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FishLore.com Freshwater Aquarium e-Book 1 CONTENTS Foreword .......................................................................................................................................... 10 Why Set Up an Aquarium? .............................................................................................................. 12 Aquarium Types ............................................................................................................................... 14 Aquarium Electrical Safety ............................................................................................................... 15 Aquarium Fish Cruelty Through Ignorance ..................................................................................... 17 The Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle ......................................................................................................... 19 Aquarium Filter and Fish Tank Filtration ......................................................................................... 24 Freshwater Aquarium Setup ............................................................................................................ 30 Keeping Aquarium Plants By Someone Who Has been Lucky Keeping Aquarium Plants ............. 34 How To Set Up a Fish Quarantine Tank ........................................................................................... 36 Acclimating Tropical Fish to Your Fish Tank .................................................................................... 38 Aquarium Fish Care While On Vacation Tips .................................................................................. 41 Aquarium Algae Control .................................................................................................................. 44 Tropical Fish Tips .............................................................................................................................. 50 Aquarium Maintenance - Fish Tank Maintenance .......................................................................... 55 Aquarium Light - Fish Tank Lighting ................................................................................................ 57 Aquascape Aquarium Design Ideas ................................................................................................. 61 Aquarium UV Sterilizer - Ultraviolet Sterilizer................................................................................. 64 Reverse Osmosis Filter for Aquarium Water .................................................................................. 66 Aquarium Cyanobacteria ................................................................................................................. 68 Aquarium Algae Scraper DIY ............................................................................................................ 71 Aquarium Water Chemistry ............................................................................................................. 74 Aquarium Water Test Kits - Tests For Your Fish Tank ................................................................. 77 Aquarium pH : To be or not to be considered? ........................................................................... 81 FishLore.com Freshwater Aquarium e-Book 2 Aquarium Fish Food ......................................................................................................................... 83 Brine Shrimp ................................................................................................................................. 87 A Fish Moving Experience ................................................................................................................ 90 Freshwater Fish Disease Symptoms and Treatment ...................................................................... 94 Ich: An Old Cure for an Old Disease ............................................................................................. 99 Sick Fish! What Do I Do? ............................................................................................................. 101 Fish Pop-Eye ................................................................................................................................ 106 Fish Fin Rot - Fish Disease .......................................................................................................... 108 Freshwater Aquarium Plant Profiles ............................................................................................. 110 Marimo Moss Ball - Aegagropila linnaei .................................................................................... 110 Ceratopteris thalictroides - Sumatra Fern, Oriental water fern, Water sprite ......................... 113 Purple Cabomba, Red Cabomba, Purple Fanwort ..................................................................... 115 Amazon Swords .......................................................................................................................... 117 Banana Plant ............................................................................................................................... 119 Aponogeton ulvaceus ................................................................................................................. 121 Anacharis ..................................................................................................................................... 123 Pogostemon stellatus, Austrian Hygro....................................................................................... 126 Anubias coffeefolia ..................................................................................................................... 128 Anubias afezlii ............................................................................................................................. 130 Bacopa caroliniana...................................................................................................................... 132 Hygrophila Polysperma............................................................................................................... 134 Hornwort care sheet .................................................................................................................. 136 Riccia Moss, Liverwort, Crystalwort ........................................................................................... 138 Rotala Rotundifolia ..................................................................................................................... 140 Broad Leaf, Round Leaf, Anubias barteri ................................................................................... 142 Pygmy chain sword care sheet ................................................................................................... 144 Java Moss care sheet .................................................................................................................. 146 FishLore.com Freshwater Aquarium e-Book 3 Giant anubias .............................................................................................................................. 148 Water Wisteria ............................................................................................................................ 150 Java Fern ..................................................................................................................................... 152 ludwigia repens - Red Ludwigia or Broad Leaf Ludwigia ........................................................... 153 Cardamine lyrata ........................................................................................................................ 155 Ozelot Sword, Spotted Sword .................................................................................................... 157 Freshwater Fish Profiles................................................................................................................. 159 Tropical Fish Anatomy ................................................................................................................ 159 Archerfish ....................................................................................................................................... 160 Archerfish - Toxotes Jaculator .................................................................................................... 160 Arowana ......................................................................................................................................... 163 Silver Arowana - Osteoglossum bicirrhosum ............................................................................. 163 Barbs - Cyprinids ............................................................................................................................ 165 Bala Shark, Silver Shark - Balantiocheilos melanopterus .......................................................... 165 Cherry Barb - Puntius titteya ...................................................................................................... 167 Glofish® - Danio rerio ................................................................................................................. 169 Gold Barb - Puntius sachsii ......................................................................................................... 172 Goldfish, Fancy