Tropical fish
Tropical fish include fish found in tropical environments (found close to the equator) around the world, including both saltwater and freshwater species. The term tropical fish refer to only those requiring fresh water. Saltwater tropical fish referred as marine fish but to be accurate saltwater fish are truly tropical fish. Tropical fish are imported from there native waters as well as domestically bred. Keeping tropical fish is a great hobby. How do you decide which tropical fish is best for? An important factor while purchasing tropical fish is the color. Another factor is that far too many people purchase poor health fish. It is very easy to see if the fish is sick, most of sick fish just don't eat. Don't be shy and ask the seller to feed the fish before you put your money on it. Sick fish with ich disease or fin rot disease for example are easy to noticed, "Waste" 5 minutes and check your future fish, its skin, behavior and its vitality.
There are few rules we should remember while we keep our tropical fish, first rule is to be patient. A high percentage of people do not take the time to read, learn and study up on the hobby before getting started. Second rule is not to overload the system, placing too many new additions into the tank can cause ammonia and nitrite to rise. The third rule is to remember to maintain our tropical fish tank on a regular basis. By maintaining your tank properly (water changes, test water quality) you can avoid many problems.
There is also the attraction that once the tank is up and running the required effort needed to keep tropical fish is relatively low, in-fact there is hardly any restriction to one's normal life. Keeping freshwater tropical fish is the ideal starting point to this rewarding hobby and can be done so by almost any age group, even children (best start with the family), with limited supervision.
One advantage of keeping and/or raising tropical fish is the large international community that shares your interest. Keeping tropical fish is a pleasurable hobby for families around the world. Critical part while you acclimate your new tropical fish is to not feed them for at least 24 hours and preferably 48 hrs. Fish tanks are a wonderful place to observe a habitat on a smaller scale. Tropical marine fish enjoy their temperature a little bit warmer at 80 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit (26C). Tropical fish are very colorful and therefore very popular as aquarium fish. Tropical fish tanks have to be constantly monitored for presence of harmful bacteria, fungi, and algae. Tropical fish, just like other fish, have to be fed at least 2 to 3 times a day.
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Feeding betta fish tropical flakes?
i just bought my betta fish a 5 gl starter kit thing at walmart and it came with some tetramin tropical flakes fish food and im wondering if it will be ok to feed it to him? i already have some betta pellet food ive been feeding him since i first got him (ive had him about 2 months now.) ive been wanting to mix his diet up a little for him because i read that bettas can get bored with their food if you feed them the same thing all the time but im not sure what else i can feed him. theres not a pet store close to where i live and walmart only has one type of betta food. thanks for anyones help =)
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my fish tank filter is clogged?
so the filter has been running, it's fairly new (october nineth), but the clogging indicator is showing.
the first time that happened, the filter wasn't running anymore and the tank got foggy overnight.
now, the water is still coming from the filter, the tank is clear, but it says it's clogged.
today i think the tank looks dirtier than regular but it might just be my imagination.
i've tried cleaning the filter parts but the indicator won't go away. i have a nine and a half gallon tank, four small fish, no live plants, and the name of the filter is elite hush power filter.
how do i get rid of the clogging indicator? what is happening?
another question, how often can i do a forty-five percent water change? not how often should* i, but how often can i without doing bad to the fish (tropical fish)?
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I need help setting up my fish tropical fish tank?
I have a 53gal. tank ready to go for salt water...about $900 later. I also have a 29 gallon tank that I am considering setting up as a spill off / 2nd filter for my main 53 gallon tank. I am just not sure that
A) it would be worth the effort (no idea what kind of fish I am going to get yet)
B) how i would do it.
the 53 gallon tank came with a stand and there is a drawer in the bottom that could hold the 29 gallon tank. If I got some pvc pipe and a pump that'd be cool to have that act as another filter. Seems like the pump would need to be pretty powerful and noisy to carry the water up that high though. Any thoughts? Does that seem like too much? Would it work and be worth it?
I am heading to the library to pick up a book on aquarium, any suggestions for salt water? Any good sites you can recommend for salt water? Appreciate any help.
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