Fish Aquarium Tank

This kit is a great starting point for nearly anyone The Fish N Flush Toilet Tank Kit comes with only the highest quality components Each part is carefully selected for it s performance reputation and ability to enhance the Fish N Flush Toilet Tank Aquarium Kit that it accompanies This kit is a great starting point for nearly any aquarist All Fish N Flush Toilet Tank Aquariums are low voltage and safe to assemble and enjoy The tank is constructed of PCTG High Grade Plastic and it is adaptable to any 2-Bolt bowl configuration using a 2″ flush valve system only Just add gravel water amp fish Product Includes 2 Piece Tank Toilet Seat Not Available Yet Dual Filter System with Pump 2 5 Gallon Tank 2-Nine inch Artificial Plants Basic Aquarium Guide Flushing System Flush Valve Fill Valve Smaller fish are obviously recommended Product Specifications Length 19-1/2 in Width 8-1/2 in Height 13-3/4 in Important Notes TANK ONLY - does not include bowl or seat Fits two bolt tank to bowl configurations with a 2 inch flush valve and a bottom mounted fill valve inlet The Toilet Seat shown will be available in February Additional Information Click to View Product Set Up Information and Maintenance Care Additional Images

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WHY AN OPEN BOTTOM TANK ?

Submersible biological filter in lower tank helps to maintain clear water. Water change and massive cleaning is minimized. Cleaning is also make simple. Partial change of water and removing of dirt particle, if require, is carried out in the lower tank that include feeding. All rocks and plants in top tank are placed 12cm above bottom tank to allow easy access should siphoning of dirt is needed. Rocks need not have to be removed while cleaning is in progress.
Water current in top tank is activated by air pump.
Fish able to move from bottom tank to top tank without restriction. Mini waterfall in lower tank is to provide extra oxygenation of the water.
The open bottom design allows replacement of plants and decoration as often as you like.

BUYING NEW FISH
Fish aren’t exactly the expensive sort. They don’t wag their tails or purr, so it’s really hard to tell if and when they are happy or sad. But they do have feelings and can feel stressed, just like us. They also have likes and dislikes, and character traits of their own. And surely, they would wish to “live happily ever after” too!
So never buy a fish just because it strikes your fancy while you are out “window shopping” at the aquarium outlets. If you intend to acquire new fish for your aquarium, do a little of homework before you go shopping, so you can provide a suitable home for your new pet for all of its life.
Here are some questions you should ask when buying new fish:

HOW BIG WILL IT GROW?
Think long-term. Find out the approximate size the fish can be expected to eventually reach. Make sure you have a large enough tank for your fish to live comfortably in. Since a tank can support about one inch of fish per gallon, you wouln’t want to keep a fish that might grow six inches long if you have a tiny tank! Lack of space could stunt it’s growth and shorten its life unnecessarily.

WILL IT GET ALONG WTH THE OTHERS IN MY AQUARIUM?
Some fish are territorial and will not tolerate the presence of any other types of fish, and are best kept completely on their own.

IS MY AQUARIUM SETUP SUITABLE FOR IT?
Depending on the characteristics and habits of the fish you are eyeing, these are some of the things you have to consider:
If it’s timid or reclusive fish, are there enough nooks and crannies for it to hide in? If it’s a big fish, is there enough open space for it to swim in? Is the fish a voracious herbivore that will eat up your carefully planted aquascape?
The condition of water is important as well: Is the temperature range of the water acceptable to the fish? How effective is the filtration system? Is there any risk of upsetting the equilibrium of the aquarium if you add more fish to it?

WHAT DOES IT EAT?
Most aquarium fish eat flakes, but some like to have treats like freeze-dried worms, bugs, plants and even small animals in their diet. Find out what type of food your new fish likes to eat, so you can take home its favorites foods at the same time.
Don’t treat fish as “disposable pets” and let your ignorance cause them to die a premature or painful death.

FILTERING SYSTEM
With a proper system, you can spend more time enjoying your set up and less time worrying about maintenance.
But the greatest reward is that once your aquarium is up and running, you’ll be able to sit back without worrying about maintenance and enjoy the fascinating underwater world you’ve created, whenever you please.

It’s worthwhile to have a good filtration system, as maintaining a stable biological system is critical to your fishes’ good health
Set up your aquarium, wait for one to two weeks to cycle before you purchase any fish. It is important for the cycling process to be established before you add any fish to the aquarium.

Clean your aquarium every three weeks with partial change of water IF your tank is over crowded. Remove 25% of the water and top up with same amount. New developments in the aquarium industry have made it even easier than before to maintain an aquarium.

Note: Water level will stay with or without power supply.
Only partial change of water is required.
Any good suggestions to further improve my tank pls email: hsk_7@Hotmail.com or call hp: 98584206 Ho (Singapore)
Thank you.

