Live Aquarium Plants - Floating Water Plants

!±8± Live Aquarium Plants - Floating Water Plants

Floating water plants are commonly used in aquariums. Besides adding to the beauty of the aquarium by giving it a "pond" look, these plants provide benefits for the fishes as well. For example, one of the common benefits is that floating water plants provides spawning sites for fishes. Also, for aquariums that require low lighting, floating plants help to block the light coming from above the aquarium. In this way, it helps the inhabitants of the aquarium to survive well. Some common floating water plants used in aquariums are described below.

Duckweed (Lemna minor)

Duckweed has oval green leaves and it grows very fast. As the leaves of this plant spread widely, this aquarium plant can help to block light rays shining on to the water. Too much light can heat up the water in the fish tank causing harm to the fishes. Also, high exposure of light can cause the growth of harmful algae. The leaves of Duckweed provide shelter as well as spawning sites for the fishes. Some fishes like to feed on this plant and it provides good nutrition due to its high content of vitamins and minerals. Duckweed takes in ammonia and hence, helps to reduce its content in the water. This plant only requires moderate lighting. However, as this floating water plant is fast-growing, it requires pruning to keep it in shape.

Crystalwort (Riccia fluitans)

Riccia fluitans is a popular floating water plant used in aquariums. It grows just below the surface of the water. This plant has tiny strands mat together which forms a solid mass. Riccia fluitans provides benefit for bubble-nesters as they use it as a point of attachment for their nests. This aquarium plant is also often used as spawning sites. It grows well in bright lighting and receives plenty of carbon dioxide.

Amazon frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum)

Limnobium laevigatum is beautiful floating water plant with waxy leaves. This plant can produce shoots that will form a small plant at the end. If this end breaks off, it will form a new plant by itself. This floating water plant is a tropical species and if placed in a fish tank, it survives well with moderate lighting.

Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)

Pistia stratiotes has soft, large leaves which are light green in colour. The leaves have a velvety texture and they grouped together to form a beautiful rosette. Pistia stratiotes has fine trailing roots which grow below the surface of the water. Having this plant in the aquarium benefits the fishes as it provides plenty of hiding places for them.

The above are some common floating water plants you can consider using in your aquarium. Besides using these plants to enhance your aquarium décor, having them in your aquarium has benefits for your fishes as well. Fortunately, these plants are not difficult to keep as they thrive well in most conditions. Please visit Live Aquarium Plants website for more information.

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Tips on Biclolor Blenny Care

!±8± Tips on Biclolor Blenny Care

The bicolor blenny or Ecsenius bicolor belongs to the family Blenniidae. A common trait shared by all the members of this family are the tiny appendages on the tops of their heads called cirri. Bennies are endemic to the Indian Ocean and western and central regions of the Pacific Ocean.

Bicolor blennies have a slender, elongated body with a dark purple anterior and a yellow or orange posterior. They also have a rather rounded head with a flat forehead and bulbous eyes. The blenny is commonly confused with the goby family. Both are slender bodied smaller fish with a bright color palette. Blennies have a single continuous dorsal fin that runs the entire length of their body. Where as gobies have a dorsal and a pelvic fin running parallel to their spinal column.

In nature, blennies often inhabit tidal pools where the water is warm and shallow. They are incredibly good jumpers. They will jump from one tidal pool to another in search of food. This activity has earned them the name Rock Skipper in the Indian language.

These even tempered creatures make for suitable community tank fish. Avoid mixing them with more aggressive species. Blennies are shallow water bottom dwellers. They do not take kindly to the presence of other bottom dwellers and tend to become territorial. Decide what your preferred species in bottom dwellers is. If the answer is a blenny then do not buy other bottom dwellers for your tank. A male and a female may successfully be kept together. You will want to provide them plenty of hiding spots. Blennies like to play peak-a-boo. They will spend a lot of their day with their bodies sheltered in hiding places and their heads sticking out from their sanctuary. Blennies are specifically good for reef aquariums. The will graze on algae helping to eliminate cleaning and maintenance problems. They have blunt heads and combed teeth which is the perfect combination for scraping algae of the surface of rocks.

Blennies are strictly herbivores. They will eat dried and frozen fish food formulated for marine herbivores. It should be noted: Live algae are an essential part of their diet. If you do not have algae growing in your tank they may very well die. This algae growth does not have to be prominent enough to be seen by the naked eye. It can be microscopic in its presence. Generally there are microscopic amounts of algae growth in water anyway. But I though it important to mention because of the importance it plays in the blenny's nutritional requirements.

The bicolored blenny grows to approximately 5 inches and can live up to 10 years in captivity.

This species is of no importance to the consumable fish industry but they are regularly caught for the aquarium trade.

It is not easy to distinguish a male from a female blenny. Males are typically a little larger. They also tend to be just a little more colorful. The color becomes more intense when they are in their spawning cycle. Unfortunately Blennies rarely breed in captivity.

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Marine Aquarium Lamps - Lighting Your Saltwater Aquarium

!±8± Marine Aquarium Lamps - Lighting Your Saltwater Aquarium

It's vital that you light your marine aquarium correctly; mostly standard aquarium lighting will be adequate but if you want to keep coral reefs or if you have a particularly deep tank, you should consider specialist lighting.

As always, colour temperature is what you're looking for and, for reefs, full spectrum lighting is essential. To achieve this full spectrum, you are looking for a Kelvin rating of 10,000K or higher on metal halide lamps. If you are going with fluorescent, your tubes should be marked as VHO, which simply stands for very high output. To be honest, with corals and deep tanks, metal halide lamps should be your first choice; the Kelvin range is wider and the quality of the light is higher than with other types of lamp. Not only will this enhance the overall colour of your tank lighting, but will also greatly enhance the colour of the plants, corals, fish and anenomes in your tank, which is after all, the effect we're after.

Something else to consider is the addition of an actinic bulb. This type of bulb emits a blue tinged light in the exact spectrum that corals require for photosynthesis. Beware though, the spectrum range of actinic lamps is very narrow and they should never be used in isolation. A wonderful side effect is the way these bulbs enhance the colours of your fish.

Who would have thought that lighting could be so complex? The truth is that lighting is a specialist subject and aquarium lighting is specialist lighting!

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