Considering Keeping a Freshwater Aquarium at Home?
Benefits of Keeping Aquariums
First of all, there are many good health reasons to keep an aquarium in your home. Studies have shown that keeping aquariums will greatly relieve the stress in your life.
Not only do aquariums help relieve stress, they also help lower blood pressure, and help with insomnia. All in all, it's good therapy. There have been studies done since the 80s that show that watching fish in an aquarium not only reduces stress, but also lowers blood pressure.
Some of these studies compare many different stress-reducing therapies. There have been reports on aquariums vs. hypnosis. Aquariums filled with fish vs. aquariums with no fish. Having an aquarium vs. not having one.
The results were always the same. Watching and keeping fish in an aquarium reduced blood pressure. Having fish in an aquarium instead of no fish reduced stress. Even just watching a video with fish swimming around proved to have therapeutic benefits.
Aquariums aid seniors to reduce blood pressure. Kids with hyperactive disorders have been calmed. Even in dentist offices, watching aquariums have been shown to calm patients as much as hypnosis. The same results were found when fish were kept in doctors' waiting rooms.
History of Keeping Aquariums
Aquariums were known to be kept as early as over 4500 years ago by the ancient Sumerians. The early Romans and Egyptians also kept fish ponds used for food, but also for entertainment. The ancient Chinese were the first to be known to breed fish and developed many different types of ornamental goldfish. These goldfish were later introduced to Europe in the 1700s.
In Europe in the 1700s, it became popular to start keeping fish in ornamental tubs, small ponds and glass jars. This was considered the first step in fishbowls!
But it wasn't until the 1800s that the ideas of balanced aquariums became further developed when people realized that it was easier to keep fish alive if they could have aerated water, were kept cleaner, and perhaps have plants in them. The plants helped keep the tanks cleaner.
It wasn't until the 1900s, of course, that it became much easier to keep aquariums, when electricity was developed, then filters, lighting, and heating could be used to make it much easier to keep a home aquarium, and keep the fish healthier and alive longer.
First of all, there are many good health reasons to keep an aquarium in your home. Studies have shown that keeping aquariums will greatly relieve the stress in your life.
Not only do aquariums help relieve stress, they also help lower blood pressure, and help with insomnia. All in all, it's good therapy. There have been studies done since the 80s that show that watching fish in an aquarium not only reduces stress, but also lowers blood pressure.
Some of these studies compare many different stress-reducing therapies. There have been reports on aquariums vs. hypnosis. Aquariums filled with fish vs. aquariums with no fish. Having an aquarium vs. not having one.
The results were always the same. Watching and keeping fish in an aquarium reduced blood pressure. Having fish in an aquarium instead of no fish reduced stress. Even just watching a video with fish swimming around proved to have therapeutic benefits.
Aquariums aid seniors to reduce blood pressure. Kids with hyperactive disorders have been calmed. Even in dentist offices, watching aquariums have been shown to calm patients as much as hypnosis. The same results were found when fish were kept in doctors' waiting rooms.
History of Keeping Aquariums
Aquariums were known to be kept as early as over 4500 years ago by the ancient Sumerians. The early Romans and Egyptians also kept fish ponds used for food, but also for entertainment. The ancient Chinese were the first to be known to breed fish and developed many different types of ornamental goldfish. These goldfish were later introduced to Europe in the 1700s.
In Europe in the 1700s, it became popular to start keeping fish in ornamental tubs, small ponds and glass jars. This was considered the first step in fishbowls!
But it wasn't until the 1800s that the ideas of balanced aquariums became further developed when people realized that it was easier to keep fish alive if they could have aerated water, were kept cleaner, and perhaps have plants in them. The plants helped keep the tanks cleaner.
It wasn't until the 1900s, of course, that it became much easier to keep aquariums, when electricity was developed, then filters, lighting, and heating could be used to make it much easier to keep a home aquarium, and keep the fish healthier and alive longer.
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