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8 Steps to the Perfect Aquarium
Our free guide can help keep your tank clean and your fish healthy. Get it free when you sign up for the Spruce Pets!
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How to Care for Freshwater Fish
Get tips on caring for your freshwater fish and maintaining your freshwater aquarium.
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Why Stocking Your Aquarium Evenly with the Right Fish is Important
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Tips to Determine the Sex of Your Fish
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Incandescent, Florescent, Compact, Metal Halide or LED for Aquariums
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Barb Species: A Lively, Peaceful Fish
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Diagnose and Treat Dropsy in Your Aquarium Fish
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Calculating How Many Fish to Keep in Your Aquarium
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Setting Up a Young Fish Hobbyist: Buying an Aquarium for a Child
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Get the Specs on Your Fish Aquarium
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How to Treat a Swim Bladder Disorder in Aquarium Fish
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Raising Aquarium Fish in Hard Water Conditions
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Change the Water in Your Aquarium and Keep Fish Healthy
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How to Seed a New Aquarium
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The Blood Parrot Cichlid Fish Is a Controversial Hybrid
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All About the White Cloud Mountain Minnow
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Feeding Your Fish Live Food
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Chlorine vs. Chloramine: What's in Your Water?
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Learn the Proper for Live Plants in Community Aquariums
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The Elements You Need to Maintain in Aquarium Water
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Mosquito Fish, Misnamed, Misunderstood and a Potential Menace
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What Is Infusoria and How Do You Make It?
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The South American Leaffish Isn't for Beginners
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Why Use Plastic Plants in Your Aquarium When You Can Use Real Ones?
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All About the Peaceful Black Widow Tetra
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Test Outdoor Gravel and Stones Before Using Them in an Aquarium
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Learn Everything You Need to Know About the Killifish
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Betta & Gourami Profiles
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Is a Black Ruby Barb a Good Addition to Your Freshwater Aquarium?
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Learn the Anatomy and Physiology of Aquarium Fish
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The Proper Nutrition for Your Aquarium Fish
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The Dwarf Gourami: Caring for Tropical Fish
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Foam on Aquarium Water: Causes and Cures
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Get to Know the Friendly Yo Yo Loach
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In this section
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Buenos Aires Tetra Care, Feeding, and Breeding
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What is the Best Way to Preserve the Slime Coat on Fish?
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Get Information on Aquarium Safety
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A Short Primer On What What Fish Need to Eat
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What Is Old Tank Syndrome in a Freshwater Aquarium?
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Everything You Need to Know About the Bristlenose Pleco
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Can You Add a Texas Cichlid to Your Home Aquarium?
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How to Cull Your Freshwater Aquarium
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Invite a School of Clown Loaches to Join Your Aquarium Community
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Test Your Aquarium Water to Keep Fish Healthy
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Learn How to Take Care of the Kissing Gourami (Kisser Fish)
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The Fish That Glows like a Light Bulb: Glowlight Tetra Fish
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How to Care for the Vibrant Harlequin Rasbora
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The Beautiful Blood Red Serpae Tetra
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Silver Dollar: A Member of the Piranha Species
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How to Feed, Breed and Care for Pearl Gourami
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Fascinating Fish Names That Begin With O
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What Is Nitrite Poisoning in Aquarium Fish?
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Fascinating Fish Species With Names That Start With the Letter Y
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Julii Cory Fish Breed Profile
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Community Aquariums are Perfect for Shoal Fish Like the Tetras
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Get Rid of Slime Algae in Your Fish Aquarium
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What Are Common Fish Names Beginning With J?
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Can You Get Health Benefits From Keeping an Aquarium?
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Can Fish Sense Hunger, Low Oxygen, and How Do They Swim Straight?
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Fishes' Fascinating Gill Filaments
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What Are Some Common Aquarium Fish Species in Alphabetical Order?
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How to Care for the Fish With the Signature Red Eye
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Tips for Caring for and Breeding the Forktail Rainbow Fish
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How to Breed the Easiest of Aquarium Egg Layer Fish FAQ
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Why Live Aquatic Are Plants Better Than Plastic Plants
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What Kind of Water Is Safe for Pet Axolotls?
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