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Regular Care of Your Aquarium
Stocking and Arrangement of Your New Aquarium
There is no limit to the imagination you can use when stocking and arranging your new aquarium; however, for the beginner you will need detailed
information on this process.
There are several quality books at you local pet store that can provide you with all the information you will need to make these all important decisions when starting your new hobby.
You will need these basics to start your new aquarium; these are only suggestions and can be adjusted to suit your tastes, but make sure that any changes you make a compatible. For an 80-120 liter aquarium you will need the following:
* Two or three 20-watt fluorescent
light tubes
* A 40-60 watt heater
* Thermostat
* Filter, if possible
* A nice piece of root or driftwood
* Several flat rocks about hand sized
* Fish that give no problems for a beginning aquarium; these fish are interesting in that they are constantly on the move, and very attractive.
* Guppies -- 3 males, 2 females
* Platies -- 2 pair
* Zebra danios -- 10
* Kribesis dwarf cichlids -- 1 pair (these require a cave; you may choose Hemichromies thomasi instead, as they do not require a cave)
* Corydoras catfish -- 6
* Plants -- the ones listed are fairly inexpensive and multiply quickly; remember that after the aquarium is well established you can replace the less expensive plants or add to the aquarium more decorative plants.
* Echinodours bleheri
* Two or three stalks of Hygrophila corymbosa
* At least five of any other plants you choose; it is always better to have too many plants than not enough
* A Cryptocoryne willisii or Echinodorus tenellus can be used as foreground plants
There are many other combinations of fish that can be used. As mentioned before, this is only a list of fish that are relatively easy to care for and get along well with each other while providing hours of observation pleasure for you.
See Also:
Techniques for Aquarium Photography
Lighting Your Aquarium
What Causes the Schooling of Fish?
It is fascinating to observe schools of fish, as they appear to dance around your aquarium. There are distinguishing relationships among schooling fish:
* The students of a fish school do not know each other one-on-one.
* There is no limit to the number in the school.
* They seek each other's company; this is social attraction.
* A school is not attached to a specific part of the aquarium.
You can put several types of schooling fish in one tank, and you should ask your pet store manager which types are compatible to each other. |
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Reestablishing an Aquarium
The longer an aquarium is established, the less work it requires; that is one of the joys of this hobby!
It could easily be years before a well-maintained aquarium will have to be emptied. There are a few reasons that you may eventually need to reestablish your tank:
* A desire to try something new or different
* A catastrophe occurs -- this could be when a fish disease has spread, or algae has taken over the tank
* You move to a new home, or want to relocate your aquarium
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