Hey folks! I have a growing interest for aquariums, but I would like to be more knowledgeable before even thinking of getting one. The problem is I have no clue which information is reliable out there. Do you have any book or website to recommend to a curious beginner?
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In the end of this story, there is a tiny note, that main character took a bottle o...
@Kareen As far as picking fish go, I'm a big fan of the "What Fish?" books. They give good summaries of the requirements of the fish and what trouble you might have with them.
I have read that prior to putting fish in an aquarium, one must "cycle" the tank so that bacteria that eat ammonia will produce nitrate, and nitrate-eating bacteria will make nitrite. I understand the chemistry behind it but I'm not really sure what is the best practical method to do this. I'd ...
Yeah, I'm not planning on getting a tank for a while (I don't have a lot of room in this apartment and I want fish to have space), so I'm up for learning as much as possible about care in the meantime and hopefully know what I'm doing by the time I get lives in my hands.
Live plants will also help keeping the tank clean and the chemicals stable. The downside is that they're a bit more pricey than plastic plants, and can be a pain if you have fish that dig around the substrate.
I've had to replant things daily until the roots grew long enough because of an active catfish before.
We had a tank when I was a kid and of course my mom did all the hard work, but we had a couple of live plants, so only having plastic plants didn't even cross my mind.
Wow, didn't know they could do that, all we had were tetras and guppies
Something to consider when you're looking at fish, is there are 3 levels that fish swim in. Top, middle, and bottom.
Most fish you'll see at a pet store will swim in the middle, except for the bottom feeders like catfish.
But there are some top-level fish like killi fish that will only swim around the top.
If you can pick out fish that are divided between the 3 levels, you can have more room in your tank for more fish, as opposed to only getting fish that swim around the middle of the tank.
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I recently added two banjo catfish to my tank, and just out of curiosity, I was wondering how I would determine the sex of them?
