Convicts Breeding

Convicts have bred quite a number of times in my Aquarium. Here in this video I captured them on my infrared in complete darkness, so as not to disturb them. They can be seen cleaning the earthen ware vessel and then laying their eggs in them and in the later part of the video we can seen them in light and eggs are distinctly visible. Enjoy ....

Aquariums designs for my Home

I have been researching on wall aquarium setups for our new home, and got some excellent ideas on the net. Thought of sharing the same with all. Please have look at these wall aquarium setups ....

Homemade PH paper

We always check the reading of the acidity or alkalinity of the water through the test kits those are available in the market. They are expensive and last for a certain number tests. I have been looking for a solution, a solution that will will be home-made and inexpensive and with materials readily available in our homes. I bumped into some home-made PH paper recipes that worked great for me. You can also have a try ....

Cabbage Paper Strips

Take a head of red cabbage and slice it into one-inch chunks. You could also peel the leaves from the head and tear them up. Place the leaves in a pot with water; the exact amount isn't important, but use at least a one quart pot filled about half way. Cook over medium heat for a half hour. Let the mixture cool and then strain into a bowl. The solution should be a deep blue color and it itself can be used test for pH. To make strips, soak white coffee filters in the solution for half an hour. Allow the filters to dry off, at least overnight. Cut them into strips and they are now ready to be used to test pH. Bases will make the strips turn green; acids will cause them to turn red.

Turmeric Paper Strips

Mix two tablespoons of turmeric with 200 milliliters of rubbing alcohol. Dip coffee filters into the mixture and again allow them to dry. Once dry, they can be cut into strips and used to test pH. The paper will turn red for bases and yellow for acids. Be careful because turmeric can easily stain clothing.

Habitat Aquarium

I have seen that there are many people how keep aquarium in their homes as an hobby however they do not realize that like us fishes also require a ‘home’ to live, You just cannot just buy an aquarium and put is some substrate and pour water over it and fill it up with fishes. Neither you can keep Goldfish with the Angels together in an aquarium, as they come from two different parts of the world. If you love your fishes and want them to live happily then you will have to create an home for them, a ‘habitat’. It is no point buying fishes and killing them, please do not buy a fish from the store without knowing where they came from nor preparing a habitat back at home. It is destined to die ….

Let us all share our knowledge, expertise and experiences, in this blog so that we can have a knowledge bank. And we can help each other out with the indigenous and innovative methods of habitat creation in small and captive environments.

Freshwater Fish Compatibility Chart: Avoid Incompatible Species

Apple Snails - Welcome Guest in your Aquarium

 

Apple snails are quite and common and popular aquarium pets nowadays in the aquarium world

Bloodworm Farming

Bloodworm Farming

Instructions

Bats in Humayun Tomb

Bats in a room in the ground floor of Humayun Tomb ..