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Freshwater Aquarium Algae – Causes and Solutions

Introduction
Even the most wonderful looking aquarium can be ruined by algae running out of control, gumming up everywhere and making visibility that bad you can’t see your lovely fish. Algae comes in several different varieties, tufted hair & brush algae, green algae, black-red algae, blue-green and green surface algae.

Green Algae

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Causes
Freshwater aquarium algae can [...]

Top 10 Issues Solved in Setting Up a Tropical Freshwater Aquarium

Follow these 10 pieces of advice and you should be able to set up your tropical freshwater aquarium without any major set backs.
1. The Tank?

aquarium

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Whether you have an acrylic or glass tank it must be sterilized before you can start putting anything in it. And you must have a hood/cover/canopy to reduce water [...]

Fish With Dropsy Seen With Petals

Flickr has a neat tool based on the words you put in (or the link to an image), whereby it will transform the colors from the image/images found and re-present them as a floral display of petals.
Here is what you get after entering this image for this fish with dropsy;

dropsy

And now as a floral display [...]

Congo Tetra Seen With Petals

Flickr has a neat tool based on the words you put in (or the link to an image), whereby it will transform the colors from the image/images found and re-present them as a floral display of petals.
Here is what you get after entering this image for the Congo Tetra;

Congo tetra

Congo Tetra as a floral display [...]

Diamond Tetra Fish Seen With Feathers

Flickr has a neat tool based on the words you put in, whereby it will transform the colors from images found and re-present them as a bunch of feathers or plumage.
Here is a photo of the Diamond Tetra

Diamond tetra

Here is what you get after entering the words for the Diamond Tetra (diamond,tetra) into the flickr [...]

Splashing Tetra Seen With Petals

Flickr has a neat tool based on the words you put in, whereby it will transform the colors from images found and re-present them as a bunch of feathers or plumage.
Here is what you get after entering the image for the Splashing Tetra;

Splashing tetra

Splashing Tetra as a floral display …
You can certainly see that all [...]

Silver Hatchet Fish Seen With Feathers

Flickr has a neat tool based on the words you put in, whereby it will transform the colors from images found and re-present them as a bunch of feathers or plumage.
Here is what you get after entering the words for the Silver Hatchet fish (silver, hatchet, fish);
You can certainly see that all the colors and [...]

Orange Chromide Fish Seen With Feathers

Flickr has a neat tool based on the words you put in, whereby it will transform the colors from images found and re-present them as a bunch of feathers or plumage.
Here is what you get after entering the words for the Orange Chromide fish (orange, chromide);
You can certainly see that all the colors and shades [...]

3 More Freshwater Fish Tank Fish Described

Why not consider adding these three freshwater fish tank fish selections to your community. The Pinktailed Charachin, the Silver Hatchet and the Splashing tetra are described in this article and information supplied on their feeding habits, behavior, features, tank requirements and breeding information.

Freshwater Aquarium Grass You Need To Use

There are several popular plants that will give you the different types of freshwater aquarium grass that you want to put in your tank and they are not expensive to purchase. This article describes those available.

Three Freshwater Fish For Community Tank

Why not consider adding these three freshwater fish tank selections to your community. The Lyretail, the Molly and the Pearl Gourami are described in this article and information supplied on their behavior, feeding habits, water and tank requirements, physical features and breeding information.

3 Freshwater Fish In Your Tank You Can Admire

Three freshwater fish for your community tank are described here, the Guppy, the Harlequin and the Hunchbacked Limia.Discover their behavioral patterns, colors and any unusual physical features, temperature and water requirements, feeding likes and dislikes and optimal breeding conditions.

Setting Up Your Tropical Fish Tank – Steps 6 To 10

Setting up a tropical fish tank can be successfully achieved if you follow a multi-stage process. It can be broken down into ten steps, with steps 6 to 10 explained in detail here; water quality, aquarium plants,fitting out your aquarium, selecting healthy fish and adding fish to the tank.

How To Recognize And Counteract Ailments And Disease In Your Aquarium – A to F

Most diseases in the aquarium are due to poor environmental conditions and can be successfully treated. Here we identify some major ailments and proposed treatments for anchor worm, constipation, fin rot and dropsy.