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Size does matter

A walk-through for creating the perfect aquarium for your home or office

PHOTO: H. SATISH

KEEP IT SAFE The aquarium should be protected from cold draughts and warm air

Whether or not you believe in the famous fish therapy for asthma cure, there is one kind of fish therapy that can give you joy and happiness throughout the year. What's more, it will also balance the yin and yang in your home and let the chi flow in the right direction.

Yup. We are talking about fish and aquariums of the freshwater kind. Keep one in your house and it will turn into a home. We will take you through the basics to make you a happy aquarist.

First, the aquarium and the size. The bigger the better. Remember the Pink Floyd song: "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year..." Your fish should not sing the same gloomy number.

So, your aquarium should be big, the shape and size you like (no fish bowls please). Find a spot where there is no direct sunlight, or where the sun's rays fall for just an hour — no more.

It should be away from doors and windows, protected from cold draughts and warm air. Get a strong stand. You can get your neighbourhood welder to mould one with thermacole base. Now, you are ready.

Next week: All the equipment and fishes

SERISH NANISETTI

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