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7 Tips For Choosing Aquarium Fish

Buying the right aquarium fish for your tankwater condition is poor then adding more fish
is key to the success of your aquarium. Whenwill just make things worse and endanger the
selecting fish, you may not simply be able tohealth of all the fish in the tank. Also,
pick out the fish that catch your eye in theyou should be careful not to overload your
pet store as not all fish can live in thetank with too many fish as this will cause
same environment. Additionally not all fishstress on all the fish as well as cause your
get along with each other so you will have towater quality to degrade. The general rule
be careful to choose the types of fish thatof thumb for freshwater tropical fish tanks
are  compatible.is 1 inch of fish per gallon of water. If
you add too many, you will have to spend more
If all this seems like hard work, don'ttime changing the water and will need really
worry, you will soon become familiar with thegood filtration in order to keep your tank
types of tropical fish that work well in yourhealthy.
tank and even have some favorites that you
like to keep. When choosing fish for your4. Water Temperature. Not all tropical fish
aquarium,  here's  some tips to keep in mind:like the same temperature water. While most
will do well with temps in the mid 70's some
1. Fish appearance. Observe the particulardo better in cooler waters while others like
fish you are interested in carefully to makeit  on  the  warm  side.
sure he is active and swimming around
properly. Make sure his fins are not chewed5. Fish size. Before you buy a new fish you
and he doesn't have any growths or whitemight want to find out how big he can be
fuzzy  patches.expected to eventually grow. Since your tank
can support about 1 inch of fish per gallon,
2. Tank condition. Dealers tanks can haveyou wouldn't want to put a fish that might
parasites and disease that might not begrow to 5 inches in your 5 gallon tank or he
apparent in your fish right away so you needmight  be  the  only  one  you  can  have!
to observe the other fish in the tank and
take a good look at the tank conditions. Is6. The type of fish. Is your new fish
the tank clean? If not that is an indicationaggressive or does he play well with others?
that the dealer probably doesn't care for theIs he OK being the only one of his kind in
tanks well. Make sure the other fish in thethe tank or will he do better in a school.
tank are alert and swimming around actively.Make sure you only put fish that will get
Avoid buying a fish from a tank that has deadalong in the tank or the more aggressive fish
fish floating in it. Even if your fishwill pick on the others. Also, some fish are
appears to be healthy, he could already beterritorial and you should only keep one per
infected with something that might not showtank.
up until days after you get him home. By
then it might be too late and you could risk7. The food. Find out what type of food
infecting  your  other  fish.your new fish likes to eat. Most eat flakes,
but some like freeze dried worms or other
3. Water Conditions. The condition of yourtypes of food. When you bring home your new
water is important as well as the number offish be sure to also take home some of his
fish you already have in the tank. If yourfavorite dinner.



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