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7 Tips For Choosing Aquarium Fish

Buying the right aquarium fish for yourthen adding more fish will just make
tank is key to the success of yourthings worse and endanger the health of
aquarium. When selecting fish, you mayall the fish in the tank. Also, you
not simply be able to pick out the fishshould be careful not to overload your
that catch your eye in the pet store astank with too many fish as this will
not all fish can live in the samecause stress on all the fish as well as
environment. Additionally not all fishcause your water quality to degrade.
get along with each other so you willThe general rule of thumb for freshwater
have to be careful to choose the typestropical fish tanks is 1 inch of fish
of fish that are compatible.per gallon of water. If you add too
If all this seems like hard work, don'tmany, you will have to spend more time
worry, you will soon become familiarchanging the water and will need really
with the types of tropical fish thatgood filtration in order to keep your
work well in your tank and even havetank healthy.
some favorites that you like to keep.4. Water Temperature. Not all tropical
When choosing fish for your aquarium,fish like the same temperature water.
here's some tips to keep in mind:While most will do well with temps in
1. Fish appearance. Observe thethe mid 70's some do better in cooler
particular fish you are interested inwaters while others like it on the warm
carefully to make sure he is active andside.
swimming around properly. Make sure his5. Fish size. Before you buy a new
fins are not chewed and he doesn't havefish you might want to find out how big
any growths or white fuzzy patches.he can be expected to eventually grow.
2. Tank condition. Dealers tanks canSince your tank can support about 1 inch
have parasites and disease that mightof fish per gallon, you wouldn't want to
not be apparent in your fish right awayput a fish that might grow to 5 inches
so you need to observe the other fish inin your 5 gallon tank or he might be the
the tank and take a good look at theonly one you can have!
tank conditions. Is the tank clean? If6. The type of fish. Is your new fish
not that is an indication that theaggressive or does he play well with
dealer probably doesn't care for theothers? Is he OK being the only one of
tanks well. Make sure the other fish inhis kind in the tank or will he do
the tank are alert and swimming aroundbetter in a school. Make sure you only
actively. Avoid buying a fish from aput fish that will get along in the tank
tank that has dead fish floating in it.or the more aggressive fish will pick on
Even if your fish appears to be healthy,the others. Also, some fish are
he could already be infected withterritorial and you should only keep one
something that might not show up untilper tank.
days after you get him home. By then it7. The food. Find out what type of
might be too late and you could riskfood your new fish likes to eat. Most
infecting your other fish.eat flakes, but some like freeze dried
3. Water Conditions. The condition ofworms or other types of food. When you
your water is important as well as thebring home your new fish be sure to also
number of fish you already have in thetake home some of his favorite dinner.
tank. If your water condition is poor



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