aquarium fish keeping and maintenance of

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AQUARIUM FISH
KEEPING AND
MAINTENANCE OF
AQUARIUM
JOE SHALINI .S
Introduction
Aquarium: (Latin) aqua – water; arium – a place for relating to
• Hobby, pleasure, fun
Definition :
An Aquarium is a transparent tank or a bowl or an artificial pool where live
fishes and other aquatic animals are kept.
History
Sumerians
More than 4,500 yrs – ponds & tanks

Roman Empire
Indoors - sea barbel
In 50 – glass panes

Ancient glass aquarium Glass aquarium of Romans
–
Philip Henry Gosse AQUARIUM
(The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep
Sea,1854)
The London Zoo Fish House at Regent's Park, circa 1857.
TYPES OF FISH KEEPING SYSTEMS

FRESH WATER
SALT WATER
BRACKISH WATER
FRESHWATER
FRESHWATER FISHES

Cichild Gold Guppy

Fighter Koi Silver Dollar
SALTWATER
MARINE FISHES

Angelfish Orchid Dotty Back Puffer

Clown Damsel Lion Fish