I find breeding fish one of the most fun and rewarding parts of having an aquarium. And at some point I wanted to find the fish that breeds the fastest. Low and behold, this is what I found. What freshwater aquarium fish breeds the fastest? The guppy, or other livebearers reproduce the quickest. Guppies can …
There are so many interesting fish out there, but not all of them can live together. I wondered whether my guppies and goldfish could live together in the same aquarium. Here is what I found out. It is best to not keep guppies and goldfish in the same aquarium. They prefer different temperatures. Goldfish will …
When the peace in my freshwater aquarium was brutally disturbed by my German blue rams chasing each other I did not know what to do. Why were they fighting? Are they going to kill each other? I quickly wanted to learn all the ins and outs, and this is what I found. Why are aquarium …
One of the coolest things of keeping an aquarium is seeing fish behave like they do in real life. This is best visible with schooling fish. When you are a beginner, I can image that you find it hard to figure out what schooling fish you want to add to your aquarium. At least that …
Over the past years I have been helping a lot of people start their new aquarium, because this hobby is just so awesome. Keeping fish as pets is really enjoyable, but I understand it is hard for you to know how to get into it. So today I want to help you by walking you …
When my aquarium water suddenly turned green, up to the point where I could hardly see the fish swimming in the aquarium anymore, I was dumbfound. I had no clue how this came to be, and I wondered if my fish were in danger. I quickly did some research, and this is what I found. …
I can see fish poop gathering on the bottom of my tank rather quickly. Right now I use a gravel vacuum to remove it, but I was curious if there would be a fish that could eat the poop for me. There is no fish that will eat poop in an aquarium. Occasionally fish are …
When I was a kid I used to go out fishing with my grandfather a lot. It was awesome! We mostly used bread for lure, and I started to wonder whether I could feed bread to my freshwater aquarium fish. I did some research and this is what I found. Can you feed regular bread …
When I installed my heater it came with a protector, and I wondered if the protector was there to protect the fish or to protect the heater. This sparked my interest and I quickly went online to research. This is what I found. Is it possible that an aquarium heater can burn a fish? Although …
This is probably the first thing that came to my mind when I got home with my first aquarium. And it also is the number one mistake that most beginner aquarium keepers make. When is your brand new aquarium ready to add fish? Your aquarium is ready after it has fully “cycled”, which takes about …