ʻO ka aquarium kahi pahu aniani a i ʻole pahu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i nā iʻa a me nā holoholona wai ʻē aʻe i loko, akā nā mea kanu pū kekahi. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo aqua mai ka Latin a ʻo ia hoʻi ka wai.
Pono ka aquarium i kahi papa o ke one a i ʻole ka ʻiliʻili ma lalo. Ma hope o ka piha ʻana o ka aquarium i ka wai, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokomo i nā mea kanu i loko. A laila hiki ke noho i loko o ka iʻa, ka pāpaʻi, a me nā mollusks e like me ka ʻū.
Pono ka wai i loko o ka aquarium i ka oxygen hou i hiki i nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona ke hanu. I kekahi manawa ua lawa ka hoʻololi mau i ka wai me ka wai hou. Eia nō naʻe, nui nā aquarium i loaʻa i kahi pamu uila. Puhi ʻo ia i ka ea hou ma ka hose a ma ka ʻōhuʻu i loko o ka wai. Ma kēia ʻano, puʻunaue ʻia ka ea i loko o nā ʻōmole maikaʻi.
Aia nā aquarium liʻiliʻi a kū i loko o kahi lumi a me kekahi mau aquarium nui loa, no ka laʻana ma ka zoo. He wai hou kekahi, he wai paʻakai kekahi e like me ke kai. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Zoos e hōʻike wale i nā holoholona wai.