Hello,
What a information you need to have a healthy fish tank is to test the water. Also when buying fish you need to know what your fish tank’s PH level is depending on this is what type of tropical fish you can get.
My favorite water tester I like is something that you place into the fish tank and leave it in your fish tank. It is the Mardel Freshwater LiveMeter Master Test Kit (6″ W X 2.5″ H; Freshwater)
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I was looking to see how I could improve my aquarium and some times it is good to go back to the basics. So I decided to buy a couple of books including both traditional and ebooks. A really great book for the beginner is David E. Boruchowitz book The Simple Guide to Freshwater Aquariums. In which you learn the basic, some nice hints and even going as far as stating what tropical fish a beginner should and should not get.
The book also is very easy to read and great pictures. So if you get a chance I would get this book.
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Well sometimes in buying tropical fish and building your tropical fish tank we might get to antsy and learn somethings and forget others.
Well I did that myself this last month. I needing to solve my algae problem and learning about Plecos (Plecostomus) and other Tropical Fish that eat algae. I thought great that solved my problem. I will buy a Pleco, so I did with out the number one thing you should do before you buy fish. I did not do any research on Plecos. For example what a healthy one looks like. Also thinking all they eat is algae, which later I found out was false. They eat wood as well. Even though Plecos are not the prettiest fish they are part of the fish community in your aquarium as well.
What to look for when buying a Pleco is do they have a round belly not flat or concaved. The Pleco is healthy if he has a round belly. Does there fins stick out more often then not. Also make sure your water is close to the pet stores water as in PH and Amonia levels. If buying on line email them what is there water conditions. Plecos are very sensitive to that. Also buy a wooden decoration for them and Pleco tablets what I learned is very good is Hikari Tropical Algae Wafers for Plecostomus & Algae Eaters.
Also again a big valuable lesson in what I learned. Research, Research and more Research before you buy the fish. This means do an internet search before you go to the pet store.
Sample of wood you should get for your aquarium if you get a Pleco
Here is what a Pleco which is short for Plecostomus looks like, there are many types of Plecos but this is one of the more common.
Hello all well I found out something really interesting the other day and I thought I would share it. Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish) and Gourami are both are breathers which are know in the tropical fish anabantoid
. They could go up to the surface and breath from the air as we would. Of course they don’t need to like us but this gives them a huge survivor rate if the water conditions get really bad. They could do this since they have some thing simular to our lungs known as a abryinth organ. These to fish can get along as well if you but the Gouramis in first. Of course you should never put in 2 male bettas. Of course knowing this is comfortable to know but you
still should do basic fish tank care. What is also great about these two breeds of tropical fish is that they have many colors and you could miss
match and make a very pretty tank. One combination that looks great is Kissing Gourami and a blue or red betta does not matter if it is a delta tail as pictured or Betta Halfmoon Male or even a Betta Crown Tail Male