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Most people, having aquariums at home, are quite irresponsible about them. Of course, you don’t need much time and skill to go and buy a fish tank, all needed accessories and let the fish in. The most difficult part begins, when you compose an aquarium from all these parts and your fish get a new life and a new home. If you have already had an aquarium or have it now, you have obviously gone through all stages of an aquarist, who is just at the beginning of his or her long way to an ideal aquarium. The first two problems most aquarist face on their way are greening and clouding of water. The first problem can be easily solved by moving your fish tank to another place, which is not subjected to direct sunlight. The thing is, the greening of water is usually caused by the growing of algae on the walls of your fish tank and by the speedy growth of weeds. Firstly, remove algae from the walls of your fish tank with the help of a sponge or a special scraper you can buy in your local pet shop. Then, take all weeds out of water and clean them carefully. Change a sponge in your filter (if you have a sponge filter of course) and let your fish back into aquarium. The second problem, clouding, can be much more serious than a greening. You shouldn’t panic if you see that the water in your aquarium is cloudy. Worries never solve problems, so, the first step thing you have to undertake is to find out, why water has clouded. There are several steps, which must be done in order to make the water clear:
1. Remove the gravel out of your aquarium and check it. It happens that the particles of food and dirt accumulate in the bottom of a fish tank and the water suddenly gets cloudy. Wash the gravel thoroughly and boil it if possible. Place the gravel back to your fish tank.

2. Remember, when you replaced your aquarium filter last. If much has already gone since then, replace it with a new one, as powerful as possible.

3. Check the ammonia and nitrite levels with special measuring devices.

There are preventive measures you can take in order to stop clouding:

- Never overfeed your species. The particles of uneaten food pollute the water
- Don’t place your aquarium in a room, filled with sunlight the most part of the day
- Change filters timely
- Buy a catfish, eating the particles in the walls and in the bottom of your fish tank
- Change water at least once a week
- Use de-chlorinators if your water is disinfected by chlorine

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Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Pets require a great deal of attention from you and you cannot get a cat, dog or fish and just let them live their own lives. You have to take care of them and do your best to provide good living conditions for your pets. Unlike cats or dogs, fish cannot display their feelings and emotions, they cannot mew or bark and you never know what they really want. You cannot be careless, when it comes to your aquarium, because fish are defenseless and anything can happen to them if you abandon your aquarium for a long period of time. If you think that your responsibilities end when you put some food flakes to your aquarium, you are deeply mistaken. This delusion tends to have very regrettable consequences sometimes. So, what should you do if you have just gotten your first aquarium and don’t know what to do? The first thing you have to remember is that you have to observe your fish every day. However busy you are, you need to pay at least 10 minutes once or better twice a day to your pets. Watch them swimming in the fish tank and note every unusual thing like change in the behavior, bad look of some species, including spots on the scales and fins. If some of species stay in the bottom or float on the surface, it can be a bad sign, especially if they have never done it before. If the fish swims in unusual way or seems to be disoriented it is time for you to sound the alarm. Any of the mentioned signs can mean that your fish have some infection that can be easily spreaded all over the aquarium. If you want to avoid it, go and consult specialist and examine some books on fish’s diseases.

Suppose, you detect some of the signs we have mentioned above. It is obvious that you have to take immediate measures. The first thing you have to do is to check all possible objects in your aquarium and to look at measurement devices. It happens that species get different infections or get shocked because of temperature drops or too high or too low PH level of water. It can not only provoke illnesses, but also can cause the death of your species, if you don’t take measures timely.

If you are a beginner in the sphere of aquariums and everything connected with them, you don’t probably know that you shouldn’t let new fish into the community tank right away. It happens that new fish are infected or need time to get used to the new habitat and get ill because of it. Anyway, if you put ‘newbies’ into your fish tank, you can get all your fish infected. So, get a separate tank for new species and fill it with water from your community tank. After new fish get used to new water, you can let them in into the main fish tank, without worries.

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Thursday, December 31st, 2009

There are advantages and disadvantages in any possible situation. The same thing can be said about aquariums. There are pluses and minuses about both freshwater and saltwater aquariums. Let us talk about freshwater aquariums in detail. It has already been proven that freshwater aquariums are much more comfortable in maintenance and aquarists usually have much less problems with them comparing to saltwater aquariums. Freshwater aquariums are a great decision not only for your interior decoration, but also for the decoration of offices and other premises in business centers and private rooms.

Experiences aquarists, who start up their aquariums either as a hobby or as a part of interior, are sure that there is nothing difficult about keeping aquariums. Believing them, beginners usually start aquarium as a perfect alternative to a cat or a dog. They think that it is unnecessary to care for an aquarium, but believe us, nothing is that easy, as it seems when it comes to aquariums. Don’t you believe those people, who try to convince you of acquiring aquariums and saying that it is going to be nothing, but a joy for you and your children. Of course, it cannot be denied that aquariums are beautiful and you will admire them, but you have to talk to competent people in order to get the proved information.

The aesthetic joy is going to be great if you have your own fish tank filled with a clear water and with colored fish living inside. Aquariums are considered to be a nice cure of psychological tensions and depressions, which can strike you everywhere – from your work to your home. They are advised and used to ease the nervous states and rather helpful when curing heart diseases. Now, imagine that you come home after a long and tiresome business day. You feel distressed and exhausted. You can easily ease your state by spending a half an hour, sitting in your favorite armchair in front of your fish tank and admiring a small beautiful underwater world, you have created with your own hands. Wonderful perspective, isn’t it? So why don’t you just examine several books on aquarium maintenance and go to the nearest pet shop? You will be offered a great option of species, which will make your aquarium look beautiful. Choose an average-sized aquarium, requiring o special place in your house. You will be able to install it on a solid wooden coffee table, on your desk or wherever you wish. If you want to have a larger fish tank, you will have to take care of a separate base capable of holding even the heaviest fish tanks. Such bases are even more comfortable, because you will not have to move objects or a fish tank itself in order to feed your species or clean your aquarium. Whatever fish tank you choose, it will become an inalienable part of your interior, making it cozy and comfortable.

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