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160×80x65cm (LxTxH) 832 L
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Tropical fish are like other species in many respects, and that
includes the fact that they have diseases or disorders that may
resemble those of other animals, but are specific to the fish
themselves. One good example is tumors. Just as humans, cats or
dogs may get cancer or other types of tumors, so can tropical
fish.

The main difference is that treatment in fish is nearly
impossible, depending on the type and location of the mass. Not
only are they difficult to handle where a human can have clear
visual access to them, but such things as surgery are basically
out of the question. Tumors generally show themselves as a lump
under or on the skin of fish.

These are a distinct bump or lump, as opposed to the white fluff
of skin diseases. For the most part, tumors are benign, although
it’s possible for one to grow so large that the fish’s quality
of life declines and you may have to euthanize them. One type of
tumor that does have some success with treatment, is the kind
that forms under the skin of the gill, causing it to remain
open. The cause of this is usually a thyroid malfunction.

Remove the fish to a hospital tank, and add 1 milligram of
potassium iodine for every gallon of water. Improvement can be
slow, and the full course of treatment can take up to four
weeks. Internal tumors can be quite advanced before the fish
shows any signs, such as a swelling of the abdomen. These cases
are invariably fatal, with the rapid growth causing the fish to
lose its ability to swim or eat, at which time you should
consider euthanasia.

Goldfish can make great pets and the proper goldfish care can ensure that your fish lives for a long time, in fact, the oldest living goldfish on record lived for 43 years!

One of the most important things you can do for your goldfish is to choose the right tank. Goldfish need well oxygenated water so you’ll want to pick a tank that has a lot of surface area - or area where the water meets the air. It’s in your fish’s best interest to choose a tank that is shorter and longer as opposed to one that is taller and thinner. I know a lot of people keep their goldfish in a bowl, but this isn’t really a very good environment for a fish and it certainly won’t allow for you to expand and add other fish to your collection.

Another be sick part of goldfish care is to make sure that the water is always clean. Goldfish, in general are actually pretty messy fish and they can pollute their own water pretty quickly. You also need to be careful not to feed them too much as the excess food will float to the bottom and start to decay. Plus they will eat too much and then poop more and their waste in the water will also start to decay. Both of these will add up to bad water quality leaving your goldfish stressed out and at risk for disease.

Doing partial water changes, about 25% of the total water changed out once a month, is a must to keep your goldfish happy and healthy.

Just like you, your goldfish can get sick and part of caring for him is to keep an eye on them to make sure he doesn’t show any of the signs of disease. You want to look for little white spots that almost look like salt which is a disease called Ichtyopthirius and needs to be treated right away. Also, observe your fish every day and make sure that he doesn’t exhibit any unusual behavior that can indicate that he is sick. Make sure you keep the tank at a constant temperature and that the PH level remains within the preferred range.

Goldfish care is not that hard and merely requires that you provide him with an appropriate environment in which to live. Feeding him a varied diet consisting of flake foods, brine shrimp and blood worms will help keep them healthy. Make sure you have a good heater and filtration system on your aquarium and your goldfish should be happy and healthy for quite some time.

This is a video of my 38gal tank. Its been set up for maybe a month now. From what you see on this i would like welcome your comments or suggestion. What seems to be my biggest problem is the cloudy water. Its not as crystal clear as i would like it.

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A tank full of fish, what can I say?

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The hobby of aquarium keeping and tropic fish as pets is fairly
recent in the Western World, and took a while to catch on. The
keeping of fish in small indoor tanks was only seriously
considered in the middle of the last century, when both in
Britain and the rest of Europe a considerable interest in the
subject developed…

At the beginning of the 1900’s aquarists around the world began
to keep tropical fishes, and it was the “trend” of so doing that
started a new wave of popular fish culture (keeping fish as
pets)…

The older aquarists were obsessed with copying nature in their
tanks–or rather with the attempt to try and copy
nature–whereas the keepers of warm-water fishes had to
experiment and create suitable environments for them…

Often they started only with the knowledge that the fish must be
kept warm, and this in itself raised problems, including the
death of favorite weeds and water snails at higher
temperatures…

So the aquarium gradually came to be regarded as most of us see
it today, as a beautiful display, not a mirror held up to
nature…

However, until the keeping of tropical fish, it seems that
aquarists in general thought that the proper aim of an aquarium
keeper was to reproduce a segment of nature…

They now realize that their task is the maintenance of a highly
artificial and restricted community of animals and plants, with
a balance that can easily topple with disastrous results to at
least some of the members. At the same time, aquariums can
generally be easily maintained as long as a few fundamental
facts are recognized and applied with commonsense to the
problems that arise…

