| The aquarium stores are extremely convenient for | | | | member of staff that you are chatting to does not |
| any aquarist who wants to keep fish at home or in | | | | seem too knowledgeable, than this may be a sign to |
| the office. It is here that you find a wide selection of | | | | shop elsewhere. |
| fish tanks, and at the same time pick up any needed | | | | It may be a wise choice to spend some time visiting |
| accessories to build a healthy ecosystem. Such | | | | a few aquarium stores so that you can get a better |
| necessities available will include fish food, water | | | | idea of all options available to you. You must |
| tester kits, nets, gravel, cleaning equipment, corals | | | | remember that you will hopefully be building a long |
| and plant life. A few aquarium stores also sell manuals | | | | term relationship, and need to find a trustworthy |
| and books on fish keeping that can be very helpful | | | | aquarium store. |
| for the novice and experienced alike. | | | | Just be doing some simple homework on aquarium |
| When visiting an aquarium store you will have the | | | | fish keeping prior to visiting the aquarium store, will |
| choice of selecting from either a clean empty fish | | | | save you so much time on what to lookout for and |
| tank or the ready to install aquarium. This will depend | | | | what you actually need. |
| on the style of fish tank you are after and your | | | | If you are purchasing fish from any particular store |
| intended budget, you can buy aquariums shaped like | | | | for the first time then you should closely inspect the |
| hexagons, octagons, pentagons and towers. You | | | | aquariums and find out if the fishes in the tank are |
| may even be interested in finding sphere aquariums | | | | healthy and happy. An easy way to determine if the |
| or half round aquariums, not to mention the highly | | | | fishes are active is by placing a finger just above the |
| popular standard glass tanks that are box shaped or | | | | tank. If they are very active they will swim to the |
| bowl shaped. | | | | top expecting your finger to be food. This in most |
| There are several ways that should allow you to | | | | cases is a good sign. Do not buy those fishes that |
| determine if an aquarium store is good or not. The | | | | remain near the bottom of the tank and show |
| first thing you should take note of when you walk | | | | lethargy. |
| into the aquarium store is the general maintenance. If | | | | If the aquarium store that you are visiting has more |
| you notice that the aquarium store you are visiting | | | | than ten fish tanks then it is not unusual to find a |
| seems to have dirty aquariums, aquariums with no | | | | few dead or old fish. However, this should not by all |
| water or poorly staffed stores, than it is best to | | | | means be a regular occurrence in all of the tanks. |
| avoid buying from there. In these circumstances you | | | | Take notice, if you can on how the store keeper or |
| are unlikely to be given healthy fish. | | | | other assistants feed the fish. This will often reveal |
| You should be able to learn a lot from the staff at | | | | whether they have the required expertise to take |
| the aquarium stores. They can give you guidance | | | | care of the fish or not. |
| regarding the size of the fish tank as well as the | | | | When making the final choice on which aquarium |
| types of fish that you need to keep. Try asking a | | | | store to use you should always base your decision |
| few generalized questions regarding fish keeping and | | | | on which one can help you in taking care of the fish |
| how to take care of fishes if they fall sick. If the | | | | as well as the general maintenance of the fish tank. |