Wild Animals

Why Does A Chameleon Change Color?

Why Does A Chameleon Change Color?

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Fish, insects, and reptiles can disguise themselves by changing their color. One of the most famous lizards that can radically change the color of their body in a given situation is the chameleon. Instructions Step 1 Chameleons are inhabitants of the sultry continent called Africa

How To Get Snails Out Of An Aquarium

How To Get Snails Out Of An Aquarium

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Not all snails are created equal in your aquarium. In a spawning aquarium, snails have nothing to do at all, they eat eggs and fish larvae. In a general aquarium, hordes of snails can completely destroy aquatic plants. The most common problem for the aquarist is the proliferation of red horny coils or red fiza

How To Breed Snails

How To Breed Snails

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Snail farming is not only a hobby, but also a serious business. Moreover, investments will be minimal, and the income can be about a million rubles per year from just 100 individuals. Of course, before doing this, you need to know all the rules for breeding shellfish

How To Keep An Aquarium Snail

How To Keep An Aquarium Snail

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Many species of snails that live in the wild can also be bred in your home aquarium. The fact is that they prefer running water to standing water. With proper care, several members of the apple snail family or ampullaria can be grown in an aquarium at home

What Does An Aquarium Snail Eat?

What Does An Aquarium Snail Eat?

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Snails live in a wide range of ecosystems. Swamps, ditches, ponds, lakes and rivers are excellent habitats for them. Ampullaria can be kept in a regular freshwater aquarium. They get along well with most aquarium fish, unless of course they are not a species that feeds on molluscs

What Are Aquarium Snails For?

What Are Aquarium Snails For?

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Snails are found in almost any aquarium. Moreover, the owner does not always buy these mollusks consciously. Most of them appear completely unexpectedly, getting into the aquarium along with plants, soil or water. What are aquarium snails for?

How To Breed Ampularia

How To Breed Ampularia

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Ampularia are freshwater mollusks. In home aquariums, they are kept not only as a decorative addition to the interior, but also for purely practical purposes. They do an excellent job of controlling fouling on aquarium walls and on aquatic plants

Where Fireflies Live

Where Fireflies Live

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Fireflies, as the larvae and beetles of some insects are called, are found in different parts of the world. They can often be seen in caves and outdoors: wherever the environmental conditions are humid, where there is enough food, and where there is a high wall or canopy

How To Care For An Aquarium Snail

How To Care For An Aquarium Snail

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Aquarium snails are great helpers in keeping your aquarium clean. There are practically no problems from them, but the benefits are obvious: mollusks purify water and contribute to the normal functioning of all inhabitants of an artificial reservoir

How To Treat Guppies For Fin Rot

How To Treat Guppies For Fin Rot

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Fin rot in guppies is a bacterial disease that affects many fish species. If it is detected in time, then it is successfully treated at home. Fin rot in fish appears for many reasons. Decreased immunity in fish, the appearance of new inhabitants of the aquarium, poor-quality water replacement - all this contributes to the spread of fin rot

Why Do Fish Die

Why Do Fish Die

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How often the joy of buying such beautiful, almost fantastic creatures like aquarium fish gives way to bitterness because of their death in the very first days, or even hours after settling. It would seem that they were taken to the house neatly, and the aquarium was thoroughly prepared in advance

Which Mini-aquarium To Choose, How To Equip And Who To Populate

Which Mini-aquarium To Choose, How To Equip And Who To Populate

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Until recently, small aquariums of 10-15 liters were used mainly only as spawners for sick fish or, in extreme cases, spawning grounds. Today, with the advent of new equipment on the market that makes it much easier to care for underwater inhabitants, such small ecosystems have become a big fashion

How To Choose Plants For Your Aquarium

How To Choose Plants For Your Aquarium

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Plants in an aquarium are needed not only for decoration, as a decorative element. They play the role of a kind of filter for purifying water, saturating it with oxygen. In their thickets, small species of fish and fry can hide from danger. Therefore, the correct selection of plants for the aquarium is very important

Which Aquarium To Buy: Fresh Or Marine

Which Aquarium To Buy: Fresh Or Marine

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The aquarium in the house is a colorful and wonderful world of amazing creatures. The aquarium will help to balance the microclimate in the apartment, improve health and mood. Setting up an aquarium is a time consuming and costly process. But in the future, aquariums equipped with the necessary equipment, with correctly selected plants and animals, require minimal maintenance

