Aquarium Fish - Part 2

How To Look After Your Freshwater Aquarium PH

September 2, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

PH measures the degree of acidity or alkalinity present in the water of your aquarium. On the pH scale 0 is the most acidic, 7 ias neutral and 14 is the most alkaline. The majority of fish will happily live in water of pH between 6.4 and 7.8 but there are some exceptions.

pH is a logarithmic scale, in simple terms this means that a small change in value indicates a very large change in acidity or alkalinity.

Changes in pH are much more significant than actual pH values. Even though the books say that a fish prefers a pH of 7.1 it will probably be fine in a pH of 6.6. However the same fish will be most unhappy if over the course of a day it experiences a change in pH of 0.3.

Most aquarists deal with the pH issue by keeping it as constant as possible and getting their fish used to living in that environment. Constant measns that the pH should nt range by any more than 0.2 over 24 hours.

As a side note, some species are very particular about the pH when they breed. If you plan to breed a certain species, research the range of pH it finds acceptable to breed in. Some species are very forgiving, while others have a very tight range. This may be one of the only reasons you need to go for a specific pH.

Factors Affecting pH

Biological filtration As you know a good filter system is absolutely necessary in a well stocked tank. Biological filtration tends to release carbon dioxide into the aquarium water and thereby reduces pH.
Carbonate Hardness Carbonate hardness or kH is a measurement of the carbonate hardness of your water. The harder your water is (high kH) then the better it is at neutralising added acids without changing its pH very much. It is called your water’s ‘buffering capacity’, generally speaking, kH should be above 4.5.

Adjusting pH

Frequent water changes (which you should be doing anyway) are the best way to keep the pH up to an appropriate level.

Generally speaking your fish should be acclimatised to the pH you provide but it can be changed as shown below.

How to Lower the pH

Filtering water over peat
Add bogwood to the tank
Inject carbon dioxide CO2
Use a commercial acid buffer
Water changes with softened water or RO/DI (Reverse Osmosis/De-Ionized) water

How to Raise the pH
Raising the pH makes the ammonia in the water more toxic to your fish so this should be done with great care.

Aerate the water, to drive off excess carbon dioxide (CO2)
Filter over coral or limestone
Add rocks containing limestone to the tank or use a coral sand substrate
Use a commercial alkaline buffer

Conclusion

Rather than aim for a specific pH value you should take steps to ensure a stable pH. To obtain a reasonably stable pH the carbonate hardness should be about 5-6 dH so that the water has a reasonable ‘buffering capacity’.

Even small swings of more than 0.2 pH in a day can cause your fish to die. Therefore, unless you have a specific reason for doing so, it is better to acclimate the fish to your tap water’s pH than to adjust your pH to fit the so called preference of your fish.

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Keeping The Finest Aquarium Fish

September 1, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

Aquarium fish can be wonderful and attractive for most people who love to keep fish at home. Though there is no aquarium fish is maintenance free, but at least there are some fish that easier to keep than other fish using fish mate pond filters. These fish pond filters will help you to keep the water in the pond or aquarium clean, clear and healthy. But if you want to keep your fish in a sizable fish pond, large pond pumps will be the key piece of equipment for you.

The best and easiest aquarium fish that you can look after in your aquarium is those which are tougher in health and more forgiving of any mistakes, like the freshwater fish. These fish are appropriate for the beginners who tend to make more mistakes in maintaining fish. The freshwater fish are the Betta, the widespread goldfish and the plecostomus.

Bettas

The Betta which is also recognized as the Siamese fighting fish is maybe one of the simplest aquarium fish to nurture as well as being one of the most attractive fish. He has a robust physical constitution and has been recognized to live in small bowls successfully, unlike other fish. He also produces less waste than goldfish.

However, the betta is an aggressive fellow and often fights with other fish. He will muder another male Betta since he was breed to battle in fish fights. Female Bettas are more social with other tropical fish. They are drabber in color and have much shorter fins than the male bettas. They can eat the same foods as the other tropical fish with a particular desirability to bloodworms.

