Fish
The Importance of Pond Aeration
From J. Eugene Jaramillo Many pond owners find out the hard way that aeration is a critical element to providing a healthy living environment for Koi and other pond fish. Larger Koi fish require significantly more oxygen than smaller fish in order to survive. This is especially true during the warm summer months. Warmer water…
Read MorePond Filtration Basics
From J. Eugene Jaramillo Building a Koi pond or water garden in your backyard can be a wonderful experience. What many new pond owners fail to realize; however, is the important of pond filtration. Unlike natural bodies of water, a backyard pond does not have a consistent fresh water source. This means a pond must…
Read MoreFish Healthy With Bulk Fish Food Pellets
From Toby C Allen Keeping a collection of fish at home can be difficult. It requires stringent maintenance to keep aquariums and fish ponds looking as great as possible. A group of dead fish floating around is not pleasant to look at and destroys the overall ambiance of the home. Active, healthy fish are the…
Read MoreExodon Paradoxus Fish
From Jon T Cole Strength in Numbers Various sources of information on the Internet declare that bucktooth tetras must be kept in schools of ten or more to prevent them from killing one another, but I have found this to be a little far-fetched. I have maintained two separate groups of E. paradoxus at different…
Read MoreFish Farming: A Great Way To Make A Living
From Rambo Moe Fish farming is known as aquaculture and involves raising fish for commercial purposes in enclosures or tanks, often for food. This aquaculture can also be defined as releasing young fish into the water to supplement the numbers of a species or for recreational fishing. Because there is an increase for fish and…
Read MorePond Air Pumps – Can You Have Too Much Oxygen in a Pond?
From Mark Jason Huyton In a typical pond you could not have too much aeration, in certain circumstances you can get what’s called ‘super saturation’ which can be very dangerous to fish. Super saturation occurs when air is added to water under pressure, in a pond system this could happen if you had a pin…
Read MoreFish Farming and Plants in One Ecosystem
From Achal Malhotra If you are not a gardening kind of person and are annoyed by the littering of your home from plants inside your home, here is the good news. You can grow plants without the cluttering of the soil around your home. There are new ways of ensuring you do fish farming along…
Read MoreNecessary Aquarium Supplies
From Alan Y Are you thinking of owning an aquarium? Aquariums are great for decoration and add life and beauty to room. Furthermore, most fish are interesting creatures that both young children and adults love. However creating and maintaining an aquarium can be difficult work, especially because you need many different aquarium supplies. If you…
Read MoreMove From Hydroponics to the New System
From Kim Levi The system under discussion, involves combination of two different types of ecosystem. • Hydroponics – This refers to cultivating plants in a medium without soil (and the medium is mostly water) • Aquaculture – This refers to fish farming, including fishes like Tilapia, trout, etc. This combination has several advantages, including a…
Read MoreAre Live Plants A Good Option For Goldfish Aquariums?
From Tun Win Deciding whether to have live plants or fake plastic plants in your aquarium is really a personal choice. Many people prefer the plastic plants because they are maintenance free and are easy to clean. On the other hand, some people enjoy having natural plants in their aquarium almost as much as they…
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