| I am writing this article to tell you something about | | | | "fight until the end". Generally, I recommend community |
| aquariums in general. However, not about those big | | | | tanks instead of second and third case. |
| aquariums which can be found in Zoo's or museums, | | | | Previous paragraph shows you that it's important to |
| but about home fish tanks. Of course, if you have a | | | | know everything about fish you want to own. Focus |
| castle, or really big house, your home aquarium can be | | | | on temperament primarily. If you are beginner, there |
| as big as those public ones. On the other hand not | | | | are some species, you should start with. These |
| everybody is Bill Gates, or Queen of the United | | | | species are not demanding, and they don't require |
| Kingdom. For us, ordinary people, smaller versions are | | | | much care. I am talking about Guppies, Platies, Mollies, |
| produced. | | | | Swordtails, Neon tetras, etc. These species are very |
| But from another point of view, small doesn't | | | | peaceful and harmless, sometimes shy. Bear in mind |
| immediately mean it's small too much; It's relative. Even | | | | that they should be kept in shoals, what means you |
| in a small flat or house you can have aquarium with | | | | shouldn't keep 1 or 2 of them in one tank, otherwise |
| capacity of few hundred litres. Basically, you can have | | | | they will not feel happy. Plecos and many catfish |
| only 10 litres aquarium as well. Bear in mind that | | | | species belong to this "not demanding" group. Unlike |
| introducing any fish into such small tank would be | | | | fish which do best in shoals, they don't need to be kept |
| crime. Small sized aquariums are more suitable for | | | | with too many specimens of their family or genus. |
| plants only. | | | | Plecos require driftwood which becomes their most |
| Previous idea leads me to the first point: tanks division | | | | favourite place as time goes by. They suck it all day |
| based upon living beings. You can have, as I just wrote, | | | | long. Another good fish for beginners is betta fish. |
| a plant of a fish tank. And you can have an aquarium, | | | | Especially males are beautiful. They exist in many |
| which contains fish and plants living together in peace | | | | colour variants and their big fins look like jewels in the |
| and harmony. Especially the harmony aspect is very | | | | tank. They don't harass other species, but if you put |
| important. Some fish prefer green food, and we can | | | | two males into one aquarium, they will kill each other. |
| say that healthy looking aquarium plants are irresistible | | | | Nobody knows why. Once scientist put two males into |
| for them, but some fish need plants for hiding purposes | | | | very big garden pond, but they found each other and |
| as well. If such species don't have enough hiding | | | | started to fight immediately. So how they could survive |
| places, they feel stressed and they can even die. On | | | | the evolution? In Thailand where they live in lakes, there |
| the other hand we know species which don't require | | | | is an alpha male which is the boss and nobody is |
| plants necessarily, but they love to lay on their leafs | | | | fighting when he's in. |
| and they also appreciate smooth touches how leafs | | | | If you aren't a beginner any more, you can try for |
| slide through their bodies when swimming around. | | | | example Gouramies - bit aggressive, territorial and they |
| Now, when you know that there is a direct relation | | | | eat everything small, what is or isn't moving sometimes. |
| between fish and plants, you should know something | | | | Another nice species is the Angelfish. But they grow to |
| about various fish species compatibility. Let's take a | | | | big sizes, so they need a big tank. This category |
| quick look into the natural food chain; It's not the rule | | | | includes also Cichlids which come from America, |
| every time, but almost every time that larger fish eat | | | | Africa, and many species originating in Asia. |
| smaller ones. Naturally, there exist exceptions where | | | | But if you don't mind to spend a lot of time and and if |
| some little aggressive fish can eat the a big one as | | | | you have enough experiences, you can choose a |
| well. Piranhas, Puffer species, etc., etc. And this is how | | | | demanding fish, like the Discus fish - it needs special |
| it goes in home aquariums too. An aquarium with many | | | | water conditions, or puffer fish. Fish from this group |
| peaceful fish is called community aquarium. An | | | | need special water, special feeding, or they breed |
| aquarium where you keep aggressive fish and small | | | | unusually. Or they even need large aquarium, like |
| peaceful fish together can be called a dinner time. And | | | | Oscar fish, freshwater Sharks, or Koi carps. |
| the last type is characterised by many aggressive fish | | | | Sometimes it is better to keep them in garden ponds |
| kept in one little tank; This is called "fight to the dead" or | | | | and not in the tank in the room. |