history: I know I build things for fish to live in, but why is it called an aquarium?
knowledge: An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.
response: I can't say why it is called that but a feature is that the vivarium has minimum 1 side that is transparent and the kept aquatic animals or plants are displayed.
history: I know I build things for fish to live in, but why is it called an aquarium?
I can't say why it is called that but a feature is that the vivarium has minimum 1 side that is transparent and the kept aquatic animals or plants are displayed.
oh cool!  What kind of fish can go in them?
knowledge: Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aquatic reptiles such as turtles, and aquatic plants.
response: Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, and aquatic reptiles such as turtles.
history: I know I build things for fish to live in, but why is it called an aquarium?
I can't say why it is called that but a feature is that the vivarium has minimum 1 side that is transparent and the kept aquatic animals or plants are displayed.
oh cool!  What kind of fish can go in them?
Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, and aquatic reptiles such as turtles.
Can I just put water in there?  Or is there anything else I need to do?
knowledge: An aquarium is a water-filled tank in which fish swim about.
response: I'm not aware of anything else but yes, an aquarium would be a water-filled tank for fish to swim about.
history: I know I build things for fish to live in, but why is it called an aquarium?
I can't say why it is called that but a feature is that the vivarium has minimum 1 side that is transparent and the kept aquatic animals or plants are displayed.
oh cool!  What kind of fish can go in them?
Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, and aquatic reptiles such as turtles.
Can I just put water in there?  Or is there anything else I need to do?
I'm not aware of anything else but yes, an aquarium would be a water-filled tank for fish to swim about.
How long have people had aquariums for?
knowledge: The aquarium craze was launched in early Victorian England by Gosse, who created and stocked the first public aquarium at the London Zoo in 1853, and published the first manual, ''The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea'' in 1854.
response: So I can't say when they originally came about but the craze for them happened during 1853 at the London Zoo by Gosse. He created as well as stocked the first public aquarium there.
history: I know I build things for fish to live in, but why is it called an aquarium?
I can't say why it is called that but a feature is that the vivarium has minimum 1 side that is transparent and the kept aquatic animals or plants are displayed.
oh cool!  What kind of fish can go in them?
Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, and aquatic reptiles such as turtles.
Can I just put water in there?  Or is there anything else I need to do?
I'm not aware of anything else but yes, an aquarium would be a water-filled tank for fish to swim about.
How long have people had aquariums for?
So I can't say when they originally came about but the craze for them happened during 1853 at the London Zoo by Gosse. He created as well as stocked the first public aquarium there.
Ok I'll have to check that out thanks!
knowledge: The aquarium principle was fully developed in 1850 by the chemist Robert Warington, who explained that plants added to water in a container would give off enough oxygen to support animals, so long as the numbers of animals did not grow too large.
response: For the record, the aquarium principle was fully developed in 1850 by the chemist Robert Warington, who explained that plants added to water in a container would give off enough oxygen to support animals, so long as the numbers of animals did not grow too large.