Aquarium Care

Nature aquarium started as an upgrade from an ordinary aquarium making hobby to an art. It is where an aquarium that was originally intended for fancy fish was aquascaped with real live underwater plants. In ordinary aquarium, the emphasis of the hobby is the fish, while the emphasis of nature aquarium is the habitat and aquascape of the aquarium.

This art was popularized by a renowned Japanese photographer Takashi Amano. His specialty is naturistic photography which gave birth to his new art, nature aquarium. It’s like giving real life to all his photos and putting it inside the glass. His photography brought him to different parts of the world, and his nature aquarium became popular worldwide.

The aquarium that we are talking about is not an ordinary aquarium. Its main idea is about creating a miniature ecosystem inside the glass under a controlled environment, where fishes, bacteria, invertebrates, aquatic plants, and all other aquatic living organisms can live together as if they are living in the open wild.

There are several kinds of aquatic plants that you can plant inside the aquarium depending on your preferences and artistic imagination. “HC” or otherwise known as Hemianthus callitricodes can be a perfect choice for carpeting while Ludwigia Arcuata is a perfect choice for giving a purple color background for your aquarium. Dwarf Hairgrass is a good choice for creating a mountain like view. Again, it is all up to your own artistic imagination.

For the fishes, please note that since it is a miniature ecosystem, it is not really advisable to have huge fishes like Arowana or Oscar. It’s not what we are trying to achieve here. It is best to have small fishes such as Guppy and Tetra. If you can have some other colorful small fish, the better. But please, no Gold Fishes alright?

Also try to consider some invertebrates such as small shrimps and snails. They eat algae and some other harmful bacteria inside the nature aquarium. They can help maintain the balance of the ecosystem inside the tank.

Algae can also destroy the beauty of your aquarium that is why it needs to be controlled. But don’t bother yourself to totally eliminate it. Else, you will have an imbalance ecosystem, and you won’t have some food for your invertebrates. Just note that the goal here is to have a well balance ecosystem.

An alternative to invertebrates is a fish called “Siamese algae eater”. It is one of the best fish algae eater out there. But it is recommended to only have 1 Siamese for every 20 gallon tank.

Lastly, you also need to take care of the CO2 and oxygen, lighting, filtration, and substrate systems of your aquarium. These things are essentially important in growing the plants inside the aquarium. A mediocre quality of these tools won’t do any good to your plants.

Takashi’s hobby has become a business later on when he founded the Aqua Design Amano. He started this company that design high quality equipments for nature aquariums. Though they are quite expensive, the quality of these equipments are just so amazing and perfectly fit for your desired aquarium. It definitely one of the highest quality brand out there specifically designed for nature aquariums.

Bince is a nature lover. To learn more about nature aquarium, you can visit our site www.natureaquariums.org.

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If you are planning to buy food for your fishes, you may have to study a little to find the right type for your pet fishes. There are several different types of fish food made in spectacular range and they can be categorized into three types namely dry, frozen, and freeze dried.

(A) Dry Foods
Dry food can be purchased in different mix and active ingredients and is available in numerous forms such as flake, pellets & sticks and wafers. Flake foods are manufactured by rolling the ingredient mixture into a thin sheet and drying it to form a thin sheet. It is subsequently broken into little bits or flakes which can be fed to fish. These flakes are made from active ingredients such as eggs, brine shrimp or earthworms and are fortified with vitamins and minerals. Flakes are made to float, sink slowly, and quickly and therefore provide the fishes to have the same chance to get their meal. Flake foods are very sought after with aquarists and are appropriate for small fishes that are less than 4 inches (10 cm) so that it is able to sustain properly and deliver a good vitamin rich meal for them. Fish food can also be made into pallets and sticks. Pallets are available in a range of sizes from tiny bits to hearty lumps. Tiny bits are small adequate for the newly hatched fry and the hearty lumps are ideal treats for the biggest specimens. Wafers are produced from ingredients that are cast into disks which will submerge to the bottom when dropped into the tank. They are best the food for herbivorous catfish, which feed primarily on the bottom.

(B) Frozen Foods
These are generally food organisms frozen to preserve the nutrients and are a good replacement for live foods. Some examples of frozen food are frozen brine shrimp, water fleas and bloodworms. There are many assortments of frozen foods available in the market today which include combining the food organisms and different blends of all sorts of fish foods. They are well accepted by aquarium fishes and are nutritious treats for your pets.

(C) Freeze Dried Foods They are light, dry and crumply food organisms that are manufactured using low pressure and low temperature and preserving the original nutrition and palatability. Since the flavour and odour is preserved, this type of food is very captivating to the fishes and the feeding response for these foods elicit is noteworthy.

(D)Others
There are other types of fish food such as “homemade” and live foods. Homemade are made by putting different ingredients in a blender with a binding agent like gelatine and freezing the resultant paste or gelled food. Live foods such as white worms, baby brine shrimp, daphnia and microworms can be obtained from a few dedicated aquarium stores and they have huge appeal to most fishes but they are generally not commercially available in the market nowadays.

Learn more about food for fishes. Stop by Jerry Takashi’s site where you can find out all about cheap aquariums and what it can do for you.

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If anyone tells you that he or she does not like visiting huge aquariums, they are definitely lying. It is a well-known fact that the children are by far not the only ones who are entertained by the small, many-colored fishes swimming in aquariums. Anyway, such fishes could be seen everywhere, in all of the aquariums. But how about seeing an enormous shark opening its mouth in front of you and all that stops the direct contact is a think piece of glass. It is definitely a few that could be seen only in the biggest and most renowned aquariums.

It is unfortunate that there is so limited number of aquariums offering such attractions. However, one of them is Montery aquarium, located in California. It is also considered to be amongst the top 5 aquariums on the planet.

You may not believe it but when you get into this aquarium, the age will not matter. It is really insignificant if you are 10 or 100 years old you will still have a lot of fun and will never want to leave this magical place. The reason is that a person never gets tired of watching how beautiful creatures like small fishes and dolphins swim.

The great thing is that Montery aquarium in California showed the world that an aquarium is not only a place where people could go to see swimming fishes. It could be something much more- it could be a place where a family could spend the entire day, having fun and only nice emotions.

And you will really not believe how many special offers and attractions the Montery aquarium is ready to offer. You will feel like you can live there until the rest of your life, honestly. But let’s count some of the attractions so that you realize that there are no exaggerations. Probably, we shall start with the tours behind the scenes. They are really entertaining and appropriate for everyone who is above 6 years, even adults. But if your child is even more adventurous, you can choose the underwater exploration. Exploring under the water is definitely a thing which many kinds would like to do- that’s why this service is available only for children between 8 and 13 years.

Anyway, if you are looking for something really unforgettable, then there is no doubt that Seashore Sleepover is what you need. The best thing is that this attraction is offered even for families. Can you imagine you and your family spending a night with all these amazing and beautiful creatures? It is really fantastic!

But the best thing which certainly needs to be mentioned is the fact that Montery aquarium also plays the role of a green organization, bringing us the motto- save the animals. It is really good because thanks to this aquarium, many people/visitors realize that we are responsible for the future of our planet.

And right now, you are probably asking yourself the question how much a ticket for the aquarium costs. Maybe, you are expecting extremely high prices, aren’t you? Well, you will be surprised to learn that an adult ticket costs only $30.00 and a child ticket costs just $18.00. And there are also discounts for students and seniors, which is one more fact to the endless succession of positives that could be mentioned about this aquarium.

Jellyfish are cool and interesting marine life! Check out JellyfishFacts.Net and learn more about Jellyfish. You can even learn how to setup your own jellyfish aquarium!

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