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are both used to describe indoor fish containers.

I propose to make them synonyms. While I think that a fish-tank describes something bigger than an aquarium, the practical difference seem to be small.

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  • I would tend to agree, from a pet perspective they're probably interchangeable.
    – Joanne C
    Commented Oct 10, 2013 at 12:23
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    Which one do we want to be the synonym? This will be the one actually applied to questions.
    – user105
    Commented Oct 10, 2013 at 13:05
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    'Aquarium' would be the more-likely used term in the context of this forum.
    – Robert Cartaino
    Commented Oct 10, 2013 at 13:28
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    In addition to what Robert said, all fish tanks are aquariums (AFAIK) but not all aquariums are fish tanks (sometimes they hold reptiles), so if that distinction ever matters then aquarium should be the main tag.
    – Monica Cellio
    Commented Oct 10, 2013 at 16:40
  • aquarium-fish, aquarium-reptile
    – JoshDM
    Commented Oct 16, 2013 at 4:20

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