Beta Fish Care Basics

The Beta Fish, also known as the Siamese Fighting Fish, is a popular, beautiful and inexpensive pet. It's hard to resist these stunning little jewels! Beta fish are considered to be a relatively easy pet to own, but keep in mind that beta fish do have specific requirements to keep them comfortable, safe and healthy. Here are some beta fish basics to get you started. The Beta fish's official name is Betta splendens. The Beta fish's natural coloring...

How To Diagnose Sick Fish

Once an Aquarium has been set up and is well stocked with a variety of fish it becomes a pleasure to watch the coming and goings in the fish tank. This is the time when you can really enjoy the little world that you have created. With time you will come to understand how the fish act and gain a sense of their normal behavior. At times this behavior may change and could be down to a number of reasons from the fish becoming stressed, spawning or developing...

How to Tell If Your Fish Are Sick

One of the things us Aquarists always worry about is the health of our fish. With a dog or a cat you can quickly tell if they are sick, but with a fish it is more difficult. But how can you tell if your fish are sick? Diseases There are many different types of fish diseases that your fish can develop. The diseases can come from bacterial, fungal or parasitic diseases. Your fish can even develop illnesses from physical ailments, too. These usually...

Illnesses Your Fish Can Develop

If you have an aquarium you will more than likely develop some kind of illness in your fish. How can you prevent your fish from developing an illness and what illnesses can your fish develop? How Fish Develop Illnesses Your fish are really healthy little guys. But they can get in to trouble if they become stressed. Stress will cause their immune system to become less effective so that they will become vulnerable to an illness. So the key to preventing...

Keeping African Cichlid Fish

Keeping African cichlid fish should not be a decision taken lightly. It is a serious responsibility to undertake the upkeep and ongoing care of another living creature and that responsibility can be very expensive. The largest expense will obviously be that of the aquarium itself. Cichlids by their very nature will need a large aquarium of at least 150 gallons. This will cost many hundreds of dollars. The cost of adequate mechanical filtration...

Dragonfish Care Basics in Aquarium

Dragonfish, also called Dragon Gobies, Eel Gobies, Peruvian Gobies, or Violet Gobies (among many common names), are a brackish water to fresh water fish from South and Central America.Gobioides broussonnetii, the true Dragonfish, can reach lengths over 2 feet (60cm), though other members of this group are usually closer to half that size.These fish are frequently very timid eaters, but once you get them established in your tank and used to your feeding...

Best Food to Feed Arowana Fish

This article here will focus on the discussion whether constant feeding of natural live foods is the right thing to do and whether it might be possible to feed arowana solely on pellets. (Note: These are based on the experience shared among fellow aquarist from local community fish club who keeps arowana and different types of fish as pets.)Arowana fish generally accept all types of live foods from bullfrog, freshwater shrimps, feeder fish and insects...

How to take care gold fish

Goldfish are great, rewarding pets, however their proper care is of little knowledge as we have only begun to understand the true requirements of these fish to make them thrive. Here is how to make your gold fish happy and healthy! 1. Get a large enough tank The minimal tank size for one goldfish is 20 US gallons (Remember, they grow to about 20cm, and sometimes over!) and you will need to add 10 US gallons onto that 20 gallons for every next...

How to take care koi fish

How do you take care of Koi fish? Koi can live a long time, if taken care of properly. They are very old fish; they are one of the oldest. They are long lived so they really do get to know you when you... They are very old fish; they are one of the oldest. They are long lived so they really do get to know you when you get to know them. They have very distinct personalities. They are friendly and have interestingly enough different colors. Some...

How to take care louhan fish

Below is tips for how to take care louhan fish. There are many things you should to know as basic 1. Aquarium Setup Flowerhorn cichlids need large aquarium due to their large size and aggressive temperament. They should be kept alone or with other large aggressive cichlids from the same area. You can get more details from flowerhorn.info in you are interested to keep louhan fish as your pets 2. Feeding Flowerhorns Flowerhorn cichlids are...

How to take care arowana fish

Arowana fish or Asian Arowana (Scleropages formosus) is one of the most favorite fish in the world. Great endurance, price and million lovers are little many reasons that make Arowana will be the legend. Actually, Arowana cannot be spared from the commodity business. Collectors or lovers would buy little Arowana and then sell it when reaching specific size ("..I heard their profits reached up to 10x only in a year.."). Lets start the tips and...