Aquarium

Aquarium

 


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. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aquatic reptiles such as turtles, and aquatic plants. The term "aquarium", coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".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. 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.[2] An aquarium is a water-filled tank in which fish swim about. Small aquariums are kept in the home by hobbyists. There are larger public aquariums in many cities. This kind of aquarium is a building with fish and other aquatic animals in large tanks. A large aquarium may have otters, turtles, dolphins, and other sea animals. Most aquarium tanks also have plants.

An aquarist owns fish or maintains an aquarium, typically constructed of glass or high-strength acrylic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl, under a gallon in volume, to immense public aquaria of several thousand gallons. Specialized equipment maintains appropriate water quality and other characteristics suitable for the aquarium's residents

一個水族館（複數：水族館或水族箱）是動物飼養所具有至少一個透明的側面，其中水生植物或動物保持並顯示的任何尺寸。養魚者利用水族館來養魚，無脊椎動物，兩棲動物，烏龜等水生爬行動物和水生植物。由英國自然學家菲利普·亨利·高斯（Philip Henry Gosse）創造的“水族館”一詞將拉丁詞根aqua（意思是水）和後綴-arium結合在一起，意思是“一個與之相關的地方”。水族原理是由化學家羅伯特·沃靈頓（Robert Warington）於1850年全面發展的，他解釋說，只要動物的數量不會增長太大，將植物添加到容器中的水中就會釋放出足夠的氧氣來支撐動物。水族館熱潮是由高斯（Gosse）在英國維多利亞時代初期發起的，戈斯於1853年在倫敦動物園創建和飼養了第一個公共水族館，並於1854年出版了第一本手冊《水族館：深海奇觀》。水族館是一個裝滿水的魚缸，魚在其中游泳。小型水族箱由業餘愛好者養在家裡。許多城市都有較大的公共水族館。這種水族館是一幢在大水箱中放養魚類和其他水生動物的建築物。大型水族館可能有水獺，烏龜，海豚和其他海洋動物。大多數水族箱也有植物。

飼養員擁有魚或飼養著一個通常由玻璃或高強度丙烯酸製成的水族館。長方體水族箱也被稱為魚缸或簡稱為魚缸，而碗狀水族箱也被稱為魚缸。大小範圍可以從容量不到一加侖的小玻璃碗到數千加侖的巨大公共水族箱。專用設備可保持適當的水質和其他適合水族館居民的特徵。