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Pet Insurance

by PenelopeDarcy on October 20, 2009

Sponsors That Keep Fish Tank Pet Alive:

pet-insuranceJust this weekend, I was surfing the net and looking for some cool new fish tank supplies to test out. Found some awesome equipment from japan (will post about this next time, so stay tuned!). Paid it with my credit card (you can pay for your fish tank supplies with an egg card.) and as I finished with the checkout I saw an infomercial about pet insurance.

Can you believe there is actually such a thing as pet insurance? If you think about it, it doesn’t seem so far fetched. We insure our cars, our homes, our businesses and some even their cellphones.

We love taking care of pets, in fact, I personally know a few people who prefer to have pets over kids! So it isn’t an out of this world idea to actually get pet insurance for your pet. It’s actually a lot like getting life insurance for yourself.

It gives you peace of mind that if something terrible happens you just have to worry about the important stuff and you won’t need to worry about the finances. For a good pet insurance deal go to Tesco.

I can’t wait to get my pets insured, what about about you?

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Aquarium Lights the real deal

by PenelopeDarcy on May 13, 2009

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I hope you know by now why you need aquarium lights. Fish tank lighting is all about recereating the natural habitat day/night cycle of your fish. You don’t just go on buying any kind of fish tank light out there since lighting not intended for aquarium use usually lack wavelengths of the daylight spectrum that are crucial to the health of your fish and other aquarium life. And if this isn’t bad enough, some lights have wavelengths that promote algae growth (not something you want). [click to continue…]

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Caring for Beta Fish | Siamese Fighting Fish

by PenelopeDarcy on April 25, 2009

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Beta fish or Betta fish were all the craze during my childhood days, but back then we knew it as the Fighting Fish. These fighting fish were so popular because they were very inexpensive, didn’t need much maintenance and simply looked really really cool with their many colors and characteristics to choose from.

You might ask, what did we do with these Fighting Fishes? Well, we did what any other 11 year old kid would do. Put two of these fighting fishes together and let them go at it until one remains victor. And when we mean victor, we mean left standing or in this case swimming alive. This was dubbed the poorman’s version of the cockfight. pw2vn8y6d4

Fast forward to today, I’m glad to see these Fighting Fish are still popular. [click to continue…]

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Fish Tanks and Supplies in Your Space

by Nicole on March 9, 2011

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There are many new aquarium supplies springing up in the market every now and then. Its range of features and quality are also getting better and fancier. As aquarium enthusiasts, of course, you couldn’t help but check those out to dapper up your existing fish tanks.

**Be sure to check these guys out if you’re looking to buy fish tanks online.

But still, everything begins with a fish tank, the right fish tank to be decorated with the right accessories. Fish tanks do not only provide a home to your pet fish. It also gives your home an appealing and interesting ambience.

So, aquarium enthusiasts firstly consider the shapes, sizes and styles of fish tanks before anything else. Next is the selection of other supplies and accessories. The size and style of your fish tank and the kind of fish you put in it determines the aquarium supplies you should have to bring your aquarium or tank to life.

You can also opt for customized fish tanks. In fact, many aquarium enthusiasts prefer these attractive tanks with eye-catching accessories. It can complement your home decorations or your whole interior design.

But it’s not just about enhancing the look of your living space. It’s not just about jazzing up your fish’s home in your home and livening up decorations. The placement of your fish tank or aquarium is obviously more important to consider.

It should not be placed within reach of children and pets. It should be placed properly as it is a whole ecosystem that you’re looking out for. It entails good fish keeping regardless of the kind of fish tank you have chosen.

You may also choose a completely equipped fish tank with a brilliant range of features and supplies. That, alone, has a much more diverse set of aquarium supplies, from ozone equipment down to its corals and pebbles. That is understandably a fascinating idea for spicing up your fishkeeping hobby and bringing positive energy into your home.

But many experienced aquarium experts can even provide these themselves. Above all other considerations, it should be positioned and mounted properly. Every fish tank should create a conducive environment for all the fish to grow healthy.

Your aquarium supplies should be essential to good fish care. Heaters, chillers and supplements, for instance, it should all be relevant to the care of the kinds of fish you are keeping in your fish tank. There is a wide range of supplies out there, so be sure to ask and do your research before you decide to purchase.

There are loads of relevant fish tank information such as energy consumption, calcium dosing and phosphate problems. This information would lead you to choosing the aquarium supplies to prevent problems and promote healthy growth of your fish. Remember that the sight of your aquarium and your fishkeeping itself may give you a relaxing feel but you are taking care of a dependent ecosystem in your fish tank, looking out for the health of those fish and not merely installing a do-it-yourself home and interior decoration to complement your whole living space.

