Dont be afraid to give advise to fellow fishkeepers you come across. Some of the things they have learned over the years my not be logical. People who like this hobby will welcome any information that helps make them better fishkeepers.
Aquarium Keeping Ethics
- Thread starter Hasi
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BUY BIG!
The smaller the tank, the more any mistakes you make will show. The chemistry in a larger tank is easier to maintain, especially if you are a novice. It also allows you to add fish that you genuinely like and not those that just fit the size of your tank.
The smaller the tank, the more any mistakes you make will show. The chemistry in a larger tank is easier to maintain, especially if you are a novice. It also allows you to add fish that you genuinely like and not those that just fit the size of your tank.
Ethics is truly a different beast than what this thread seems to be discussing but to just go with the flow......
1. Do not be afraid to experiment with new ideas or ideas that are contrary to common practice. There is no 'one' correct way to keep a particular species of fish. Multiple approaches often work best.
2. When offering advice to someone new in the hobby, or even established in it, make sure first that they are asking you for it. Nothing is more annoying than unwanted advice.
3. Keeping fish is in reality keeping water...Learn to keep water and you will have no issues with keeping fish.
4. Captivity is not Wild and it is a failure to expect it to be so. You can mimic nature in an aquarium but you can not replicate it. Natural systems are incredibly complicated and inter-reacting, none of this can be replicated with any authenticity in a glass box. Do not get hung up in trying to replicate nature. Fish do not act (or even metabolically function) in captivity the same way they do in the nature and wild environments are much more complex than one could hope to achieve in captivity. While information on a fishes natural conditions are useful to the hobbyist this information is often contrary to what you need to know to successfully keep a particular specimen alive in captivity.
5. Read a lot of aquaculture related articles and journals and adapt this information to the hobby and the fish you desire to keep.
1. Do not be afraid to experiment with new ideas or ideas that are contrary to common practice. There is no 'one' correct way to keep a particular species of fish. Multiple approaches often work best.
2. When offering advice to someone new in the hobby, or even established in it, make sure first that they are asking you for it. Nothing is more annoying than unwanted advice.
3. Keeping fish is in reality keeping water...Learn to keep water and you will have no issues with keeping fish.
4. Captivity is not Wild and it is a failure to expect it to be so. You can mimic nature in an aquarium but you can not replicate it. Natural systems are incredibly complicated and inter-reacting, none of this can be replicated with any authenticity in a glass box. Do not get hung up in trying to replicate nature. Fish do not act (or even metabolically function) in captivity the same way they do in the nature and wild environments are much more complex than one could hope to achieve in captivity. While information on a fishes natural conditions are useful to the hobbyist this information is often contrary to what you need to know to successfully keep a particular specimen alive in captivity.
5. Read a lot of aquaculture related articles and journals and adapt this information to the hobby and the fish you desire to keep.
Yeah, this is really important. I've come across a lot of 'beginner' websites with advice from someone who probably goes through a betta every 2 months. They say beginners should start out with a 10 gallon. I think beginners at the very least should start out with a 20long.Angel51087;1029234; said:
Starting out with a small tank that may be unimpressive makes you lost interest in the hobby, more sensitive chemistry as mentioned, and unhappy fish because most likely you'll be getting something that outgrows a 10.
Compatibility, compatibility, compatibility. Research each and every fish before you buy it for your tank (I call it my community), you don't want bickering and fighting as it causes to much stress on the community fish and yourself to boot, so stick with your list of stocked researched fish, noting also their behavior to others so you know when to add them to your community.
I know this is a bit redundant but - the answer to 99 out of 100 fish problems is - MORE WATER CHANGES.
