The easiest way to have a pet without sacrificing too much of your time is to have an aquarium. Just ensure you follow these guidelines to provide a healthy and conducive environment for your marine friends. There is some maintenance work to be done daily, while others requires some of your time weekly. The daily actions you need to do daily is actually very simple. Observe your fish tank everyday for a few minutes to check that all the fish are looking good and showing no health problems. It may be surprising for you to know that fish do suffer from stress as well. Check the lights and the filters of the aquarium daily to see if they are working correctly and they are properly plugged. Feed the fish daily. Your fish must be able to consume the food you give them in 2 to 5 minutes. Excess food that is not consumed will sink to the bottom and become debris, adding to the nitrate levels and rising the toxicity of the water. Perform a pH test every week to see if the water pH level is still good. Make it a habit to make the necessary changes immediately. Ask the pet store where you got your fish from and they will tell you the exact pH for your fish. Not all species of fish require the same conditions.
Filter cleaning is extremely important. Filters do the all-too important job of accumulating all the excretory wastes of the fish. Since the filters will get accumulated with debris over time, they will not be able to filter properly if you don't clean them. Another job that the filters do apart from removing the waste is to circulating oxygen into the task. With bunged filters, you will not be able to have as good transmission of gases in your tank as you have with clean ones. Due to this, the available oxygen in the tank can go down. If you do not correct this, your fish may die. Do not keep the same filter for more than two to three weeks in the aquarium. As soon as your water begins looking dirty and has an offensive odor, you must clean your filter. The kind of filter you are using will decide whether you need to simply clean the filter with water or to replace it entirely.
The proper way to change water in a tank is to do it gradually. Before cleaning your aquarium, make sure to unplug all lights and other fixtures. Change only about one in three parts of the water of the fish tank on a weekly or biweekly basis. If you are adding tap water, you may need to treat it before putting it into the aquarium. When purchasing fish for your aquarium, ask your local retailer about the water requirements. Short term treatment for the tap water could be for about half an hour, but you may sometimes need to treat the water for the whole night too.
When cleaning the tank, clean from the sides to scrub out any buildup of alga. Be careful not to disturb or scare the fish. You will have to move about the rocks in your tank too because this loosens the residue collected under them and make them come to the surface from where you can remove them. A siphon or a small bucket may be used to remove this debris which you can do when you are replacing the water. An important part of cleaning is to remove the withered leaves from the aquarium plants. Clean the outside of the tank with a squeegee and clean tap water. Do not forget to clean the cover of the tank, from the inside and the outside. Plug everything back into the aquarium, sit back and take the pleasure of your newly cleaned aquarium.
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