Therefore, when you consider feng shui, which is both an art and a science, you might be curious as to how you can use a feng shui fish tank in your home. How do you introduce it, and where should you keep it? Are there places you should not include a feng shui fish tank?



A True Feng Shui Fish Tank is Not Always Big

A lot of people think wrongly that when you are talking about a feng shui fish tank, you are talking about a huge aquarium which will take up half your living room. This is untrue. The basic feng shui principles encourage simplicity and balance and trying to fit a massive tank into a tiny apartment is only going to make the room feel cluttered which, again, is very anti-feng shui. You should choose a tank which is going to look good in your house and not be too big.

Smaller aquariums will always do just fine, especially if they are in perfect balance to the room. Additionally, a true feng shui fish tank doesnt even need to be an aquarium at all. A small fishbowl with a just a goldfish or two, if properly maintained and displayed, can be quite sufficient.

This might be good news to you if you are on a budget and don't want to spend a lot of money on a large aquarium, in addition to spending a lot of money to both stock it and maintain it.

Where to Introduce Your Feng Shui Fish Tank

You are probably already familiar with the five elements, namely, wood, water, fire, earth and metal, that are the embodiment of feng shui. These elements are meant to complement one another and keep any one from overpowering a room or any particular area. This is where your feng shui fish tank comes into play. No doubt if you have a smaller tank or fishbowl, you will be using it as an accent to a room.

If your room consists of mostly browns or tans, the water element from the fishtank will balance it out. Bright colored fish are the best to use, perhaps orange or yellow, and they will offset warm earth tones.

It is a bad idea for your feng shui fish tank to have to compete with a stronger element. If you have a large fireplace in your family room, you shouldn't have a large aquarium in the same room. These elements are both strong and will conflict with one another, resulting in a lack of harmony and balance. In this case, you can either choose a smaller fish tank or place a large aquarium in another room where it is not competing against anything.

Therefore, you have to be careful where you place your fishbowl. You also need to make sure that it will complement your environment and your room. This will help ensure that you are using your feng shui fish tank in the way it should be used.