Small Fish Aquarium

We will up-date this list from time-to-time. Please note that not all members of a listed Genus or Family are difficult to keep. Many species that are closely related to those listed here are hardy. If you disagree with any of our selections, or feel weve l

Tom and his tanks live, well, in a friary/secondary school in Maryland (U.S. east coast for you foreigners). I had the great fortune of meeting Tom, seeing his tanks on a visit to the Chesapeake Marine Aquarium Society (1999), giving pitches with Noel Curry (of Atlanta coral propagation fame) and Daphne Fautin (the Anemone Prof. from Kansas U.) Tom and his tanks at right.

Tanks: On to the tanks (see above at top right and below), two twenty gallon lon

Easily mistaken for spotted gar.

Spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus
Long snout and spots. Spots to a higher degree towards the posterior of its body. Easily mistaken for Florida spotted gar.

Shortnosed gar, Lepisosteus platostomus
The shortnosed gar can be identified by its short snout, and by the lack of teeth rows in the upper jaw like the alligator gar, and the lack of spots on its body.

Long-nosed gar, Lepisosteus osseus
The long-nosed gar is, as the name suggests, identified by its long slender snout, and also by its slender body.

Alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula
The alligator gar has a shor

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Other:

There are several other filtering "efforts" that secondarily, tertiarily serve as adjuncts to biological filtration. Youll get a glimpse of most of them in the nest two sections on physical/mechanical, and chemical filtration methods.

Larger tank can be changed once a week. And notice if the ammonia and nitrite levels are up the roof, because both are very bad for your Betta. Also be wary of harmful bacteria they can ruin your fish life, but dont kill of all bacteria in the aquarium since a lot of bacteria is essential for a well functioning aquarium.

During the pre-spawning period you can feed a wide variety of food, including blackworms, Grindal worms, fruit flies, brine shrimp, mosquito larvae and frozen blood worms (all are life except the frozen blood worms). During thi

Fish Across The World
Aquarium fish are popular the world over. Ever wonder where the most fish are kept as pets? Here are the top ten as of the year 2005: 1. USA....

Fish on a plane
http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060822_venomous_fish.html.

Aquarium lighting

Aquarium lighting in one of the key aspects in both the reef aquarium and the freshwater aquarium. It gives the animals a natural activity and rest period and it makes the plants, corals grow. Invertebrates and corals need it to sur.