Usual Goldfish

Many hobbyists claim that the common goldfish and its close relation, the Comet Goldfish are the easiest aquarium fish to keep. These goldfish are much more social than the Bettas and they have sparkling colors. They don’t need distinctive diets and they can tolerate just about any ornament you care to plop into the aquariums.

But not all goldfish are easy to take care of. You must identify that the egg-shaped goldfish that have bubble eyes, swim slowly, no top fin or have long fins are not considered easy to look after. They should not live in the same aquarium with common or comet goldfish. It is as they swim so fast that the fan-tailed or egg-shaped goldfish will never be able to get their fair share of food.

The Plecostomus

The name “plecostomus” refers to a family of aquarium fish that has hundreds of kinds. Some of the plecostomus are harder to nurture than others. They are bottom feeders like catfish or Chinese Algae Eaters and need their own sorts of food. But any plecostumus you may notice in your local pet stores amongst other tropical fish should be easy to maintain.

The plecostomus are somewhat strong and tough if you compare them with other kinds of aquarium fish. You must be careful as they are quickly to overgrow in the aquarium they live in. It is usually turn out unpredictably and there is still no reason that can explain that phenomenon.

In order to keep your good-looking fish alive and have their pleasureable place to live, you must be aware of their foods and their habitats. You can have a book or search on the internet to find the best thing for your fish. This is to support your aquatic hobby.

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Tropical Fish Species – Should I Try It?

August 21, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

Thinking of passing time, relaxing and enjoying, plus, earning a bit of extra cash? Then tropical fish could be your ideal solution. The ordinarily asked interviews by aquarists are what tropical fish mintages they should raise and what populations must be like. Dwarf cichlid or african cichlids? There are many a families of tropical fish species. Some of them pure in color, some of them plain, numerous of them easy to maintain and special kind not. If you fancy being a commercial aquarist you also need to remember that not all types of tropical fish will help you make good money. Galore of the common tropical fish species would be cichlids, loaches, catfish, and other bottom feeders, and also, Characins, cyprinids, rainbow fish, Corydoras and labyrinth fish.

To recognize which tropical fish species you must go for, you require to do a bit of searching and get galore good words, if possible by experienced aquarists. Starting off with a small number of a well-selected tropical fish species is more sensible. Paradise fish (a brightly colored tropical fish species with blue, red or golden bodies. An adult is about three inches in length), for example, would be a essential pick to start off with because they are iron and suffer other tropical fish species too. When you have gained enough knowledge and when the infrastructure is built, you could consider other options. Nevertheless it is always better to stick to the robust ones rather than dark fish like Angels.

Numerous of the great tropical fish species that are not only adequate of withstanding tough atmospheres but also competent of adapting to a deeper change of surroundings easily include Gouramis (three spot, dwarf, pearl, moonlight, sunset, true giant, etc.), Bettas and Spike-tailed fish. The cited fish types are known to be typical break-in survivors during the initial period of time of the marine museum. All reckons on the space you have in the marine museum and how advised you are about the unique establishment of the fish tank s nitrogen cycle.

The members of the Gourami family have been known to be excellent survivors as mentioned. Gouramis include beautifully shaded species that will add to the attractiveness of your marine museum. They are also tighter and have a good market in return. Nevertheless you must look out for the exclusions like Kissing Gouramis who incline to territorializes and Giant Gouramis – obviously extended in size that need fine extended aquariums. Once you have started with bold tropical fish species, proceeding and trying out new species will be a whole lot easier.

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Looking After That Fish When Away

August 21, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

If you are looking after a goldfish then yes it is easy but taking care of tropical fish is not easy at all. The aquarium supplies are not easy to take care of and when people go on holiday it would seem that they struggle to find something to do with the pets. So when it comes to looking after fish what are you going to do when on vacation?

Family

Getting someone from the family to come in to take care of the tropical fish tank is most likely the best idea to take on because it is someone you trust and you can go through the various instructions with them. Although it is not too hard to feed fish it can be a bit tricky when it comes to reptile pet supplies as feeding these creatures could involved pulling legs off crickets and all kinds of other things.

