This is primarily a matter of convenience and neatness; a heaterstat takes up less…