| In Feng Shui, water symbolizes wealth. The word | | | | the house (or working in the office) instead of |
| "fish" in Mandarin is pronounced the same way as | | | | attracting wealth.The best fish tank (strictly from |
| "excess". That's the reason why rearing fish is | | | | a Feng Shui perspective) is a circular fish |
| one of the most effective ways to bring you | | | | tank.Why are circular fish tanks the best?First, |
| wealth so that you can enjoy a life of excess.To | | | | circular fish tanks do not have sharp corners (or |
| be able to activate the wealth energies in your | | | | "poison arrows") which can be detrimental to your |
| home, shop or office, you'll need to learn how to | | | | health.Second, a circle belongs to the Metal |
| set up an aquarium in the right way.When I'm | | | | element. And according to the Cycle of Birth of |
| talking about setting up your aquarium in the right | | | | the Five Elements, Metal melts into a liquid state |
| way, I'm neither talking about water temperature | | | | when subjected to intense heat. Hence, Metal is |
| nor am I talking about ammonia and nitrite levels. | | | | said to give birth to Water (Wealth).The |
| I'm talking about how to set up the aquarium | | | | conventional rectangular tank (with 90-degree |
| based on the principles of Feng Shui to attract | | | | corners) is considered neither good nor bad so if |
| wealth.Where do you place your aquarium?The | | | | you can't find a circular tank, go for the |
| location of your aquarium is very important since | | | | rectangular ones.How many fish should I |
| you want to place it where it's most ideal to | | | | keep?The number of fish you should rear will |
| accumulate wealth energies.Of the four sectors of | | | | depend on your element.If you belong to the |
| your house, the front and the back have the | | | | Water element, you should have either 1 or 6 |
| biggest impact on your wealth. It's not advisable, | | | | fish.If you belong to the Fire element, you should |
| however, to set up your aquarium at the back of | | | | have either 2 or 7 fish.If you belong to the Wood |
| your house.The back of the house, where the | | | | element, you should have either 3 or 8 fish.If you |
| bedrooms are usually at, is a sector that should | | | | belong to the Metal element, you should have |
| be kept peaceful and quiet. Since there's too | | | | either 4 or 9 fish.If you belong to the Earth |
| much activities and movement generated by the | | | | element, you should have either 5 or 10 fish.It |
| aquarium with the fishes swimming and the filter | | | | doesn't mean that the more fish you have, the |
| pumping away, it's recommended that you place | | | | more wealth you'll attract. The number of fish |
| the aquarium in the front sector near the front | | | | you keep should depend on the size of your fish |
| door.What's the shape of your fish tank?You may | | | | tank. Afterall what you want is a thriving |
| not know this, but the shape of your fish tank is | | | | aquarium.What types of fish should you keep?In |
| an important factor that you need to pay | | | | general you can keep any kind of fish although |
| attention to when setting up the aquarium.Buying | | | | the arowana, flower horn fish (Luo Han) and |
| a fish tank of the wrong shape may actually | | | | goldfish are good for attracting wealth. |
| adversely affect the health of the people living in | | | | |