How To Make Decorations For An Aquarium

How To Make Decorations For An Aquarium

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The use of an aquarium as an unusual and original piece of furniture also presupposes non-standard decoration. But the decorations for aquariums on sale are not encouraging either in quality or in price. If you want to create a truly unique underwater world in your apartment, you have to do it yourself

How To Choose An Aquarium

How To Choose An Aquarium

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The aquarium is not only a corner of nature, but also a piece of furniture. In this regard, the question arises - How to choose an aquarium of a particular model? There are 2 approaches to this issue: an aquarium as a life support system for organisms and as an interior detail

How To Treat Aquarium Guppies For Fin Rot

How To Treat Aquarium Guppies For Fin Rot

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Aquarium fish are prone to various infectious diseases - guppies, often suffering from fin rot, are no exception. This disease is caused by rod bacteria and affects all types of fish with the same frequency. So how is fin rot treated? Causes and symptoms Fin rot is an infectious disease brought on by new fish that the owner has acquired and placed in the aquarium

Why Worms Appear In Domestic Cats

Why Worms Appear In Domestic Cats

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Domestic cats are as susceptible to diseases as street pets. The appearance of worms (helminths) and fleas in pets is not uncommon. Therefore, domestic cats need proper care and attention. Where do the worms come from Worms are parasites that inhabit, multiply and feed in humans and animals

Fish For A Pond In The Country

Fish For A Pond In The Country

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The creation of ponds in summer cottages is a very common practice. To make their pond really interesting, the owners of country houses try to complement it with unusual aquatic plants and fish. A living pond will not only delight your eyes on warm summer evenings, but will also bring some benefits in the fight against insects

How To Keep A Veiltail Fish

How To Keep A Veiltail Fish

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An aquarium is not an ordinary container for keeping different fish. This is a real window to the underwater kingdom, where "beauties" and "monsters" swim. Veil-tail aquarium fish can be safely attributed to "beauties"

What Animals Are Found In The Tropics

What Animals Are Found In The Tropics

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The tropics are an amazing place with a humid and warm climate. The animals living here are distinguished by their bright colors and unpredictable behavior. Many tropical inhabitants are kept in zoos, and some can only be found in wildlife. Big cats of the tropics Large representatives of the cat family live in the tropical zone

Why Do Aquarium Fish Turn Black

Why Do Aquarium Fish Turn Black

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Diseases in aquarium fish are very common. Aquatic inhabitants most often die due to improper care. Less commonly, hereditary diseases can occur, which in most cases are incurable. Aquarium fish turn black not only due to infections, but also due to poor water quality

How To Keep African Cichlids

How To Keep African Cichlids

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In nature, you can find fish that belong to the same family, but at the same time look completely different. African cichlids are the brightest representatives of this natural phenomenon, their homeland is the African lakes. Experts count about 1500 fish of the Tsikhlov family, this is an absolute record

How To Keep Fish In An Aquarium

How To Keep Fish In An Aquarium

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An aquarium is a closed biological system, the stability of which depends on the compatibility and well-being of the fish, plants and microorganisms inhabiting the aquarium. When maintaining an aquarium, it should be borne in mind that most fish live and reproduce well only when the conditions in it are as similar as possible to the conditions of their natural habitat

How To Keep A Comet Fish

How To Keep A Comet Fish

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The comet fish is a representative of the genus of crucian carp. For those who have just started to master the subtleties and secrets of the aquarium business, this beauty will be the right decision. After all, this fish is unpretentious, at the same time very effective, capable of decorating even a simple aquarium

Does Aerator Noise Interfere With Aquarium Fish

Does Aerator Noise Interfere With Aquarium Fish

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Caring for aquarium fish is not so simple: you need to know both the feeding rules, and the peculiarities of the water, the correct temperature, correctly select the volume of the aquarium, take into account the compatibility of the fish … One of the main conditions for keeping the fish is aeration of the aquarium

How Fish Breathe

How Fish Breathe

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With mammals, birds and insects living on earth, everything is clear - they, like people, use air for breathing. The aquatic environment is strikingly different from the terrestrial one. However, humans and fish do not have as many differences in terms of respiration as it might seem at first glance

