| Setting up an aquarium isn't difficult, just about | | | | you were taking up any hobby, it would probably |
| anyone can do it. Buy a tank, fill it with water, add | | | | involve some research, it's just that you don't think |
| some fish and it's done. Nothing to it really. | | | | of it as research so it's easy to do. |
| If you want to keep your fish for more than a | | | | There is loads of information on the internet, |
| couple of weeks then you probably need to adapt a | | | | hobbyists, enthusiasts and suppliers are all posting |
| slightly more scientific route than this. Fish keeping is | | | | huge amounts of information on the fish keeping |
| easy, but it isn't simple. What I mean by that is that | | | | hobby every day. Just log on and fire up Google and |
| once you know your subject, the day to day fish | | | | away you go. Ask around, do you have any friends |
| keeping is easy. Feeding them, watching them, do a | | | | who keep fish. Most of them will be delighted to talk |
| spot of cleaning and an occasional water change, trim | | | | for hours on the subject. |
| the plants if you've got any. None of it is difficult or | | | | Setting up an aquarium successfully is more about |
| particularly time consuming. | | | | water keeping than fish keeping. Yes you need to |
| So why do Eighty percent of people who start the | | | | know about the fish but you need to know more |
| hobby give up within a year? | | | | about managing the water quality than anything else. |
| Because they didn't do their research. Now the word | | | | Did you get a goldfish as a kid? How long did it live? |
| research might put you off a bit. It sounds really | | | | Goldfish can live fifteen to twenty years if looked |
| heavy, like what you would do before writing a | | | | after properly. The record is forty three years. The |
| thesis. In actual fact, it is just reading. That's all you | | | | goldfish that we had as kids never stood a chance |
| have to do before you start this hobby. Read up on | | | | simply because there wasn't the information around |
| it and make sure that you understand what it | | | | then that there is today. |
| involves. | | | | So before you start keeping fish do the research, |
| If you're serious about this it must be worth an | | | | sorry, reading and be a successful fish keeper. |
| evening or two to find out how to do it properly. If | | | | |