subject: How to get the right fish for your aquarium [print this page] How to get the right fish for your aquarium
A right fish for an aquarium is the one which can survive for a longer time and which is not prone to diseases. Most of the hobbyists purchase fish for their tanks from small pet stores in their local area. Fish may be purchased from anywhere but before buying it must be ensured that the store is dealing in good fish for which is cardinal to itself be in a good condition. It is a general observation that if you put new fish into the tank without quarantining them, most of them lose their lives. Thus it is a better thing to quarantine the fish before you introduce them to a new environment. Most perfect thing is to have a separate tank for this purpose due to its sheer importance. There are a number of complaints regarding the sudden death of their fish in the tank from many hobbyists throughout the globe. And a thorough survey has proved that among many of the reasons, the most prominent one was not quarantining the fish before putting them in the tank. There may be some cases where they do survive even where they carry diseases but after that when one introduces new fish to such an environment, their survival becomes almost impossible and most of the fish die for nothing. This results in a total loss; a loss of lives and a loss of money. Thus if you quarantine new fish for at least two weeks, you are taking a guarantee actually against the possible diseases they may eventually turn fatal to the fish.
Working with mind has always been good. The same strategy must be followed while choosing fish for the tank. You should choose the one that will go well altogether. There are a various kinds of fish available in market. All of those types have different nature. Some are aggressive in nature, some are semi- aggressive and some are community fish. You should always keep in mind that you should never mix fish with two different natures. I takes long time for adjustments and the situations may turn round before a miracle would happen. If you are having angel fish at your tank, never ever think of mixing tiger barbs to them. They are very aggressive in nature and will shortly nip all of the angels' fins. Thus it's really a bad idea. Keep working on nature of fish and try to make different good combinations. This will increase your ability to fish keeping approach. You will be using your own experiences and will not be giving an ear to what others say about combinations because people are not always right.
Then an important issue to be discussed is the best number of fish in a tank. Many hobbyists used to say that one should use as many gallons of water as one is having inches of fish in the tank. It means if you are having two fish of three inches each, you should have a capacity of six gallons of water. But this technique is not always good because in order to go by this rule, one must have perfect measurement techniques. If consider some one has some, even then the measurements will not be significant and reliable because the fish grow with the passage of time and this is a fact.
Thus to know the type of fish is very essential. Some fish will grow well in longer aquariums while some (like angels) prosper better in taller ones. You can choose proper water suitable for your fish. But the water must be of good quality. And you will learn all this with the passage of time when you will get closer and closer to your kind of fish and will get more experience in the area. Always make use of common sense and don't follow the rumors. Before bringing some sort of fish to your tank, study a lot to have a profound knowledge of the specific kind and in the light of your knowledge, take further steps. You will be able to save your fish and money both.
