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power, 64–65, 199 powerhead, 65–66 sponge, 63–64, 246 submersible, 64 undergravel, 62–63, 199 wet/dry, 67–68 fin rot, 155 fins adipose fin, 84 anal fin, 83 caudal fin, 83 condition as judging criteria, 290 damage from netting, 290 dorsal fin, 82 pectoral fins, 83–84 pelvic fins, 84 fish laws aggression, 312 anti-matter, 310 company, 311 metamorphosis, 310 motion, 310 nutrition, 311 potential energy, 311 psychic felines, 311 thermodynamics, 309 time, 312 fish louse, 155–156, 158 fish problems, 232–233 fish shows. See shows Fish2u.com (Internet company), 124 Flagyl, for hole in the head, 157 flake foods, 143 floodlights, 274 Florida blue crayfish, 122 fluidized bed filters, 66–67 flukes, 157 fluorescent lighting, 75 focal point, 57 focusing, photographic techniques, 275–276 food. See also feeding bloodworms, 147 brine shrimp, 145–146 color-intensifying, 289 earthworms, 147 flake, 143 floating pellets, 143 freeze-dried, 144 frozen, 144 for fry, 147–148 growth, 148 incorrect, 141 infusoria, 147 liquid, 148 live, 145 microworms, 148 mosquito larvae, 147 nitrogen cycle, adding to speed up, 191 plants as food source, 207 powdered, 148 prepackaged dry, 143 rotifers, 147 spirulina, 144 spoiled, 139 tubiflex, 147 types, 143–148 vegetable supplement, 142 foreign objects, ingestion of, 311 formalin for gill parasites, 157 for ich, 156 pros and cons of use, 167 for skin flukes, 186 for slimy skin disease, 160 freeze-dried foods, 144 freshaquarium.about.com (Web site), 21 freshwater systems advantages of, 18 coldwater, 18–20 popular species for, 19 substrates and decorations for, 46 tropical, 18–19 freshwater velvet, 156 freshwateraquariumplants. com (Web site), 206 frightened fish, 163 frozen foods, 144 fry. See also breeding culling, 254, 261 feeding, 147–148 growout tank for, 261 raising, 261–262 f-stops, 276 fungicide, 157 fungus infection, 157, 158 Furan2, for septicemia, 159 furniture aquariums, 39 • G • Index gadgets. See equipment gang valves, 74, 303–304 ganoid scales, 93 garage sales, purchasing aquarium from, 34 gas exchange, tank shape effect on, 41 genetics, 262–263 gentian violet for fin rot, 155 for fungus infection, 157 gestation period, 256 ghost shrimp, 117 giant anubias, 224–225 giant danio, 116 giant hygrophila, 210 gill parasites, 157 gills damage to, 86 function in respiration, 85–86 salt absorbing cells in, 90 327
328 <strong>Freshwater</strong> Aquariums For Dummies, 2nd Edition glass aquariums, 35 reflections off of, 274 restraining, 275 glass catfish, 102 glass cleaner, 181 glassfish, 290 glowlight tetra, 104 goldfish aquascaping for, 57 black moor, 120 body shape, 92 bubble-eye, 121 caudal fin length, 83 dorsal fin, absence of, 82 feeder, 145 history of, 17 indoor pond setup, 203 lionhead, 121 mouth location, 93 telescope-eye (dragoneye), 121 types, 120 gonopodium, 83, 99, 257 gouramis, 86, 258 gravel adding to system, 50 amount needed, calculating, 319 description, 47 mature, to speed up nitrogen cycle, 191 neon, 48–49 purchasing online, 49 size, 49 sloping, 50 green barb, 115 green cabomba, 210 growout tank, 261 growth foods, 148 guppy breeding, 264 description, 98–99 feeder, 145 gonopodium, 83, 99 Gyrodactylus parasite, 159 • H • Hagen Nutrafin Plant Gro Iron Enriched Aquatic Plant Fertilizer, 214 Hagen Nutrafin Waste Control Organic Waste Eliminator, 183 hairgrass, 210 hardness, water, 195–196, 249, 317 hard-water fish, 174 harlequin rasbora, 116 hatchetfish, 93, 106–107 healthy fish behavioral characteristics, 134 quarantine, 132 sick fish, purchasing, 132–133 signs of good health, 133–134 hearing, 89 heater in breeding tank, 246 in hospital tank, 166 installing, 199 with internal regulator, 150 non-submersible, 69 problems, 234 safety precautions, 69 submersible, 69 thermometers, 70 types, 68 herbivore, 96 Hexamita parasite, 157 high-traffic areas, aquarium location in, 25–26 history of aquariums, 17 holding tank, 285 hole in the head, 157 hoods, 74, 76–77, 244 hornwort, 210, 222–223, 248, 294 hospital tank, 153, 164, 166–167 • I • ich, 156 identifying fish body shape, 91–92 mouth location, 93 scales, 93 taxonomy, 92–93 image manipulation software, 273 inbreeding, 263 information resources, 307. See also Web sites infusoria, 147 Instant Amazon, 185 instructions, chemical, 180 International Betta Congress, 282 intestinal parasites, 158 invertebrates clams, freshwater, 117 coldwater, 121–122 Florida blue crayfish, 122 ghost shrimp, 117 infusoria, 147 marine, 295–296 ramshorn snail, 118 Singapore flower shrimp, 118 tropical, 117–118 in-wall tanks, 38–39 iron stands, 42 iron supplement, for plants, 212
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