For the last 4 months I have been saving money to maintian an Aquarium. Now I am a proud owner of a Aquarium with 8 fishes. It all started when my Dad brought me an  Aquarium Tank..

It was really difficult for me to get the stone and pebbles as for my tank. I needed  around 20-25 kg of them and in the shops you get it for around 10-15 kg per kilo.. Thats is really expensive for a hobby.. but you can always go to AL Rawnaq.. there you get a few decorative stone and wide collection of shell .. its worth buying and its really cheap . Most of my stones & shell come from this place.. I roamed the sea shore of Umm-said and Wakhra, not much help . I just found 10 pebbles and many shells of no good.

They are some good places in Doha to get some wide collection of Tropical Fishes. The ones which I like are form the Al Buhairah at AL Naser Street. and the one near the TV Round about with the name Tropical Fish. They have a wide collection of fishes.

If you are a starter is better to get the cheaper fishes which are around 5 -10 QR each, get a small tank, a filter and air pump. There are a good selection to choose from.

Its better to get to know how to maintain the Aquarium before buying any of expensive ones. Its relaxing and pleasing to watch these Aquatic Creature.  

Good ones
I also having the same problem, but still when im finish cleaning it up then sit at front of the aquarium, its all worth it
Written by: Danny Clemens | 27/02/2007 1:03 pm

Siddiq
Common, Its pleasing, ur right, but maintaining it is a problem, how do you clean and remove all that algae..
Written by: Siddiq | 28/02/2007 3:02 am

Cleaning up
This could be a really hard part maintaining an Aquarium. Slowly you will see that the water gets dirty and cloudy. You could get many solutions on the net and even the Tropical fish Shopkeeper might give you an easier solution. Basically there are 2 ways the water gets dirty. Firstly, It gets Brown in colour. This is due to the increasing of ammonia in water. Usually it is the left overs by the fish and if you extra food. To overcome this get those Cleaner Fish which clean the tank and the stones. Snails will also help in cleaning up. Plants also a good option, they clean and give a good look to the Tank. Aquarium salt could also do the trick but it usually not available in the market here. Secondly, the water turns Green. This is due to the growth of algae. The best way to clean this up is to clean the whole tank. Persons having bigger tank will really have a heavy work to do. Algae usually grow due the presence of light. So better switch off those aquarium light often and see to it that your tank have sufficient air supply.
Written by: Samad_Sami | 03/03/2007 11:08 am