Cleaning The Tank

You do not want to leave cleaning the tank to the person in charge so make sure you do it before you go. A fish owner will know that cleaning the tank out in the right way is important which means of course the other person might actually end up getting it wrong. If you have a tropical tank then get something wrong could of course result in fish dying and you do not want this to happen. Cleaning out the take is an essential thing to do before you get away.

Anything Else

If you do not have a friend or a family member that can take care of the fish for you then what do you do, not go on holiday? Of course not, there are services available that can do these kinds of things or perhaps you could pay a friendly neighbour to do it?

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Freshwater Aquarium Information – 5 Big Mistakes To Avoid

August 17, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

Home aquarium keeping can be a wonderful hobby. There is nothing better than to see a beautiful thriving aquarium full of healthy, lively, colourful fish accompanied by thriving live plants. Aquariums provide stress relief and have a calming effect on people this is why they are commonly seen in doctors and dentist waiting rooms..

Altenatively, if you don’t do things right from the start you will have a nightmare on your hands – cloudy water, dead fish, straggly plants etc. By making certain that you take note of the items listed below this will not happen to you.

So Called ‘Beginners Tanks’ Are Not For You

Small tanks, generally 12 to 18 inches across, are often sold as so called ‘beginners tanks’ presumably because they are easy to carry out of the shop! However it is true to say that a home aquarium which is well maintained is a delicately balanced ecological system and it can easily become unstable. The smaller the aquarium the more difficult it is to maintain balance because they are more unstable than larger aquariums and when they go out of balance the deterioration is very swift. I won’t go into the details here, sufficient to say that your first tank should be somewhere around 36″ x 12″ x 18″.

Do not buy your tank and your fish on the same day

This is a big big mistake. Your aquarium has to achieve some kind of equilibrium before you should consider adding any fish, this equilibrium normally takes up to a week to establish. Ideally you should set up your aquarium with everything, including plants but no fish. Leave it like that for a week. During that week you should monitor the temperature and the clarity and condition of the water using test strips. Provided everything has stabilised then introduce a couple of cheap fish and keep an eye on them for a few days. Add more fish only after they appear to be ok.

Choose Your Fish With Care

Do not expect all varieties of fish to live in complete harmony in your communtiy tank. You should not just take a chance on this. Unfortunately it is generally true to say that if a fish’s mouth is large enough for another fish to enter it then that will happen i.e. it is going to be a meal! Some species of fish have males that will fight to the death. The females of some species are chased all the time by the male so there should always be 2 or 3 females to each male in these cases. Fish vary in their preferences some are surface swimmers while others prefer to stay near the bottom. Different fish require different conditions (temperature, water ph etc), although this is not normally a major issue it should be considered. You should not buy any fish that look sickly or have split fins, always go for the lively ones that are difficult to catch. Finding a really helpful fish supplier who is willing to share his knowledge is probably the best way to go.

Do not Overfill your Tank with Fish

There are various ‘rules of thumb’ for calculating the fish capacity of your tank. Here are some of them:

3 cm of adult fish length per 4 litres of water (i.e., a 6 cm-long fish would need about 8 litres of water).
1 cm of adult fish length per 30 square centimetres of surface area.
1 inch of adult fish length per gallon of water.
1 inch of adult fish length per 12 square inches of surface area.

It is a mistake to apply any of these rules too strictly. It is important that you realise the young fish you buy now will grow considerably and will inevitably require more room. You must take this into account. Establishing maximum capacity is often a matter of slowly adding fish and monitoring water quality over time, following a trial and error approach.

Monitor the Water and Change it Regularly

It is important to monitor the water condition regularly as your aquarium can rapidly go out of balance and become poisonous to your fish. You may have heard of aquarium ‘cycling’. This is the name given to the process whereby fish waste turns to ammonia, bacteria turn the ammonia into nitrite and other bacteria turn the nitrite into nitrate. In the lakes and streams of the natural world ‘cycling’ works without any need for intervention from outside. In your aquarium however you need to help it along by changing at least 25% of the tank water every week. It is also important that you monitor nitrite and nitrate levels because high levels, particularly of nitrites will kill your fish.

