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Freshwater aquarium

Index Freshwater aquarium

A freshwater aquarium is a receptacle that holds one or more freshwater aquatic organisms for decorative, pet-keeping, or research purposes. [1]

68 relations: Africa, Amphibian, Ancient Rome, Anubias, Aquarium, Aquarium fish feed, Aquascaping, Asia, Assyria, Biotope, Botany, Bowl, Carp, Central America, China, Cichlid, Coldwater fish, Community aquarium, Cryptocoryne, Echinodorus, Ecosystem, Egeria (plant), Egyptians, Far East, Filtration, Fishkeeping, Flat (theatre), Florida, Fresh water, Glass, Goldfish, Gourami, Gravel, Height, Hygrophila (plant), Hygrophila difformis, Hygrophila polysperma, Invertebrate, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, Limnophila (plant), List of aquarium diseases, List of freshwater aquarium amphibian species, List of freshwater aquarium fish species, List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species, List of freshwater aquarium plant species, Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, Paradise fish, Parasitism, ..., Poly(methyl methacrylate), Public aquarium, Rasbora, Rotala (plant), Siphon, South America, Substrate (aquarium), Sumer, Surface area, Terrarium, Tetra, Transparency and translucency, Tropical fish, United States, Vallisneria, Vallisneria spiralis, White Cloud Mountain minnow, Zoology. Expand index (18 more) »

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia.

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Anubias

Anubias is a genus of aquatic and semi-aquatic flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical central and western Africa.

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Aquarium

An aquarium (plural: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Aquarium fish feed

Aquarium fish feed is plant or animal material intended for consumption by pet fish kept in aquariums or ponds.

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Aquascaping

Aquascaping is the craft of arranging aquatic plants, as well as rocks, stones, cavework, or driftwood, in an aesthetically pleasing manner within an aquarium—in effect, gardening under water.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Assyria

Assyria, also called the Assyrian Empire, was a major Semitic speaking Mesopotamian kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East and the Levant.

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Biotope

A biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of plants and animals.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Bowl

A bowl is a round, open-top container used in many cultures to serve hot and cold food.

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Carp

Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia.

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Central America

Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Cichlid

Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes.

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Coldwater fish

Coldwater fish, in the context of aquariums, refers to fish species that prefer colder water temperatures than average tropical fish, typically below.

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Community aquarium

Community aquaria are tanks that are designed to contain more than one species of fish.

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Cryptocoryne

Cryptocoryne is a genus of aquatic monocot plants from the family Araceae (arums).

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Echinodorus

Echinodorus (burhead or Amazon sword plant) is a genus of plants in the family Alismataceae and distributed in the Western Hemisphere from the central United States to Argentina.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.

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Egeria (plant)

Egeria is a genus of three species of aquatic plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus in 1849.

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Egyptians

Egyptians (مَصريين;; مِصريّون; Ni/rem/en/kīmi) are an ethnic group native to Egypt and the citizens of that country sharing a common culture and a common dialect known as Egyptian Arabic.

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Far East

The Far East is a geographical term in English that usually refers to East Asia (including Northeast Asia), the Russian Far East (part of North Asia), and Southeast Asia.

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Filtration

Filtration is any of various mechanical, physical or biological operations that separate solids from fluids (liquids or gases) by adding a medium through which only the fluid can pass.

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Fishkeeping

Fishkeeping is a popular hobby, practiced by aquarists, concerned with keeping fish in a home aquarium or garden pond.

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Flat (theatre)

A flat (short for scenery flat) or coulisse is a flat piece of theatrical scenery which is painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Fresh water

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

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Glass

Glass is a non-crystalline amorphous solid that is often transparent and has widespread practical, technological, and decorative usage in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optoelectronics.

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Goldfish

The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes.

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Gourami

Gouramis, or gouramies, are a group of freshwater anabantiform fishes that comprise the family Osphronemidae.

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Gravel

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments.

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Height

Height is the measure of vertical distance, either how "tall" something or someone is, or how "high" the position is.

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Hygrophila (plant)

Hygrophila, commonly known as swampweeds, is a genus of flowering plants in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae.

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Hygrophila difformis

Hygrophila difformis, commonly known as water wisteria (though it is not closely related to true wisteria), is an aquatic plant in the acanthus family.

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Hygrophila polysperma

Hygrophila polysperma, commonly known as dwarf hygrophila, dwarf hygro, Miramar weed, Indian swampweed or Indian waterweed, is an aquatic plant in the acanthus family.

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.

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Johann Matthäus Bechstein

Johann Matthäus Bechstein (11 July 1757 – 23 February 1822) was a German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist.

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Lake Malawi

Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

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Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake.

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Limnophila (plant)

Limnophila is a genus of flowering plants in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae.

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List of aquarium diseases

The following is a list of aquarium diseases.

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List of freshwater aquarium amphibian species

There are a wide range of frogs, salamanders and newts that can be kept in an aquarium.

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List of freshwater aquarium fish species

A vast number of aquatic species have successfully adapted to live in the freshwater aquarium.

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List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species

This is a list of invertebrates, animals without a backbone, that are commonly kept in freshwater aquaria by hobby aquarists.

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List of freshwater aquarium plant species

Aquatic plants are used to give the freshwater aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, absorb ammonia, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrates.

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Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward

Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791 – 4 June 1868 in St Leonard's, Sussex) was an English doctor who popularised a case for growing and transporting plants which was called the Wardian case.

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Paradise fish

The paradise fish, "'paradise-fish"', paradisefish, or paradise gourami (Macropodus opercularis) is a species of gourami found in most types of fresh water in East Asia, ranging from the Korean Peninsula to northern Vietnam.

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Parasitism

In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Poly(methyl methacrylate)

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), also known as acrylic or acrylic glass as well as by the trade names Crylux, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, and Perspex among several others (see below), is a transparent thermoplastic often used in sheet form as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass.

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Public aquarium

A public aquarium (plural: public aquaria or public aquariums) is the aquatic counterpart of a zoo, which houses living aquatic animal and plant specimens for public viewing.

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Rasbora

Rasbora is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae.

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Rotala (plant)

Rotala is a genus of plants in the loosestrife family.

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Siphon

The word siphon (from σίφων "pipe, tube", also spelled syphon) is used to refer to a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Substrate (aquarium)

The substrate of an aquarium refers to the material used on the tank bottom.

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Sumer

SumerThe name is from Akkadian Šumeru; Sumerian en-ĝir15, approximately "land of the civilized kings" or "native land".

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Surface area

The surface area of a solid object is a measure of the total area that the surface of the object occupies.

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Terrarium

A terrarium (plural: terraria or terrariums) is usually a sealable glass container containing soil and plants, and can be opened for maintenance to access the plants inside.

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Tetra

A tetra is one of several species of small freshwater fish from Africa, Central America, and South America belonging to the biological family Characidae and to its former subfamilies Alestidae (the "African tetras") and Lebiasinidae.

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Transparency and translucency

In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without being scattered.

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Tropical fish

Tropical fish are generally those fish found in aquatic tropical environments around the world, including both freshwater and saltwater species.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vallisneria

Vallisneria (named in honor of Antonio Vallisneri) is a genus of freshwater aquatic plant, commonly called eelgrass, tape grass or vallis.

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Vallisneria spiralis

Vallisneria spiralis, also known as straight vallisneria, tape grass, or eel grass is a common aquarium plant that prefers good light and a nutrient rich substrate.

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White Cloud Mountain minnow

The White Cloud Mountain Minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) is a hardy species of freshwater fish and coldwater fish often kept in aquaria.

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Zoology

Zoology or animal biology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_aquarium

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