5 Loaves and 2 fish, novice guide to tropical fish

Advantages: Good fun, fish nice to look at, lots more fish to look at
Disadvantages: Gets expensive depending on how many fish you have

...INTRO I decided to offer my knowledge so far on tropical fish keeping and in particular on keeping Platy fish. Now my wife and I started keeping tropical fish about 18 months ago, really an effort to spice up the lounge with a tank that was the same colour as the TV?.. NOVICE FISH KEEPING So we went out as a good fish novice does and purchased a nice little silver tank and stand for a small and reasonable £79 for the entire kit. Again as good novices we purchased as many fish of different types as we could get in to a small tank. Well a week went by, and we learnt our first lesson. When you buy a new tank you need to give it about a week, depending on the size for the water to settle and stabilise. Knowing everything we didn't bother and as a result our group of 4 zebra tetra fish decided to have a suicide pact and we were...

skrg28 30.03.2007 · Read review
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Tropical Fish care

Advantages: different varities of fish.
Disadvantages: can be quite expensive to maintain.

...Before you do anything, you must first decide were you are going to put your tank, there are a number of factors when doing this which can all effect your tank. 1) You must place your tank away from any direct sunlight and heat sources. This is because the sunlight can produce algae inside of the tank and you will be forever cleaning it. Fish like the temperature of the water to be between 24-27degrees, if you place your tank next to a heat source your are likely to effect the temperature of the water and possible kill your fish. 2) You must place your tank in a quiet area somewhere that isn't going to be busy with people passing by all day. Once you have found your ideal place to put your tank, then it is time to select what kind of tank you would like. There are hundreds of designs of tanks and these range from Small...

ray.southern 11.05.2004 · Read review
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Caring for your fish

Advantages: Happy happy fish
Disadvantages: If you don't follow this, you'll have sad dead fish!

...I am passing on my expertise and knowledge to those members of ciao who keep tropical fish and may need some information on how to look after them. Feeding ********* If you don't feed them then they will not last for very long! It is very important that you get the feeding right as if you overfeed the tank will get polluted very quickly with the excess food rotting in your tank causing the water quality to go down. I find that the best method to use is to add one pinch of food at a time. The general rule is to feed them as much as they can eat in 2 minutes. I feed my fish every other day and I only feed them in the morning. I have known people, when they have had their first tank to over feed their fish as they say that their fish are hungry. This is often the problem as fish will continue to feed off the surface when ever food...

redballoon 26.04.2004 · Read review
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Aquarian tropical fish food

Advantages: Good quality fish food
Disadvantages: expensive

...Tropical Fish Flake Food by Aquarian is a complete balanced diet, specially formulated for tropical fish. Made with natural ingredients; Tropical Fish Flake Food by Aquarian will help to keep your fish healthy and active, bring out their natural colours and helps keep your aquarium water clean. Pets at home RRP: £5.89 Aquarium tropical fish food is overall a very good tropical fish food. i use this myself and haven't ad any problems. it is really good if you have pregnant fish because it is high in protein and vitamins However i also found it brings out a good colour in your fish, at the same time making them healthy. i also know that pets at home use this themselves. i would recommend this to anyone you have got to try it....

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Totally Tropical

Advantages: Educational, unusal, great value for money
Disadvantages: Not great for younger kids

...Tropical World is situated at the Roundhay Village end of Leeds Roundhay Park. It is an intriguing combination of winter gardens and zoo with a series of expertly created landscapes such as Amazonian rainforest, Australasian desert and swamps for the visitor to explore. Curiously - sine the theme is short-lived, you embark on your trip via the "HMS Tropical World" - not a ship at all just a concept - and the first stop is a tropical beach scene; rather disappointingly there is not much to see here, just a mock up of a tropical beach. It's at this point that everyone takes off their hats and coats in preparation for the heat and humidity that lies ahead. Each ecosystem is home to the birds, fish, insects, plants and trees that would live there; obviously there are some limitations - this is not a zoo and it is all indoors so there...

fizzytom 27.03.2007 · Read review
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A Beginners Guide To Nemo's Freshwater Friends

Advantages: Rewarding To Watch | Talking Point
Disadvantages: Expensive And Time Consuming To Set Up Properly

