aquaria
Glass water habitats
Aquaria is the Latin plural of aquarium—a water-filled container or facility for keeping fish and other aquatic life.
While aquariums dominates in casual speech, aquaria appears in formal or scientific contexts: The research facility maintains several saltwater aquaria.
Both plurals are correct.
Spiny-finned freshwater fish family
- tetrasSmall tropical aquarium fish
- angelfishFlat-bodied ornamental tropical fish
- gouramisTropical freshwater aquarium fish
- discusHeavy disc for throwing
guppies · bettas · plecos · barbs · loaches · planted · driftwood · blackwater
Marine skeletal formation
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- saltwaterOcean water, chemically speaking
- anemoneTentacled polyp or bloom
- clownfishStriped reef fish, anemone symbiont
tang · surgeonfish · blenny · goby · damsel · lionfish · polyp · invertebrates
Designing underwater tank environments
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- heaterDevice producing warmth
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
ph · nitrate · alkalinity · hardness · fertilizers · breeding · cycling · quarantine
Item publicly displayed
- oceanariumMarine life display facility
- visitorShort-term guest
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
Major ecological community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- detritivoresCreatures consuming dead material
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
cichlids
Spiny-finned freshwater fish family
- tetrasSmall tropical aquarium fish
- angelfishFlat-bodied ornamental tropical fish
- gouramisTropical freshwater aquarium fish
discus · guppies · bettas · plecos · barbs · loaches · planted · driftwood · blackwater · schooling
coral
Marine skeletal formation
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- saltwaterOcean water, chemically speaking
- anemoneTentacled polyp or bloom
clownfish · tang · surgeonfish · blenny · goby · damsel · lionfish · polyp · invertebrates · starfish
aquascaping
Designing underwater tank environments
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- heaterDevice producing warmth
lighting · ph · nitrate · alkalinity · hardness · fertilizers · breeding · cycling · quarantine · acclimation
exhibit
Item publicly displayed
- oceanariumMarine life display facility
- visitorShort-term guest
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
conservation · outreach · admission · curator · husbandry
biome
Major ecological community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- detritivoresCreatures consuming dead material
- pluralsmen, women, feet, mice, geese
- germplasmgermplasm, seed banks, gene pools, genetic material, seeds
aquariaterrariums
Sealed glass plant containers
desert habitats · aviaries · vivariums · insectariums · ant farms
- aquarium fishWater pets in tanks
- freshwater aquariumEnclosed habitat for riverine species
- aquarium filterDevice cleaning fish habitat
- public aquarium
- aquarium plantVegetation for fish tanks
- marine aquarium