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What are the Signs of a Sick Fish?

by Nicole on March 2, 2011

So you have set up your fish tank and equipped yourself with enough knowledge in the world of fish keeping. You have the pet fish you wanted and the beautiful aquascape created for them. But in the management of your fish, it is important to know every sign to look for if they are sick.

Fish disease or fish stress can be any abnormal behavior or changes externally observed in the fish. There are internal signs as well which can be determined by dissection under anesthesia or of a dead fish. Illness-causing organisms and parasites rapidly grow in a closed environment such as a fish tank and daily tank checks should be done by fish keepers.

In your daily tank checks, closely observe the fish. Be it in freshwater or saltwater tanks, there are signs that could indicate a possible problem and could be caused by a number of reasons. Here is a list of fish disease signs that you should watch out for.

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Firstly, the tank signs that could point present or future problems with the fish are by far, the most easily observable. Cloudy water may indicate presence of ammonia, bacteria, algae bloom, parasites, decaying organics or the air and filter is off. There may be protein foams in the surface of the water which could mean that the tank wasn’t washed well.

You fish tank may also have a hole exposed to under gravel filter allowing the water to bypass substrates, decreasing biological filtration and causing a sick fish. There may be dead specimens and uneaten food in the tank causing it to foul. This could lead to poor disease control.

When it comes to behavior, a sick fish may show violent reactions such as thrashing and darting. They may stay in just one place and move side to side, scratch on objects in the tank, try to jump out and the normally bottom fish would now be on the surface or the normally surface fish would now be at the bottom. These movements are all signs of a decreased equilibrium.

Check the fish for gasping, squirting water and if the mouth is not closed. The opercules may be flared or irregularly beating. These breathing, opercular and gill problems usually mean a parasitic and bacterial infestation.

If your pet fish is not eating, it may indicate presence of bacteria, parasites and toxins or liver damage or internal injury. But if eating and still losing weight, the most probable cause would be the presence of toxins. Their eating problems are usually resulting in liver damage.

Some external signs to be wary of clamped fins, sunken or bloated belly, white or dark spots on the skin, fish tissue extensions or bloody spots or streaks. A sick fish could also have fight injuries because of its violent behavioral changes. They could be experiencing an increased mucus production or having visible living objects on the skin such as copepods which are parasitic.

For the eyes, it may be cloudy, red or bloody, protruding or sunken. There may be color changes in a sick fish such as the gills turning pale and abnormal growths in the skin. Hopefully, you won’t find your fish having any of these signs so check your fish tank daily to prevent a sick fish.

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Thoughts on Fish Keeping

by Nicole on February 9, 2011

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As we were growing up, it was all about the fun and games. But hobbies take up our minds as little kids too and one of these hobbies is keeping and raising a pet. Most kids are lured by pet stores and fishponds and then into the prospect of having a pet puppy or a pet cat or pet hamster or a pet fish.

This is usually the stage where the fish hobbyists now have started. They were attracted to tropical fish or any other fish pets and they held them captives in small goldfish bowls. Then, they found it necessary to keep the fish in good health.

Tropical freshwater fish are usually the most chosen fish kept and raised by kids and adult fish keepers alike. Of course, a pet fish for children requires some parental assistance and responsibilities. But for adults, it entails a bigger fish tank world that resembles the fish’s natural ecosystem.

But whatever your container is, it requires the basic knowledge of keeping the water clean and in proper pH balance. Introducing more water plants increases the production of oxygen and absorption of carbon dioxide. Thereby, the fish are kept in good balance.

Fish keeping’s history as a relaxing hobby is centuries old. Earlier civilizations kept plenty of fish in different types of holding containers. However, it was kept for food purposes and not for the fascination and relaxation of watching the fish swimming.

Nowadays, fish tanks will make you and your pet fish happy along the way. Choosing the right fish, setting up the tank, feeding, maintenance and disease control are important things to be thought of when caring for your fish or even before buying fish. This will prevent you from doing the wrong things with your aquarium or fish tank.

Once your tank or aquarium is all set up, you should be ready to choose the fish that goes in it. The active and entertaining tropical fish are really beautiful to look at. But whatever your choices are, you must be able to reasonably look after them.

Not all kinds of tropical freshwater fish are for beginners. Other tropical fish have difficulty surviving despite the best care so they should be placed in mature and established aquariums. But then again, every fish keeper has to start somewhere.

For fish feeding requirements, it’s possible to keep some kinds of fish with different feeding habits in the same fish tank or aquarium. But you must ensure that are capable of getting enough to eat for themselves. Pellets for bottom-dwelling fish may not reach them at all and live food for some kinds of fish may be harmful to the others.

This is very important when keeping fish because you do not want to be seeing aggression instead of enjoying that they are getting along. Otherwise, yes, it’s a disaster. So, understanding all the things with the fish keeping hobby will let you take pleasure in it for many years.

