{"id":1988,"date":"2023-12-07T15:17:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2023-12-07T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:20:45","slug":"5-ideas-for-the-intermediate-freshwater-hobbyist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/07\/5-ideas-for-the-intermediate-freshwater-hobbyist\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ideas for the intermediate freshwater hobbyist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1988\" class=\"elementor elementor-1988\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b923da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b923da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a88a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a88a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8084195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8084195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Consider adding new species to your existing tank.<\/strong><br \/>Just make sure your new pets are compatible with your current ones.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b35435 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b35435\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73b16cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73b16cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8ab4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8ab4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps2-120x120.png\" class=\"attachment-menu-120x120 size-menu-120x120 wp-image-1712\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps2-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps2-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps2.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4a9b49 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4a9b49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca36b1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca36b1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Time for a d\u00e9cor makeover?<\/strong><br \/>If your plants and d\u00e9cor are looking a bit faded and green, then, yes\u2026it\u2019s time. Brighten things up with lighted or even fluorescent plants and features.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2912da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2912da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7207c4b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7207c4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7505174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7505174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps3-120x120.png\" class=\"attachment-menu-120x120 size-menu-120x120 wp-image-1711\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps3-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps3-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps3-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps3.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f27d45e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f27d45e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7a1724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7a1724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>See your aquarium in a whole new light.<\/strong><br \/>There are more lighting options than ever. Highlight specific areas and enhance your fish with accented color. Or, keep things interesting with new color-changing LEDs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153212f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"153212f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-193c537 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"193c537\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac62c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ac62c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps4-120x120.png\" class=\"attachment-menu-120x120 size-menu-120x120 wp-image-1710\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps4-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps4-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps4-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps4.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38cb5a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38cb5a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f80cd79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f80cd79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Step up to a bigger size, shape or style tank.<\/strong><br \/>Believe it or not, larger tanks are actually easier to take care of and better for the health of your fish, making this idea a win-win.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4c6703 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4c6703\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1afe7df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1afe7df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6157c95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6157c95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps5-120x120.png\" class=\"attachment-menu-120x120 size-menu-120x120 wp-image-1709\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps5-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps5-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps5-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/steps5.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb56096 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb56096\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3234e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd3234e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Get a second aquarium.<\/strong><br \/>Bring your hobby to another part of your home, or even the workplace. Adding a second aquarium gives you a chance to try things you\u2019ve always wanted to do differently, like switching to a new type of environment, trying a different type of fish (such as coldwater) or even changing your method of filtration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa0dce8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa0dce8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-434b3af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"434b3af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now that you have all the aquarium basics down pat, and maintaining and caring for your aquarium and pets has become routine it&#8217;s time to shake things up. Here are five fresh ideas that will help breathe new life into your fishkeeping experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider adding new species to your existing tank.Just make sure your new pets are compatible with your current ones.\u00a0 Time for a d\u00e9cor makeover?If your plants and d\u00e9cor are looking a bit faded and green, then, yes\u2026it\u2019s time. Brighten things up with lighted or even fluorescent plants and features. See your aquarium in a whole &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/07\/5-ideas-for-the-intermediate-freshwater-hobbyist\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 ideas for the intermediate freshwater hobbyist<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1995,"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions\/1995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetra-au.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}