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An aquarium (plural: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size mostly having at least one transparent side in which aquatic animals or plants are kept and displayed. Hobbyists use aquariums/aquaria to keep fishes, aquatic invertebrates, aquatic amphibians, 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". Any tank or container with aquatic life being kept is called an aquarium. Of course, it has principles, the main thing is to keep its ecosystem balanced and the organisms inside are doing well. Temperature, pH level, fish size, fish quantity, diet, temperament, breeding and reproduction, salinity, etc. are the things to consider before getting an aquarium. 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. Small aquariums are kept in the home by hobbyists. 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 few liters in volume, to immense public aquaria of several thousand liters. Specialized equipment maintains appropriate water quality and other characteristics suitable for the aquarium's residents.