Looking to learn something

[Neleono]

Hello and good afternoon!
I am not new to fish keeping, as I've had aquariums over the past few years, but I still feel I don't really know as much about the hobby as I would like. I know and understand the basics like setting up an aquarium, the carbon cycle, etc. but I would like to know as much as I can. If anyone reading this has any books, articles, or anything I could read or watch that would help expand my knowledge of fish, that would be great. Anything is fine, and I don't care how simple or elaborate the information is, just anything that you know or wish you had known, I'd love to hear. I have so much spare time on my hands over quarantine, I'd love to spend it learning something useful. Thank you, and have a great day!

 

[Colin_T]

Get yourself a copy of "Baensch aquarium atlas volume 1, freshwater fishes" and have a read. You can buy them new or on Ebay. The first volume freshwater, has pretty much everything you need to know about fish keeping, disease, water chemistry, etc.

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Here are some links to subjects I have on here.

What to do if your fish gets sick

If your fish ever looks sick or unwell, then the following steps might help. Test the Water and Clean the Tank. Test the water quality for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH and write the results down in numbers. Check it for general hardness (GH) and carbonate hardness (KH) too if you can, but...

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What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.

Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...

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Do not use anti-biotics unless you know what the problem is.

This thread is going to be harsh and a lot of people are not going to like what I have to say. But it needs to be said because anyone who uses anti-biotics when they don't know what they are treating, is contributing to the death and extinction of all animals on this planet, and that includes...

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Back to Basics when Breeding Fish

STARTING OUT Make sure you have a pair, (1 male + 1 female). There is nothing worse than spending your hard-earned dollars buying a couple of fish to try and breed and ending up with a pair of fish of the same sex. Let's face it, to reproduce fish you need a male and a female. Two males won't do...

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AbbeysDad has some interesting information on his website, see link below.

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