So lets talk now about some of the characteristics of aquariums
and tropical fish…

The old fashioned fish bowl has almost completely replaced for
serious fish-keeping by the rectangular glass tank, either made
wholly of glass or with a metal frame and glass sides and a
bottom of glass, slate, or other rigid material…

Except when used for spawning, for exhibition purposes, or as a
hospital tank for the treatment of disease, the tank contains
growing, rooted plants; these are set in a sand or gravel layer
1 or 2 inches thick. There may be decorative rocks, but the
chief decoration is usually the plants themselves, which
contribute more to the attractive appearance of a well set-up
tank than do the fishes…

Rectangular tanks are usually between 5 and 25 gallons in
capacity; a 15-gallon tank measures 24 X 12 X 12 inches and is a
favorite size. Smaller tanks than these cannot house many fish
or allow proper development of the plants…

Larger tanks are very attractive and give scope for beautiful
planting arrangements and for fine growth of the fishes, but
they are expensive and not likely to become generally popular.
Most fish lovers therefore prefer a range of medium tanks rather
than one or two very large ones, but it must be emphasized that
fine fishes can be grown in large tanks…

In general, tropical fishes can be housed in smaller tanks than
cold-water fishes. This is because they are usually smaller and
are also better able to withstand a relative deficiency of
oxygen in the water…

Size for size, most tropical fishes can be crowded a good deal
more than the common goldfish and very much more than fancy
varieties of goldfish. A 15-gallon tank might comfortably
contain a dozen 3-inch rosy barbs, four or five 3-inch common
goldfish at the most, and not more than a pair of Orandas of the
same size…

Fish consume solid food and excrete solid faeces. They breathe
oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, and therefore they tend to
deplete their environment of oxygen and to pollute it with
carbon dioxide and excrement…

Plants also breathe oxygen, but in sufficiently bright light
they manufacture sugars, etc., from carbon dioxide taken from
their surroundings, whether air or water, and they release
oxygen. This is done in the green leaf…

Plants also absorb dissolved salts and use these together with
carbon dioxide in building up complex organic compounds. Very
few higher plants can utilize solid or very complex substances,
and before animal excrement (usually known as “mulm” in the fish
tank) is available to them it must be broken down by fungi or
bacteria and made soluble…

So plants, in adequate light, tend to restore oxygen to the
environment and to remove the waste products of animals. In poor
light or in darkness they deplete the water or air of oxygen
just as animals do. It is only in the daytime, or under bright
artificial light, that they perform the complementary function
to animals…

From these facts grew the concept of a balanced aquarium, with
the waste products of the fishes absorbed by the plants, and the
oxygen necessary for the fishes provided by the action of the
plants in light…

The moral of the story? A well-planted tank with adequate
illumination will usually stay clear and sweet for months or
years with little attention…

Hopefully this article has given you a great insight into
tropical fish as pets and the healthy keeping of aquariums

You’ve got the tank, you’ve got the fish and the plants and the gravel, you’ve got the filters and the bacteria and the lights. What else did you need?

Well, have you looked at how well your water is moving? If you have a power filter, it might be helping, but the odds are it’s not doing enough – you might need to look at adding a powerhead, a water director, or a wavemaker to add a little more action to your tank.

Here’s a quick list of all the benefits of having a steady liquid “breeze” circulating through your whole tank:

A moving current will spread nutrients and oxygen to all of the fish, plants and bacteria in your tank. This will enhance your biological filtration, which reduces the amount of toxins floating in the water.

I always remember that moving water is really important in regulating temperature, keeping the water temperature stable by distributing heat evenly. I noticed that it can also prevent hot spots from developing near lights or motors, or cold spots in distant corners of the tank.

A current that moves through the whole tank will prevent the formation of “dead spots”, where the water is stagnant and oxygen-poor, and where fish and food wastes collect and decay. I hate these – spots like this increase the toxins in the water, foster algae growth, and make your water cloudy and disgusting. The moving water also stirs up debris and particles, so that they’re suspended in the water where your mechanical filter can remove them, rather than settling in a scummy layer on your tank furniture and gravel.

Probably the most important benefit your aquarium gets from moving water is oxygenation. By disturbing the surface of the tank, it increases the amount of water exposed to the air, leading to a quicker exchange of gases. The water molecules release carbon dioxide wastes and absorb tons of oxygen. Richly oxygenated water is absolutely essential to keeping your fish, plants and bacteria healthy. Keeping the bacteria healthy, in turn, helps to maintain pH level, and keep ammonia and phosphate levels to a minimum.

And finally, maybe it’s just my imagination, but I think my fish are actually healthier and happier when they get to test their muscles by swimming against a gentle current. To be honest, I just think it’s more FUN for them to be in water that moves!