So there it is. By not falling into these traps you will make a good start with your aquarium and end up with a stunningly beautiful addition your home.

John Thomson is an aquarium expert. For more great freshwater aquarium information, visit http://www.freshwateraquariumsecretsonline.com.

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Freshwater Aquarium Maintenance – It’s A Matter Of Routine

July 16, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

Maintaining their tank at the same level when it was first setup is the main issue for owners. They have got it set up but all sorts of unexpected things can happen!

Dirty Water.

Fed up with dirty water? Your fish are as well.
A power filter is worth trying because it effectively makes the tank almost entirely self cleaning. It makes use of chemicals to filter out odours and dirt and remove discolouration and general impurities. If you can put up with changing the filter every three to four weeks then you should be very happy. The filters are usually disposable, so there’s no hassle and no leaning over a sink for hours hoping that it gets clean.

Algae.

Algae is a problem in many tanks, it is so obvious that we tend to see it to the exclusion of everything els including the fish.
The quickest, most practical and easiest answer is simple. Buy a Plecostomus. Often called an algae eater, this fish isn’t going to win any beauty competitions any time soon – but he will keep your tank clean of algae. Whatever his looks he has a great personality!

Without the help of an ‘algae eater’ you will have to remove it by hand. There are numerous tools you can use, and they vary by cost. Bear in mind that algae thrives in sunny conditions! A tank in sunlight for two or three hours each day is going to have a bigger algae problem compared with one in the shade.

Strong Scents.

Strong scents can hurt your fish so you should change your filter more regularly to prevent it. They simply can’t live in those conditions.

Unclear Water.

Overfeeding is the usual cause of this. Don’t give your fish more then what they can eat in 3-5 minutes in one sitting, and only feed them 2-3 times a day. This should eliminate the problem. If it doesn’t, try using bottled drinking water or distilled water. It only costs about 70 cents a gallon at most grocery stores.

Change The Water

Use a siphon to remove about 25% of the water every week or at least every two weeks. Basically, you put one end of a hose in the tank, put the other to your lips, and suck. Once water starts flowing, put it in a bucket and let some of it drain out. Then just put some fresh water back in the tank. Once a month, you’re going to want to clean your aquarium tank – part of the experience many people hate.

Using a sponge, you can scrub the insides of the aquarium glass gently to get anything that’s stuck on there off. You will scratch acrylic aquariums with a scraper but they’re fine with glass.
Decorations should be cleaned by soaking them in hot salt water and scrubbing them with a sponge. You should never use soap. The residue will kill your fish very quickly.

Many people use a gravel vacuum to clean the dirt and old food that’s been left down there. There are various sizes for various tanks, and you should always follow the instructions that came with the gravel vacuum to use it properly.

When You Refill Your Tank.

Water used to refill the aquarium when changing its water should be at the same temperature. Using a kitchen sink and a garden hose attachment, you can get the water right and go from tank to tank (If you have more then one) and make sure that everyone is happy. Fish keeping and tap water do not go together. Heating a 5-10 gallon bucket of distilled water is often a better option then using tap water!

John A Thomson is a freshwater aquarium maintenance expert. For more information on freshwater aquarium maintenance visit www.freshwateraquariumsecretsonline.com.

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Koi Fish Will Be A Nice Addition To Your Pond

July 12, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

Having all of the various kinds of Koi fish food available, it can be challenging to discern which one is right. Most people are searching for the food that can provide the correct nutrients for the fish at the lowest price. Any selection you make regarding this food can have a big affect on the overall health of the Koi. The best food will also permit the fish to develop and help sustain a more picturesque fishpond. Although people usually don’t think about fish as pets, Koi can definitely become prized members of the family, just like a cat or dog. Koi will let you give food to them by hand, and can even permit you to pet them after you earn their trust.

