Handy Tips For Maintaining A Nice, Lively Aquarium
- Thursday, July 2, 2009, 0:51
- Health Care, Pets Care
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Fish as a pet makes a really nice past time. Fishes are seen as stress busters, and they are also observed as lucky mascots in Chinese Feng Shui and Indian Vastu Shastra. Fishes like gold fishes and guppies are said to bring in positive energies inside your house or wherever they are placed.
Well, enough about the benefits of taming fishes, but how to take a good care of them. They look so delicate and sensitive that you feel it is very difficult to take care of them. No hassles! You simply have to keep a few basics in mind to maintain an aquarium with healthy and energetic fishes.
- Buy a healthy fish. Taking home an ill fish can effect other fishes of your aquarium and also chances are grim that an already ill fish would adapt to the environment of your aquarium. So, ensure, they do not have any sort of infection. You can also observe their movements while in the pets shop.
- Do not overfeed your fish. Everyone wants plump fishes but feeding them too much of food would never help. It can pollute your aquarium unnecessarily. You might find that your fish is eating as much as you are giving it. But this can result in its death also.
Fishes have tendency to eat more than required but they are not able to digest it. This applies more particularly in case of gold fishes and guppies. Thus, maintain a good balance and decide appropriate frequency of giving food. Three to four times a day is usually sufficient.
- If your fish is not keeping good health, quarantine it. Take it out and keep it in a separate vessel. It is not that you are not treating your fish well, but the fact that you are saving other fishes from any possible infections. On the other hand, you can arrange for the treatment of your ill fish in a separate jar more efficiently.
You can find a number of disinfectants and other liquids helpful in curing infectious diseases in fishes. Also, your fish would avoid eating when ill, take it normally.
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