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Tropical Fish are some of the most wonderful types of animals to look at due to their unique color and patterns covering their bodies. In order to have a successful freshwater tropical fish aquarium you will have to work hard. Once a week, preferably 2 times a week you will need to perform maintenance on the tank. Most of the time you will be performing water changes and water test. And every day you have to feed the fish, and keep record of temperature. You will also have to spent time in front of aquarium to look if the fish are ok, looking for signs of sickness can be rewarding. It’s the time you will relax in front of the aquarium and enjoying the peaceful movements of the fish.

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It's a good idea to have in mind what kind of fish you want to keep before you purchase an aquarium. Some fish only grow to be an inch or two, whereas other types of tropical fish can grow 12 or 13 inches or more in length! Knowing what kind of fish you want will help you decide the size of the tank they will need. But it’s always better to take the bigger tank, the biggest money will allow. The simple reason for this is that the more water you have the les chance you will have of sudden spikes in ph and or nitrite or nitrate. No sudden water parameter changes will take place.
Place your aquarium in an area where the light and temperature of the tank won't be affected by external sources such as windows and heater vents. Sunlight that enters the room through an un-shaded window could affect the temperature of your tank and even give you algae battle.

Before you fill your aquarium test your water supply.
Fill tank with tap water. Set up the pump, filter and water heater.
Set the water heater temperature to 20-24C.
The Light should be on for NO MORE than 8 hours a day.
The pump should be on 24 hours a day every day.
Leave for 4 weeks.

DO NOT change the water during this time.

After 4 weeks test the water for ph and ammonia nitrate.
Then you can begin to introduce fish to the tank. Buy 4 very hardy fish (i.e. Guppies or Platies). They will be able to withstand the water in the new tank, which will not be 100% ready. DO NOT put the fish straight into the tank. Place the bag they are in, into the tank to let them get used to the temperature.
Leave them like this for AT LEAST 10 minutes. Open the bag and let some of the tanks water into the bag or you can use the drip system. Leave for another 10 minutes. This will let them get used to the different water chemistry gradually.  When time is over use a net and put the fish in the tank. NEVER throw the pet shop or supplier water in your aquarium. It may have parasites or sickness what the eye can’t see. You can only add more fish after 1 month. If you over populate the aquarium with fish the water will not be able to stay in balance. NEVER put in more than 5-6 new fish at a time.

Allow AT LEAST 4 weeks between introducing new fish and only after you have kept them in quarantine for 2 weeks. Avoid overfeeding, which results in poor water quality because of surplus food floating around in the tank.
Perform a partial water change weekly is fine.  NEVER under any circumstances change all the water.  You will be right back to stage one. Fill a bucket with tap water and leave to stand for 24 hours. This is to get rid of the chlorine, which is poisonous to your fish. Also remember to put a heater in there to preheat the water. It is best if and when you do water changes the water temperature is the same as the water in aquarium. If water temperature differs more than 1.5Celcius the fish will most likely get a sickness called ich, but ich is not all that can go wrong. So to avoid trouble keep the water the same and less stress will be on the fish.

When the water is right the using a second bucket to remove dirty water from the tank and gives you the chance to use the vacuum to suck up all dirt at the bottom. Then you can introduce the new clean preheated water to the tank.
DO NOT over feed your fish. This is one of the quickest ways to kill them. They will simply eat themselves to death. Also the excess food which is not eaten will pollute the tank's water and cause disease and stress.

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