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Aqua Hobby

Make your home a better place for you and your pets

Starting Up


This is an adult Readheaded Cichlid 
(Cichlasoma Synspilum)

     Setting up fish tanks & maintaining them are said to be the best of hobbies. Now-a-days having a fish tank has become almost a fashion. Some think of fishes to bring them luck, prosperity and good health which they call Feng-Shui in accordance with chinese tradition. Whatever it may be having an aquarium would make people happy and is considered as a mind relaxing and a stress releasing tool. But what many hobbyists fail to do is, they forget to keep their fish happy in turn. Many abuse the real nature of the fish in several ways. One of the most common abuse is dumping a big fish or a large number of fishes in a small tank. This practice is mostly done in Asian countries. The reason is either hobbyists are misled  or they get tempted to go for whatever fish that arrives in a pet store.

     You can find this site helpful either you are a beginner or you already have a tank but have queries about maintaining it or if you have any specific interests like Cichlids.

Profiles

Spirit of the Hobby Freshwater Profile
Selecting your tank Marine Profile
Selecting your fish Brackish Profile
Decoration & Setting Cichlid Profile
Heat, Light & Algae
Discussion Boards
Maintenance Cichlid Forum
Aeration MyFishTank.net
Filter & Nitrogen Cycle Aquaria Central
Water Chemistry
Periodic Tasks Research Pages
Cichlid Research Homepage
General Info Cichlid Egg-Project
Feeding
Profile Gallery
Hybrids Tank
Oscar
Articles Arowana
Cichlids Discus
Characins (Tetras) Angel
Bony tongues Sharks
Popular Fish Info Species Link
Oscar Oscar
Angel Convict
Discus Discus
Arowana Arowana
Angel
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