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It’s time to get a fish tank. Great! To get started, you just need a tank at a pet store and some fish that are pretty. You’re ready to go right now, right? Wrong! A lot of work goes into setting up an aquarium. It takes a lot of time and a lot of patience to do this. In the beginning, you should start with some hardy freshwater fish. But don’t buy the fish yet. You need to set up the aquarium first, then you can add fish. A lot of aquarium stores will sell you an aquarium in the form of a kit. You don’t have to guess when you buy something.

Rinse the tank with clean tap water to get it ready.

Rinse the gravel and any other surface as well. Make sure the under gravel filter is in the bottom of your fish tank. Next, cover the filter with about two to three inches of gravel to keep the water clean. It’s a good idea to fill the tank about a third of the way up with water that has been cleaned. This is the next thing to do. You can add any plants or decorations to the tank at this point. Check with your store to see how to add live plants. It’s important for some live plants to be attached to the ground, but not all of them can be left alone. Next, connect the air pump and filtration system, and then fill the tank the rest of the way with water, so that it’s full. Finally, put the lid on the tank and let it run for one to two days before you put fish in it.

Keep an eye on the tank for cloudiness and check the temperature and pH of the water to see if it’s the right temperature and level.

Add some hardy fish if everything is clear. In a new tank, nitrites and ammonia levels are always high due to the nitrogen cycle. It’s important to choose fish that can deal with these levels because they will always be high. Debris in the tank that comes from fish waste helps to make the good bacteria that the fish need to live. Because there are no fish in the tank, this will take some time. Most of the time, it takes about four to six weeks to get the results.

Let the fish float on the surface of the tank for about fifteen minutes in the bag.

This is so the fish can get used to the water temperature in the aquarium before they go into the fish tank. Use a net and a bucket to add the fish to the aquarium very slowly. Don’t pour the water from the bag into the fish tank! The water from the bag could change the water in your aquarium, as well as bring in new bacteria. It’s important to pay attention to the fish and look for signs of stress.

Stress makes fish sick. Keep an eye on their activity levels.

Stress is shown by fish that aren’t moving or fish that are hanging out near the surface of the aquarium. There is a stress coat that can be used if there are signs of stress. Wait up to a month before adding any new fish to the aquarium, so the other fish can get used to their new home.

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