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==Description and Types of Aquarium Niche== | ==Description and Types of Aquarium Niche== | ||
There are generally four types of aquariums a new aquarist can set up: tropical freshwater, cold freshwater, brackish, and | Commercial aquariums come in variety of shapes and sizes, from tiny one gallon fish bowls to luxurious 100 gallon fish tanks, and normally can be set simply on a desk top or on top of a special aquarium stand. There are generally four types of aquariums a new aquarist can set up: tropical freshwater, cold freshwater, brackish, and saltwater. Each type of aquarium requires specific care and maintenance, and different types of fish reside in each of the designed ecosystem. | ||
===Tropical Freshwater Aquarium=== | |||
===Cold Freshwater Aquarium=== | |||
===Brackish Aquarium=== | |||
===Saltwater Aquarium=== | |||
===Where located?=== | ===Where located?=== | ||
Revision as of 04:47, 26 August 2008
An aquarium is an artificial ecosystem that is inhabitable by various aquatic species. Nothing quite adds to the room décor as adding an aquarium with beautifully colored fishes with lively aquatic plants. However, what many non-aquarists fail to realize is that what keeps these beautiful organisms alive and healthy are none other than the series of micro-organisms, also known as microbes.
Description and Types of Aquarium Niche
Commercial aquariums come in variety of shapes and sizes, from tiny one gallon fish bowls to luxurious 100 gallon fish tanks, and normally can be set simply on a desk top or on top of a special aquarium stand. There are generally four types of aquariums a new aquarist can set up: tropical freshwater, cold freshwater, brackish, and saltwater. Each type of aquarium requires specific care and maintenance, and different types of fish reside in each of the designed ecosystem.
Tropical Freshwater Aquarium
Cold Freshwater Aquarium
Brackish Aquarium
Saltwater Aquarium
Where located?
Physical Conditions?
What are the conditions in your niche? Temperature, pressure, pH, moisture, etc.
Influence by Adjacent Communities (if any)
Is your niche close to another niche or influenced by another community of organisms?
Conditions under which the environment changes
Do any of the physical conditions change? Are there chemicals, other organisms, nutrients, etc. that might change the community of your niche.
Who lives there?
Which microbes are present?
You may refer to organisms by genus or by genus and species, depending upon how detailed the your information might be. If there is already a microbewiki page describing that organism, make a link to it.
Are there any other non-microbes present?
Plants? Animals? Fungi? etc.
Do the microbes that are present interact with each other?
Describe any negative (competition) or positive (symbiosis) behavior
Do the microbes change their environment?
Do they alter pH, attach to surfaces, secrete anything, etc. etc.
Do the microbes carry out any metabolism that affects their environment?
Do they ferment sugars to produce acid, break down large molecules, fix nitrogen, etc. etc.
'Super' bacteria live on sheets, fingernails: study
On June 6, 2005, U.S reserachers
References
- "c-saltwater-aquarium.jpg". Mysaltwateraquarium's Weblog. 25 August 2008. <http://mysaltwateraquarium.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/28/>.