.... Then wait another quarter of an hour before finally releasing the fish into the aquarium. ---Caring For Your Fish--- Once your fish are settled in their new home it's time to start caring for them. They are very undemanding pets, and only ask for a clean, warm home with just the right amount of food. The heater in my tank is controlled by a thermostat, which means I don't have to worry about turning it on and off, but just to make sure it's not too hot or cold I have a temperature strip attached to the side of the tank (you can buy these in most pet/aquatic shops). We only have the light on during the day, and the clever little fish have learnt that when the light goes on it's time for their first feed. I feed my fish tropical fish food that can be bought in lots of places (including Wilkinsons) very cheaply and feed them twice...

sandemp 05.06.2005 · Read review
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Keeping my favourite friends.

Advantages: looks beautiful
Disadvantages: surprisingly hard work

...I went to the shop to replace them I saw a display of Guppies and fell in love with the little bright fish. Asking the sales man about the extra things I would require to keep them led me to the purchase of a 50watt heater and budget air pump, along with the fish. But as I didnt know what I was doing I managed to kill these fish fairly quickly. So after a chance discovery of another aquarium shop (Cascades near Ripon), I bought a few more fish but once again they died fairly quickly - in a matter of weeks. But in this time I had also purchased a second hand Jewel 80ltr with the accessories for it to be a tropical set up, I paid just £60 for what if I'd purchased it in a shop would have been nearer £200 worth of kit (tank with hood and light, two filters one which is the Jewel one that came with the tank and an IPF Duo with aeration...

scuba_angel 05.04.2007 · Read review
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  Roll up, relax and enjoy.

Advantages: Better to watch than the repeats on T.V
Disadvantages: Expensive, especially when they get ill.

...I have been a keen tropical fish keeper for around four years now. I started off with a tiny one foot long tank that had two goldfish, a chinese sucking loach and a tiny little plecoctomus. I now have three tanks in total and would have more if I was aloud. ***How to set up a freshwater tropical fish tank*** Firstly you must determine the size of tank you require. This really depends on how many fish you intend to keep and what species they are. If you only want a few small fish then a little 12x12x12 tank would be ideal. But if say you want to house a Oscar a much larger tank will be required. Ask at your local fish stockist for more information on this. I would suggest you get a big tank, because like the saying goes the bigger the better. Secondly you will need a heater, these are available from most fish stockist for around £15...

Kingkarliii 27.04.2006 · Read review
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Flowerhorn

Advantages: Entertaining and rather challenging.
Disadvantages: Spending much money for their foods.

...FLOWERHORN While you are reading this opinion, I would like to suggest you to open the following link: http://www.ciao.co.uk/memberviewextended.php/MemberId/5078938 in order to see some illustrations relating to this opinion. Well, now I am going to tell you something about flowerhorn fish. It is also called hua lou han in Mandarin language. If you have seen the illustration of a flowerhorn fish, what is your first impression on the fish? Most people must say, ?What an exotic fish!? Yes, the big hump on a male?s forehead makes it attractive! That is why, I see most people must fall in love with a grown-up flowerhorn fish. Hmm? instead of the hump, the existence of some black-markings on its body, which resemble Chinese characters, is also an interesting issue. Some lottery-punters sometimes try to get some clues from...

djohan 07.06.2003 · Read review
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Taste of Tropical

Advantages: taste, price, texture
Disadvantages: /

...of the latest editions I tried is the Muller Healthy Balance Corner: Tropical and Granola. The Healthy Balance Corners have been available for a while, but only recently have they introduced the 'and Granola' range. Before trying the tropical one, I had sampled the strawberry option, which I adored. There is also a raspberry one but I am struggling to find it. With such a great success from the strawberry and granola corner though, I was looking forward to this one incredibly. These Healthy Balance options come in a pack of two, unlike the other Corners which are sold either separately or in a multi pack of six. The yoghurt, this time like the rest of the Corners, comes in a white split pot, albeit slightly smaller than usual. The cardboard sleeve around it is a bright red colour, with 'Healthy Balance' written in large white block lettering...

Amy69 14.10.2009 · Read review
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