Category: Fish

Betta Fish Tanks A decent habitat is not a favor to your pet, it is its right. When you bring the pet home, it is your duty to set up conditions that help it best to thrive. Take care of the following criteria to build a comfy home in yours.   Betta fishbowl : Size For all  Betta Fish Tank, the general rule of thumb is, bigger the better. Betta is not a fussy fish but small bowls undergo too much temperature shifts. Betta can cope with a shift of 3 degrees F in a day but more than that can be very stressful for them. A small Betta Fish Tank without a filter should be placed away from doors and windows to provide a more consistent temperature. A bigger bowl/tank also dilutes the pollution in the tank with a larger quantity of water causing less stress in the fish. Temperature : Bettas are tropical fish that thrive between 70-80 degrees F temperature.

Water bowls – an aquarium that fits in any place   Water bowls with tiny lotus flowers or purple water lilies and a few fish are incredibly beautiful in almost any home. The bowls do not require as much technical expertise as modern aquaria, and yet you may experience water plants flowering that only rarely flower in a traditional aquarium .   If you have ever traveled through Southeast Asia, you must have seen the characteristic water bowls that brighten up the streets and atriums. Usually, these water bowls hold a blooming water lily and a Cyperus or an Echinodorus, although the latter is certainly not indigenous to Asia. There are always fish in the water bowls; often guppies or goldfish, since fish are required to complete the true Southeast Asian water bowl.   Important Role   These water bowls play an important role because they are a convenient way to bring in beautiful and attractive water without taking up too much space.

  Have you considered keeping a few cheap pet fish or putting together a designer fish tank? Here is some information that may help you make your decision!   Saving money by purchasing cheap fish tanks?   Several manufacturers and retailers offer inexpensive (that’s cheap to the rest of us) fish aquariums made of acrylic. These Aquariums can be purchased for as little as $25 at retail outlets such as PetSmart.   While these fish tanks are cheap they do not lack features. After all, you do want your fish to stay alive longer than a couple of days don’t you? Long story about elementary school carnival and goldfish comes to mind, but we’ll spare you the details. Who hasn’t had a fishbowl and a couple of goldfish?   You should expect tanks in this price range to include a cheap air pump, airline tubing, and usually even a light. However, with fish at a price this cheap you shouldn’t expect much more.

Dealing with Blue-Green Algae your Guppy Tank There are many different potential problems that you are going to be dealing with when it comes to your guppy aquarium. Most of these problems are minor and can be kept under control. One such problem is blue-green algae but a particular one that can be potentially serious is cyanobacteria.   This is sometimes called slime algae or smear algae. Most often the color is blue/green but it may also appear as brown or black or red.   There will be no mistaking that you are dealing with cyanobacteria as it tends to get out a hand very quickly and as it grows it covers all of the inner parts of the aquarium with super speed. When you disturb it in any way it seems to come off in layers or as sheets.   You will find that a very unpleasant odor is coming from the fish tank and this is the cause of it.

Plastic Plants: The Least Common Factor   When Benjamin Franklin said, “The least common thing is common sense,” he must have been referring to his aquarium landscape plastic plants.     As bio-wheel filtration has prevailed and conventional wisdom has leaned toward a lesser and lesser substrate (bottom gravel) the manufacturers of plastic aquarium plants continue to produce plants that are not well adapted to current trends.   As home aquarium-keeping is currently so vast and growing one can only wonder at the thinking of those suppliers. To their credit, the best producers of plastic plants are achieving some very realistic approximations, but that is not the main problem.   In defense of the use of plastic plants I can only say this: After extensive research and a lot of eco-system problems in my own tanks – attempting in vain to maintain the most perfectly balanced aquarium environments I could, I have decided that live plants were not the best solution.

Betta Fish Diseases The most common of betta diseases are fungus, fin rot, velvet, and ick. These diseases are more often than not directly related to the poor quality of the tank or bowl water. Stale water is a haven for all types of diseases and organisms. Fluctuating water temperatures will also cause Bettas much stress. This, in turn, makes a Betta fish a lot more susceptible and prone to all types of terrible diseases. The good thing is most diseases can quickly and easily be treated with a few simple remedies. Why? Because some medications can have an adverse effect on Bettas, and will sometimes even kill them. More importantly, you really don’t want to introduce medication until you’re absolutely sure what the problem really is, and… how it’s affecting your pet Betta. Betta Fish Care and Cures. It should be no surprise that given those long flowing fins Betta fish are prone to damage and disease.