Tropical Home Aquarium - Low Hassle Approach Pt.1

Professor Haney is a history professor in Austin, Texas. He has an eclectic enthusiasm for an array of interests, one of those being the practice of harboring and sustaining underwater life in his home aquarium. He is a pragmatic hobbyist with little time and has discovered a way to continue with his passion while not interrupting his busy schedule.

This lesson is one in a series of wonderful and informative introductions into some thoughts and considerations one might address when beginning a home aquarium. In this lesson, Prof. Haney describes the many choices one faces when deciding on fish, tanks, and set-ups for their first aquarium.

This Lesson includes the following Topics:

1) An Aquarium as a Hobby - Benefits vs. Time and Expense

2) Types of Fish - Saltwater vs. Freshwater

3) The No Hassle Advantage of Cichlids

4) Finding a Good Tropical Fish Store

Great speaker

06/27/2007

~ brittanie

Professor Haney is so well spoken and very easy to learn from. I don't have the best of luck with fish unless I'm eating it but listening to Professor Haney as he encourages anyone to enjoy this rewarding hobby has led me to believe more in myself as a fish caretaker.

I would like to see a video on just how to maintain a small (really small) fishbowl. What would you put inside it i.e. fish, rocks, or filtration if you only had a small space to work with?

Thanks for the knowledge!

Very interesting

04/19/2007

~ matt

I've always wanted to start an aquarium, but been intimidated by the time, cost and apparent fragility of the fish. Professor Hanney does a good job of addressing all of these concerns and introduces us to a family of fish that are hardy and have interesting familial behavior patterns.

This gave me the motivation to consider starting an aquarium sooner rather than later and enough knowledge to not feel like a complete idiot going into a store. Thanks for your pragmatic explanations!

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