Specials

Most of you would find it enticing to have your first tropical fish aquarium. The idea of owning an aquarium is in itself extremely exciting and the splendor of the tropical fishes you can own would make it an indelible experience. However, if you start to think about all the variety of tropical fishes that you would be buying right now, it is too premature to do so. Even before you pay a visit to the store for tropical fish, you must learn everything you can about the fish tank or the aquarium.
Now, we have all seen an aquarium and how it looks. Also, most of us know that tropical fish would require a heater to keep the temperatures warm. They aren’t accustomed with the temperate climate that is predominant in more than 90% of US mainland and islands. What has to be noted here is that a clean tank and a heater is just the tip of the iceberg of things that you need.
First you must pick a fish tank that you wish to transform into an aquarium. Depending on how large or small you wish it to be, you can opt for 20 gallons or even 75 gallons capacity. Tropical fishes for aquarium are not typically large in size but you would perhaps want to own quite a few hence large tanks work better. Also, tropical fishes tend to move around generously which would demand a lot of free space. Once you buy an aquarium, you have to treat it, fill it up, replace the water and repeat this exercise quite a few number of times. The tank must be absolutely clean. There is a time period of this exercise known as the nitrogen cycle which may take a few weeks before you can put any fish in there.
What you need after buying the tank are filters, heater, water pump, air pump, water quality test kits and other items such as rock, gravel and any decorative materials you would wish to use. You can find all these items at Zoomania1 (http://www.zoomania1.com/). You must fit in the filters, heater and pumps. Pour in the water and check the temperature set by the heater and perform a water quality test to record the pH value. Tropical fish requires warm, fresh and oxygenated water. There should be no salinity or ammonia contents and even the heater lend a uniform temperature. Tropical fish cannot sustain abrupt changes in temperature.
Once you know for sure that the water is clean, has optimum dissolved oxygen and the temperature, air pump pressure are all working fine, buy the fish of your choice and put it in.