As the world experiences a challenging economic situation, everyone is searching for ways to tighten budgets. Pet owners have a double challenge as they not only have to insure their own welfare, but also that of their pets. The government may subsidize the large corporations and hand out unemployment compensation, but they never consider the ...
Causes: Fish lice are known to ride on the feathers of birds. Their eggs also hatch on plants and other pond materials. They are also known to be carried on amphibians. Fish lice are easy to spot on your pet fish. They have eight legs and look like small dark little oval dots that are ...
Bettas (also called Siamese fighting fish) are arguably one of the easiest pet fish to care for. That doesn’t mean you should ignore their care or keep them in the tiny plastic bubbles that pet stores sell them in. But, compared to most other fish species, bettas will not need fancy food, a frantic eye ...
Learning how to euthanize your fish is a must for the aquarium hobbyist who takes an active role in the healthcare of the pets. There are a number of suggestions when it comes to euthanizing fish, but only a few are truly humane. Why You Need to Learn How to Euthanize Your Fish Fish feel ...
What kid doesn’t like a silly goofball joke? As children we remember laughing again and again when a joke was punny. Ooops, I mean funny. Puns are a playful way to confuse words that sound similar but have totally different meanings. Kids love puns because they feel clever when they “get it”. Puns have been ...
There comes a time in the life of all parents when their children start begging them for a pet. Often, the negotiations start with things like ponies and dinosaurs, dwindle rapidly to dogs and snakes, and then settle somewhere in the hamster and gecko range. Indeed, parents can get bombarded by requests for all sorts ...
Velvet cichlids or oscars (Astronotus ocellatus) are popular freshwater pet fish due to their hardiness, character and unique appearance. Most oscars in the pet trade are sold as one or two inch long juveniles. At this stage they are vastly different fish than when they grow to be over a foot long by the time ...
More and more people today are deciding that owning a pet fish is the way to go. Instead of having to take a dog or cat in and out of your home, and taking walks on a regular basis, you can just set the fish out in your home or office and watch it thrive. ...
Oscars (also called velvet cichlids) get very large for freshwater pet fish — fourteen inches from nose to tail is not uncommon. Part of the reason for their large size and their incredible strength is because they eat smaller fish. There is no such thing as a vegetarian Oscar. Although I have never seen an ...
Fish wish? Setting up an aquarium for the first time can be daunting for the novice fish friend. Or maybe you haven’t had a fish tank in many years, and you long to return to the magic and mystery of having a small ocean or pond in a box in your home. These are basic ...
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