Ornamental fish aquarium

Ornamental fish aquarium, as a hobby, attracts tens of millions of people on earth. Some enjoy the excitement of raising animals in a living room's aquarium, others enjoy relaxing on the sofa in front of ornamental fish aquarium at the end of hard work day. The combination of water and ornamental fish adds an interesting and exciting dimension to any room that contains an aquarium.

Fish in general, and ornamental fish particularly, symbolize wealth and abundance in most cultures. The hobby of raising fish began 4,000 years ago. Then, cultures of that period (Egyptians, Samaritans and so on) firstly kept fish in captivity. Obviously in that period fish were not held in aquariums for ornamental purpose, but in ponds for food. Since then the connection between men and fish has been kept. You can also see new theories, such as Feng – Shui, providing great importance to the power of the connection between water and the presence of ornamental fish and environment of human life.

Along with technological development, to which we have witnessed in the recent decades, the hobby of aquariums and raising ornamental fish has developed as well. Simultaneously aquaria products have developed and their quality. In the past we settled for durable fish aquariums which do not require special conditions, such as gold fish. Nowadays it's possible to move towards raising more sensitive fish in more shapes and colors.

Ornamental fish aquarium is wild definition to many different kinds of aquariums. The term 'aquarium' separates from two kinds: salt water and fresh water. In this section of the site we will discuss fresh water aquariums.

 

Aquarium Articles:

	Aquarium Setup The aquarium is a unique system, incorporating a large number of processes. The outcome of this system is the visual form of the aquarium. In case the aquarium works correctly, it will look marvelous. In case of troubles and faults in its operation, all the aquarium inhibitors will be affected.
	Nitrogen Cycle In The Aquarium All living creatures in the aquarium and the pond have an effect on the chemical cleanliness of the water. The more polluting factors we will have, the more we would like to have an efficient biological system which will be able to cleanse the water from pollution.
	Ornamental Fish Acclimatization When we would like to add new ornamental fish to the pond or aquarium, the acclimatization will be preformed gradually in order to prevent any harm being done to the new fish. The key here is not to make any drastic changes. All ornamental fish can adjust to the environment in which they will live in. However, an extreme change in a short timeframe, might harm the fish, and even cause death.
	Garra Rufa The Garra rufa is a particular sort of fish that lives in rivers. It has a special ability of clinging to rocks and cleaning them out by sucking down all the algae. This Garra Rufa spa fish was discovered not long ago as a great manicurist. It was discovered that the Garra Rufa eats the dead skin from people’s legs as well as seaweed and algae from river rocks.