Before you buy fish

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 bigtanks 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 aknow everything about fish you want to own. Focus
castle, or really big house, your home aquarium can beon temperament primarily. If you are beginner, there
as big as those public ones. On the other hand notare some species, you should start with. These
everybody is Bill Gates, or Queen of the Unitedspecies are not demanding, and they don't require
Kingdom. For us, ordinary people, smaller versions aremuch 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'tpeaceful and harmless, sometimes shy. Bear in mind
immediately mean it's small too much; It's relative. Eventhat they should be kept in shoals, what means you
in a small flat or house you can have aquarium withshouldn't keep 1 or 2 of them in one tank, otherwise
capacity of few hundred litres. Basically, you can havethey will not feel happy. Plecos and many catfish
only 10 litres aquarium as well. Bear in mind thatspecies belong to this "not demanding" group. Unlike
introducing any fish into such small tank would befish which do best in shoals, they don't need to be kept
crime. Small sized aquariums are more suitable forwith 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 divisionfavourite 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 peacecolour variants and their big fins look like jewels in the
and harmony. Especially the harmony aspect is verytank. They don't harass other species, but if you put
important. Some fish prefer green food, and we cantwo males into one aquarium, they will kill each other.
say that healthy looking aquarium plants are irresistibleNobody knows why. Once scientist put two males into
for them, but some fish need plants for hiding purposesvery big garden pond, but they found each other and
as well. If such species don't have enough hidingstarted to fight immediately. So how they could survive
places, they feel stressed and they can even die. Onthe evolution? In Thailand where they live in lakes, there
the other hand we know species which don't requireis an alpha male which is the boss and nobody is
plants necessarily, but they love to lay on their leafsfighting when he's in.
and they also appreciate smooth touches how leafsIf 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 relationeat everything small, what is or isn't moving sometimes.
between fish and plants, you should know somethingAnother nice species is the Angelfish. But they grow to
about various fish species compatibility. Let's take abig sizes, so they need a big tank. This category
quick look into the natural food chain; It's not the ruleincludes also Cichlids which come from America,
every time, but almost every time that larger fish eatAfrica, and many species originating in Asia.
smaller ones. Naturally, there exist exceptions whereBut if you don't mind to spend a lot of time and and if
some little aggressive fish can eat the a big one asyou have enough experiences, you can choose a
well. Piranhas, Puffer species, etc., etc. And this is howdemanding fish, like the Discus fish - it needs special
it goes in home aquariums too. An aquarium with manywater conditions, or puffer fish. Fish from this group
peaceful fish is called community aquarium. Anneed special water, special feeding, or they breed
aquarium where you keep aggressive fish and smallunusually. Or they even need large aquarium, like
peaceful fish together can be called a dinner time. AndOscar fish, freshwater Sharks, or Koi carps.
the last type is characterised by many aggressive fishSometimes it is better to keep them in garden ponds
kept in one little tank; This is called "fight to the dead" orand not in the tank in the room.