How To Deal With Odor In An Aquarium

How To Deal With Odor In An Aquarium

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The interior aquarium is an attractive and sophisticated accessory. In order for it to truly bring joy from its presence, it is necessary to constantly keep it in the proper form. Often, an unpleasant odor can appear in it. In order to eliminate it, it is necessary to change the water, thus cleaning the aquarium

The Most Unpretentious Aquarium Fish

The Most Unpretentious Aquarium Fish

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Increasingly began to see a goldfish in a dream? This means that you need to think about purchasing an aquarium. The most important thing in this business is to choose the right future guests. Out of love for Pushkin's tales, you can, of course, buy a goldfish, but in the absence of skills in the field of aquaristics, it is better not to do this

Why Does Water Bloom In An Aquarium?

Why Does Water Bloom In An Aquarium?

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Water bloom in an aquarium often begins suddenly. At first, the water becomes slightly cloudy, then it becomes green and opaque. To combat this phenomenon, you need to know its nature. It is necessary - lighting - aquarium filters and sprayers - compressor - plastic jar - piercing needles Instructions Step 1 The cause of water bloom is the massive multiplication of unicellular flagellar microorganisms

What To Do If The Water In The Aquarium Turns Green

What To Do If The Water In The Aquarium Turns Green

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Blooming and greening of water is observed not only in natural reservoirs, but also in aquariums. The clouding of the water in the aquarium is due to several reasons, and what exactly, let's try to figure it out. One of the reasons for the greening of the water is the more active growth of microalgae, which have felt favorable conditions for themselves

What Does Sterilization Of Cats Mean?

What Does Sterilization Of Cats Mean?

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The name "sterilization" is the surgical procedure for removing the uterus and ovaries from an animal when it reaches a certain age. A sterilized cat will be deprived of the opportunity to bear offspring, which means that its owners will not have any problems with attaching the next litter

How To Choose Aquarium Fish

How To Choose Aquarium Fish

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The aquarium is rightfully considered the most beautiful element of decoration of any room. An untrained person can make a lot of mistakes when buying its inhabitants, so let's figure out how to choose the right aquarium fish. The most common absurdity that novice aquarists make is keeping predatory and harmless fish together, as well as keeping fish that are not intended for home

What To Do If The Kitten Is Poisoned

What To Do If The Kitten Is Poisoned

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Adult cats suffer from poisoning less often than kittens - with age, animals learn to recognize harmful substances or poor-quality food and bypass them, and fluffy fools out of curiosity can taste both a poisonous plant and household chemicals

How To Get Fish Into An Aquarium

How To Get Fish Into An Aquarium

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Many people dream of having a small piece of the underwater kingdom at home. The aquarium allows you not only to contemplate the beautiful, but also to join the amazing world of underwater inhabitants, to learn a lot of new and interesting things from their lives

How To Store A Tubule

How To Store A Tubule

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Any aquarist sooner or later faces the problem of storing a tubule at home. Fish cannot eat only dry food for a long time, and appetizing live worms not only arouse their genuine interest, but also significantly increase indicators such as fertility, life expectancy and health

How To Treat Semolina In Fish

How To Treat Semolina In Fish

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Ichthyophthyroidism, semolina are scary words for a beginner in aquarium hobby. However, do not panic, especially if you follow your pets closely enough and did not miss the first signs of this disease in fish. It is necessary - malachite green dye, - medicines for fish, - disposable syringe, - salt

How To Feed Guppy Fry

How To Feed Guppy Fry

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Aquarists are busy people. Not only do they have to strictly observe the feeding time of the fish, but they also constantly clean the aquarium, change the water in it and decorate it as far as funds allow. And if a fish offspring appears, then the hassle is added

What A Bird Titmouse

What A Bird Titmouse

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Tits are agile and dexterous birds. They climb the branches of trees, rummaging through all the cracks in search of their favorite food - insects and their larvae. The most famous representative of this genus of birds is the so-called great tit

How Animals Affect Plants

How Animals Affect Plants

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Nature is harmonious, and its representatives are in constant interaction with each other. The climate and landscape features are of great importance for the flora and fauna. Animals and plants also have a great influence on each other in the course of evolution