Freshwater Aquarium/Expert Profile

Karen Fields

U.S.
On Vacation
returns 11/31/2009
Expertise

I own and maintain a large number of tanks with many various tropical fish species. During my fishkeeping past I have learned a lot of the myths and truths about tropical fish care. Currently I keep a wide range of species and have a lot of experience in; Severum cichlids, gouramis, platies, goldfish, bettas, tetras, paradise fish, Angelfish, Corydoras catfish, and many others as well as a couple of years with brackish water. If you have a question on tropical fish keeping I`ll be sure to answer it in the simplest way I can, and if I don`t know the answer, I`ll research the answer for you. Happy fish keeping!

Experience in the area

I have experience in setting up fish tanks, what to feed certain species, compatible species in my experience, cleaning the tank,
and all around tropical fish care. I also have learned the truth of many of the myths of tropical fish keeping in the past.
Happy fishkeeping!

What do you like about this subject?

I love the diversity of colors, habits, and shapes of tropical fish. Keeping fish is fun if you know what your doing. They are such interesting little (or big!) creatures and there is always something new to learn.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I learn something new everyday. But I would like to try my hardest to help people better understand their fish and prevent unnecessary fish cruelty through lack of knowledge. A real dream would be to find a way to spawn the unique dragon fish so at least fewer dragons would have to be wild-caught and kept emaciated and stressed in petstores.

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Recent Answers from Karen Fields

2009-11-20 Goldfish & the "B" word: An attempt to delve deeper..:

Hello Anna, and I appreciate receiving your letter! I think you are wonderful for analyzing the whole goldfish in the bowl being that it is such a argumentative and heated debate for quite some time

2009-11-19 Snail eggs:

Hi Kimberly, Sounds like you have mystery snails! They are the snail species that lay a cluster of pinkish eggs above the water-line because otherwise, if they laid them underwater, the babies would drown

2009-11-18 Grommie laying down:

Hi Kay, Its possible he may have swim bladder issues, you might want to read this great article devoted to the many causes and treatments for this condition that is common with several popular fish species-

2009-11-17 Tropical Fishes:

Hi Brittany, Try to read as much as you can about fish care. Get a fish care book from your local library or a petstore...but don't depend on the petstore employees advice, they are wrong far too often

2009-11-16 Fish compatibility:

Hi Ronnie, Wonderful Christmas gift idea for yourself! Nice idea for tank placement too, sounds so relaxing and nice! Severums do eventually grow into decently large fish in about a year or two. Its

 

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