At first, many, inexperienced Koi owners fail to understand the importance of the feeding routine. Not only should you give consideration to how much food they get and the time they are fed, but you will also need to give consideration to the combination of food types which will be critical for vigorous and colorful Koi. Instead of just throwing the food into the water, you should take a couple of extra minutes to set the food in the water in the same place every time. If you do it this way the Koi will develop a process, and can, after a while, become sociable. They can even become trusting enough to be fed directly. Long time Koi owners claim that the fish actually know their footsteps and accompany them around the edges of the fishpond. Although taming and teaching your Koi will be a slow process, it can be a wonderfully pleasing experience. After spending the extra time with your Koi, you will also be able to identify any problems the fish might have.

The most important thing to consider is the food that can give your Koi the very best health and growth. Probably the most common forms of Koi food are pellets. Utilizing these allows you to observe how much the fish are eating so that they are not overfed. Never give your Koi more food than they can eat in five minutes. Uneaten pellets will quickly sink to the bottom and decay, causing a large amount of organic waste in your pool. There are a number of high quality brands of Koi food, with each offering its own level of certain kinds of nutrients. The assorted brand names contain different amounts of several ingredients and the best made Koi food will not always be the most expensive type. A few of the big names in the business can put a higher price on their Koi food because of their popularity, not because their food is better. One of the wisest ways to determine which variety of food is appropriate for your fish is to ask other Koi fish owners. Naturally you want to purchase the highest quality food but not drain your bank account in the process. For that reason, do some research and you are sure to discover the Koi food which meets both requirements.

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What You Need To Know About Fish Aquarium Stands

July 5, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

Fish aquarium stands are designed to supply support the whole mass of the aquariums. If you don’t have the time or means to make a customized stand on your own, you’ll find pretty ready made stands for sale. Generally, there are two kinds of Fish aquarium stands. The open stand and close stand.

Open stands are basic and weigh lighter. Manufactured from iron cast, these stands are particularly made for small aquariums of at most 40 gallons. Stands are available in square design with four supporting legs and sides and back cross supports. The aquarium is positioned directly in the square frame because there is no solid portion on the top. Open stands are perfect for glass aquariums since the four bottom corner edges require support.

Close fish aquarium stands however, are made using pressure-treated lumber. This is vital since untreated woods will certainly rot after several times due to moisture exposure. Closed stands are created for bigger size aquariums which could hold 50 gallons or over. Such as an open stand design, closed stands are square in shape with several front doors. Closed stands have both a high stand and base part to give stability. In the interior portion has a middle support beam placed in the backside, even though the back is left open for any electrical wiring or filtration system or tubing connections.

The look of the stand can go with the trimmings of the aquarium to have a pleasant looking and well synchronised finishing. Different models and specially designed for use in a specific area are offered to fish tank lovers at an affordable price.

Fish aquarium stands can be a terrific way to showcase your fish. Any kind of stand you choose to get can be a excellent choice for you. As long as you do the research needed and discover which stand you require. The aquarium tank stand will maintain your tank safe and look great.

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Nice New Innovations In The Aquarium Trade

June 21, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

Within the last 20 years the aquarium trade has grown not solely in popularity but additionally in technology. Weather it might be lighting, filtration or water circulation the new enhancements within the hobby build it simple for anyone to begin and own a saltwater aquarium. With companies like Reef Octopus, Tunze and Ecotech Marine you’d be arduous pressed to find an aquarium product that does not make life abundant easier these days.

I first want to bit on automation. With new aquarium controllers like the Neptune Systems Apex Aquacontroller automation for daily tasks will nearly be eliminated. With the Apex controller by Neptune systems you’ll automate evaporation water high off, dosing of supplements like calcium, lighting timers to simulate sunlight hours or maybe moonlight you can even simulate tidal situations. With very little setup or programming data many of the controllers on the market offer a reasonable way to automate mundane daily tasks that are performed for your aquarium

Protein skimmers, the god of keeping your aquarium water crystal clear. Though there are one hundred’s of choices out there there are a few that stand out to most aquarist as the standard. First being Reef Octopus(Made by Coralvue), these skimmers are by far a number of the most affordable and highly asked for skimmers on the market. Not only do they outperform most other companies but they skim twice as a lot of NOG(Reefers name for skimmate) many skimmers that price twice as much.

