| Far to many fish keepers lose their fish too soon. For | | | | mistake of thinking they can just plug it in, add water |
| many first time fish keepers putting their first fish | | | | and add the fish straight away. |
| tank aquarium together, the thrill and excitement | | | | Regardless of where you live, your tap water is filled |
| soon turns to horror when their new collection of fish | | | | with harmful chemicals that can potentially kill your |
| don't make it through the first week. | | | | new fish within the first 24 hours. Your tank needs |
| Your aquarium tank needs to provide the perfect | | | | to stabilize first. You need to treat the water to |
| conditions for your fish to survive. The water | | | | neutralize harmful chemicals and allow harmful gasses |
| conditions are very sensitive and these fish need | | | | to escape. You should let your tank run for a day or |
| optimal conditions to be healthy. There's usually very | | | | two and test the water before you add your first |
| little warning and if you get it wrong you might know | | | | fish. |
| too late. | | | | 3. Insufficient Filtration |
| There's 3 common mistakes that I see most newbies | | | | The filter is the heart of your fish tank aquarium. It's |
| make when setting up their fish tank aquarium. | | | | continuously circulating water to remove the waste |
| 1. Going Too Small | | | | particles that can pollute the water. Because the filter |
| Most people think that they want to start small and | | | | collects all the dirt it needs to be cleaned and |
| get a small tank. The problem is that with a small | | | | replaced frequently to ensure that your tank |
| volume of water there's virtually no room for error | | | | maintains a clean environment for your fish. |
| and even experienced aquarium keepers can struggle | | | | The bigger the volume of water in your tank, the |
| with small tanks. It's just too hard to maintain optimal | | | | bigger a filtration system you will need. As a rule of |
| water conditions. With bigger tanks and bigger | | | | thumb your filter needs to circulate all the water at |
| volumes of water it's much easier to control the | | | | least 3 times per hour. This should give you a good |
| conditions. To play it safe, you should try and get at | | | | indication of which size to get, but if you are unsure |
| least a 20 gallon tank - especially if it's your first tank | | | | always go one size up. |
| aquarium. This will also give you enough room to | | | | By avoiding these three mistakes you can quite easily |
| keep a good collection of fish. | | | | set up your first fish tank aquarium with success. |
| 2.Not Letting The Water Stabilize | | | | Keeping a healthy aquarium can be a challenge, but in |
| Aquarium kits are the new thing in the world of fish | | | | the end the rewards are just so worth it. Make sure |
| tank aquariums. These tanks come shipped and | | | | you know what you are doing before you do it and |
| packaged as complete "plug and play" aquariums. | | | | investing in a good aquarium book can be well worth |
| Because of this many new tank keepers make the | | | | the money. |