What Causes Cloudy Water In Fish Tanks?

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Are you having trouble finding your fish in the fish tank due to cloudy water? There can be several different reasons for cloudy water in a fish tank, so let's take a look at the most common ones. These are debris from new substrate, bacterial bloom, chemical imbalance, or even floating algae.

Most new rocks and […]

What Are Bottom Water Tropical Fish?

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Bottom water fish are those that prefer living at the lowest level of the aquarium. It’s not that they can’t swim into the upper regions, they will when spurred by a fish that pesters them, or just for the sake of a quick dash around the tank. But for the most part, they live on […]

Feeding Your Tropical Fish

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

In the last couple of articles I shared with you the great tips on selecting good aquarium fish and how to transport and acclimatize them to there new surroundings. Today I?m going to tell you about the right way to feed your tropical fish because it is very important.
Did you know that overfeeding is the […]

Do Not Forget Fish Tank Maintenance

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Fish tank maintenance is one of the most important parts of owning an aquarium. It is definitely not as fun as decorating the tank or picking out fish, but without the proper fish tank maintenance, you will be endangering your fish. Fish tank maintenance should be performed on a schedule to ensure that you never […]

The Need For Water Treatment

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

You may or may not realize it but, water needs to be cleaned and washed. There is a name for washing the water. It is called water treatment.

Water treatment is the process that water goes through so that it can be of better quality to be used. It is made to be safer for humans […]

Identification and Treatment of Dropsy in Freshwater Aquarium Fish

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Question about Dropsy:
I posted about a female Siamese fighting fish (Betta) that appeared to have dropsy a few weeks ago. I treated her twice with Maracyn. After the swelling didn’t start to go down, but she is still as swollen as she was then, but has not got to the point were her scales have […]

Proper Fish Handling

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

In the past when your local lake would hold a weekend tournament, Monday and Tuesday would find more dead fish than normal floating along the shoreline. Through conservationist efforts and anglers who are conscious about the ecosystem, there have been a lot less dead fish at the end of a tournament these days.

That is […]

Bettas - The Most Exotic Fish For Freshwater Aquariums

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

If you compare the difference between the salt water or marine fish and freshwater fish, you know that the fish for freshwater aquariums can be a bit dull and boring compared to salt water fish. However, there is one fish for freshwater fish tanks that is so beautiful and exotic it can rival any of […]

Tips On Feeding Your Aquarium Fish

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

I have already talked about selecting great fish and how to transport them home and settle them in to there new surroundings. Today I?m going to tell you about the correct way to feed your aquarium fish because it is one of the most important factors of keeping tropical fish.
Overfeeding aquarium fish is the most […]

Wastewater Treatment Methods

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Water is available to anyone for no cost. It can be found in so many places. The earth is comprised of mostly water. Human depend on water for every day things and it is up there with needing food. Some of the daily chores that we must complete can not be done without water to […]