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Potentially Endangered Fish Species – A Must-Know for Fish Enthusiasts

by Nicole on February 2, 2011

It has been on the news recently that Federal authorities are pondering to designate hundreds of miles of critical habitat for two threatened fish species. By critical habitat, that means an open space for population growth and restricted access to these waters. That’s because, sadly, the status of these species are about to be changed from threatened to endanger.

They are the spikedace and loach minnow. While efforts had already been made to try to save these species of fish, their population still dropped down because their former critical habitat had become deeper and narrower. It made way for non-native fish species to swim up in these bodies of water.

But just what is a spikedace really? And what is a loach minnow? Let us get to know these fish species once again before they even go extinct, which we hope wouldn’t happen.

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Spikedace fish

The spikedace, scientifically known as meda fulgida, is a ray-finned fish found in Mexico and the United States. It has a slender body which is about 7.5 centimetres in length. Its front is somewhat compressed, snout is rather pointed, mouth is sub-terminal and its eyes are actually large.

The scales of a spikedace only look like small deeply embedded plates and their skin is olive gray to light brown with a bright silver side and blue reflections. Breeding males of this fish have a brassy yellow head and fins. They normally thrive in fast moving streams.

On larger streams, they are usually found at the mouth of creeks. The removal of water from their natural habitats, impounding of streams, stocking non-native fish species, pollution and such, have really threatened their rate of survival. So now, these pint-sized fish are disappearing.

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The loach minnow is another tiny fish that is commonly found in streams and small rivers like the Gila and San Pedro Rivers. Scientifically named as rhinichthys cobitis, it is a freshwater fish. They are short-lived and they obviously depend on their environment.

A female loach minnow has 150 to 1,200 mature ova. They lay their eggs on the bottom of flattened rocks, and these eggs range from 5 to over 250 in a rock. So, you can say that they’re everywhere in the rocky riffles of mainstream rivers.

While their bodies have dirty white spots and are blotched with darker pigment, breeding males of this fish specie have vibrant orange markings on their fins, body and lower head. Loach minnows generally have an elongated yet compressed body not exceeding 2.6 inches. They have been under conservation for over a decade now.

Aside from the man-made destructions of their local ecosystems, invasive species have posed threats to them in terms of competition and predation as well. Saving the spikedace and loach minnow where they once flourished has actually been a long-standing effort by biological authorities and other organizations. But unfortunately, it did not get much attention when we really need to be protecting our threatened aquatic friends and other species to lessen their risk of extinction.

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Stress-relieving Fish Tank

by PenelopeDarcy on September 20, 2010

planted-fish-tankLooking for ways to lower your stress levels could, in effect, be more stressful especially in homes and offices. Wouldn’t you want to just remain sitting there and actually feel relaxed in the middle of all the pressures? Then keeping fish in a tank might just be the ticket for you. Even just a small fish tank with a few freshwater fish or a saltwater setup will instantly make you feel like you are discovering finny creatures into the deep sea without actually getting wet because keeping fish pets in an aqua-scaped fish tank has its proven benefits.

Studies have shown that the swelling popularity of displaying a fish tank in clinical settings like a dental clinic, doctor’s office and nursing homes was led by the stress-relieving nature of gazing at fishes. These tanks help calm the children as they get fascinated by the attractive fish, and stimulate the appetites of adults with deteriorating brain function as they appreciate its remarkable design. It promotes contact with nature and tranquility within our selves. This fish tank experience is perfect in our homes as well, because these tanks are commonly available in glass and also designed in high-tech plastics with filtration systems which offer a low maintenance fish-keeping.

What matters most in a fish tank is the water to keep the fish pets alive. It depends on the species but it’s not really difficult. You can safely start with 10 gallons of water. You need to think about the water along with the right number of fish and the right set of bacteria for bio-filter. If you don’t, the ammonia that is produced by your fish pets, excreted through their gills will turn the water toxic and cause the fish to die. That would no longer make your fish tank a stress-relieving sight!

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We don’t have to be fish experts in order to maintain the balance in a fish tank and keep fish pets healthy. But you can test if the water is right with some easy kits or at specialty aquarium stores. As for your tank’s design and composition, you can get the greatest inspiration of all from Mother Nature. You can recreate underwater scenes you have encountered first hand, seen on TV, found in a book or researched online. It will look superb with rocks and plants being displayed. Research will give you endless ideas which and how to set up. Your fish tank will more importantly last long with proper water changes, nutrient dosing and other factors. It is a fine project which will reap the rewards of being one with nature, inspired and relieved of daily stresses.

What’s more fascinating about having a fish tank in homes, clinical settings and offices is that you are not only keeping pets and putting them on display for a calming feeling, you are running an ecosystem. You don’t have to be a certified hobbyist to appreciate it, because nature never fails to marvel us and that includes watching fish pets swimming around.

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