What are some of the things I can do to ensure a healthy environment for my fish?
Knowledge is the most powerful tool for maintaining a healthy aquarium. Understanding the environment and the animals that live in your fish tank is the key to success. There are many sources of information available to today’s aquarium hobbyist. There are books, videos, and CD ROM’s to explore; aquarium Web sites, internet discussion groups and forums to browse and exchange information; aquarium clubs and associations to join; and quite a few great aquarium stores from which to obtain advice, healthy livestock and state-of-the-art aquariums and equipment. Learn all you can before you have problems, and try to follow these basic time-proven suggestions: • Find a good aquarium store and follow their advice. Make friends with them. Support the aquarium retail store whose staff spends valuable time helping you by obtaining your fish, equipment, and supplies there. • Buy good equipment to begin with, and set your aquarium up right the first time. Buy a good book first. Read it. Then buy yo