Most contemporary skimmers these days that I counsel any reefer investing in utilize the pinwheel. If you’re in the marketplace for a skimmer do not even look twice. The pinwheel revolutionized the business and outperform any different model ten fold. Another nice names to look into are vertex, bubble king, warner marine and others.

Water circulation is one in every of the utmost important aspects of any aquarium. If you don’t have flow probabilities are your corals can degrade in health terribly quickly and result in low oxygen levels as well as built up detritus. With so many innovations during this half of the hobby we have some great products that shouldn’t be overlooked.

Initial being Ecotech Marine Vortech. Ecotech Marine is one in all the biggest growing aquarium corporations worldwide and with such a small product line you know they must have done it right. Ecotech offers pumps that don’t have any {electrical} that truly touches water and they’re fully wireless when using multiple pumps. Hydor is another great new power head, with very low wattage and highly dispersed powerful flow it’s a pump to be reckoned with.

With many completely different technological advances within the hobby it’s very simple for new and old hobbiest to leap right in with a little little bit of help from a smart local fish store. Checkout more other FREE articles about dog obedience schools, dog weight and pregnant dogs

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Just how to Clean a Dirty Fish Aquarium

April 26, 2010 By scribe Leave a Comment

A fresh water fish tank requires about 30 minutes to an hour of work a week depending on the size of the tank.

What you will want:

1) You will will need a clean 5 gallon bucket that has never had chemicals or soap inside of it.

2) A hose or gravel cleaner

3) A bag of natural or synthetic sea salt

I have split the work into two parts the tank which needs to be cleaned ever week on the exact same day and also the filters which can be cleaned every 2 or 3 weeks. The very initially thing you need to do before you start cleaning your fish tank is to unplug your tanks heater if you have one. The heater can not be allowed to be removed from the water while its hot so be sure to leave it unplugged at least 20 minutes prior to attempting to remove it. The water help cool the glass on the heater if removed it could crack, or the glass could totally shatter.

You should additionally remember to never stick your hand inside of any fish tank ahead of making sure the heater is not only off but unplugged from the wall. A small crack inside the heater could be extra then enough to cause a shock to you that can be fatal. After the heater has ha time to cool you can safely remove the heater from the tank or it the heater is submersible you can only push it down to the bottom of the tank. Now take any decorations you may have placed inside the tank, so all you have are the small gravel at the bottom, this will allow you to get any dirt that those decorations may have also been covering up.

Now if you do not have a gravel cleaner you are going to have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands wet. You will need to stir up the gravel to get the dirt that has settled between the gravel into the water, and start removing the water into the bucket with the hose. Do not throw out the water you will still ought it to clean the filters. If you have a gravel cleaner, push the plastic tube into the gravel until it hits the bottom of the tank, then start a siphon into the bucket, every second or 2 move the gravel cleaner over an inch or 2 and repeat this process until both you have removed 15 percent of the tanks water of you have cleaned all the gravel.

Now at this point you can clean the Aquariums filters. The insides of the filters are used to grow bacteria, that help break down the nitrites and nitrates that are inside the water from fish waste and uneaten food. To make sure we don’t kill all these Aquarium friendly bacteria, we clean the filter materials and sponges inside the dirty water that I furthermore full of the bacteria.

Take every thing out of the filters and rinse them of in the bucket of dirty Aquarium water, then give the sponge a couple of squeezes in the bucket and reassemble the filters, and put them back on the tank. Now previous to adding the water sea salt should be added to the tank. All water has some amount of salt in it and to replicate the natural habitat of the fish there must be salt in your tank as well. Add approximately 1 cup of sea salt for every 50 gallons of water.

Now you can add water to the tank, but you should be sure the water is the within a degree or two of the temperature of the water inside the tank. A drastic change within the tanks temperature suddenly can throw the fish into shock and kill them or weaken their immunity and help offer them a fish disease.

I recommend filling the bucket with hot water and checking it regularly till it is the very same as the tanks temperature, then slowly add the water to the tank, start the filters and also the heater. Cleaning the filters only needs to be done once or twice a month, but the water in the tank has to be cleaned on the same day every week.

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