Types of Fish

Fish can’t talk. Nor can they meow or rub up against your leg when they are hungry. And they wag their tails so darn much that you don’t know if they are glad to see you or just trying to keep from sinking. Fish may hover at the top of the tank, but you can’t be sure whether they are hinting about feeding time, flirting with their own reflection, or just got lost yet again while making their endless rounds about the aquarium. No, as far as pets go, fish are not particularly expressive, which is why you need to know exactly how to take care of them. The only recourse the fish have to protest their living conditions is to float dead at the water’s surface. By then of course they are beyond help. So watch these videos sooner rather than later and save the life of a fish in your aquarium today.

In this free video series, fish expert Christie Owens shows you how to take care of fish and aquariums. You learn about cycling, which is the process of bringing about a healthy bacterial eco-system in your fish tank. Christie teaches you about cycling ammonia, nitrite, and Ph levels. You will also learn about guppies and tetras, two common pet fish, and how to feed them, or how to show them off in fish competitions! Christie also shares how to maintain the tank: things like changing water, monitoring water temperatures, using a "python" for moving around all that water, and more. Your fish will be happy you stopped by!

"CHRISTIE OWNES: Hi. My name is Christie and I'm with Expert Village and I'm teaching you proper care of fish today and a little bit about the different types of fish. Okay. We're going to talk about categories of fish right now. You have fish which is a community fish, the kind you have between an inch to three inches. A fish that small need to go anywhere between a five gallon tank up to a thirty gallon tank which I have here. There's also other type of fish which is a semi-aggressive fish which grow to three inches up to fifteen inches. Some of the semi-aggressive fish on the smaller end can stay in a thirty gallon here or you need a fifty-five gallon tank which I don't have one right one. There is also fish that is into aggressive category which go anywhere between eight inches up to two feet. Those fish need anywhere between a seventy-five gallon tank up to a three hundred gallon tank to accommodate their size. There's also another category which is a goldfish. They are cold water fish and they can go in between a thirty gallon tank, which I have here, or a fifty-five gallon tank. They need bigger tanks because they get so big, a little bit bigger than a football when they're full grown."