| Once you have gathered all the materials required for | | | | 9. In order to fit in the heater and filters safely and |
| an aquarium, you must first learn how maintain your | | | | properly, follow the instructions mentioned in the |
| aquarium that is taking care of your fish and keeping | | | | manual you have received with these equipments. |
| aquarium clean. | | | | 10. Finally you add the water treatment system to |
| Before purchasing the materials required for the | | | | the tank. This purifies the harmful chemicals form the |
| aquarium you must search the market well and | | | | water like metal, copper, metal and other related |
| gather as much information as possible. | | | | elements. |
| Some of the materials required for making an | | | | 11. Now before adding the fish to the tank either |
| aquarium are:a. Container or the Aquariumb. Filtersc. | | | | make use of the specialized products that enable you |
| Heatersd. Gravele. Flossf. Buffersg. Foodh. Fish, etc. | | | | doing that safely, else we recommended you to wait |
| In order to help you better maintain the fish and the | | | | atleast a few weeks prior to adding life to your tank. |
| aquarium here are some helpful tips: | | | | 12. A tank filled with water has some natural bacteria |
| Heaters | | | | that produce naturally. These bacteria must be |
| 1. These are quite necessary to maintain the tropical | | | | filtered out of the water so as to keep your fish |
| fish. | | | | healthy and safe. So once the water in aquarium is |
| 2. However, before purchasing the filters and heater | | | | settled, use your test kit to check if the water is |
| you must check on their size and that they perfectly | | | | perfectly clean or not, it must also be checked that |
| fit in to your aquarium. | | | | the water has the right temperature and all the |
| 3. They must not capture any unnecessary space. | | | | chemicals in it are balanced. |
| 4. In case your tank is too small to fit in these, you | | | | 13. Now after the final verification of the water in the |
| would surely require a larger tank. | | | | tank, add your fish in small quantities. |
| Materials Required | | | | Know your fish |
| An aquarium calls for several other purchases as | | | | Here are some types of fish that we recommend |
| accessories and for apt maintenance. Some of these | | | | you to place in your aquarium: |
| items are: plants, gravel, food, ornaments, test kits, | | | | 1. The most recommended one is damsel - it is a salt |
| water treatment, etc. | | | | water fish. |
| Al these items have different purposes to solve like | | | | 2. Remember, the aggressive fish would always |
| gravel maintains the natural resources in the fish tank, | | | | devour the passive fish. Hence, is salt water we |
| ornaments provide for a lively décor, fish feel | | | | recommend you to place some aggressive fish, to be |
| at home with the plants and food is necessary for | | | | precise, only two of one type, and you can add |
| your fish to survive. The test kit keeps a watch on | | | | more slowly and gradually. |
| the water quality. Water treatment becomes a must | | | | 3. In case you opt to keep some fresh water fish, it |
| as the tap water that is usually used in the aquarium | | | | is advisable to choose out of the passive fishes. |
| is not pure enough in most of the areas. | | | | 4. However, you cannot have both the salt water |
| Here follows the procedure of making the aquarium: | | | | fish and the fresh water fish in one tank, so in that |
| 1. First of all fill a bucket of water and rinse the | | | | case you must consider having two separate tanks. |
| gravel washing of the dirt, grime and germs. | | | | 5. For the starters we suggest fishes like white cloud |
| 2. Then add water to your tank, once the gravel is | | | | mountain minnow, gold fish, danio, etc. |
| purified. | | | | 6. Further you can try having a bristle nose that is |
| 3. Further add half of the water actually required for | | | | type of passive fish. It grows approximately 5.5 |
| the tank. | | | | inches. |
| 4. Next add the ornaments & plants to your | | | | 7. Similar to the bristle nose, the otocinclus is another |
| aquarium. | | | | type of passive fish; this grows around 2 inches. An |
| 5. This makes the job of additives completed for the | | | | otocinclus loves to live in the rocks & plant |
| aquarium. | | | | areas. |
| 6. Now finally add the tank with the water in full | | | | 8. Plecostomas, another passive fish, grows around |
| quantity required. | | | | 24 inches, and lives in & around rocks & |
| 7. Now use the manual that you have received with | | | | plants. |
| your tank. Follow the outlines mentioned in this | | | | 9. Veitail and Marble are other varieties of passive |
| manual to fill your tank properly. | | | | fishes. These both grow approximately 6 inches and |
| 8. Next move to placing the heater & filtration | | | | love to live in & around plants & rocks. |
| systems in the tank. | | | | |