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Breeding fish in a home aquarium

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:00:29 +0000

The usual fish tank aquarium is set up for the enjoyment of the observer. An aquarist will often buy a pair of fish, a male and a female. As with other creatures when a male and a female get together the natural impulse is to breed. A natural question might be, ”Why doesn’t the aquarium […]

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Aquarium gravel and water

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:54:29 +0000

It wasn’t too many years ago that the home aquarist paid very little attention to the water in an aquarium. Perhaps some of that was due to the fact that most of the water used was collected from ponds or rainwater catch. Now most of us get our water from our water taps. The water […]

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Experiences in setting up a home aquarium

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:02:51 +0000

My aquarium experiences started off as something of an accident. My partner and I were given a 5-gallon fish tank with a simple over the side fiberglass filter. The tank also included a few guppies and mollies. We set up the tank on a small aquarium stand near our eating area. It turned out that […]

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