Setting up a new fresh water aquarium

Setting up a new fresh water aquarium
I thought it would be a good idea to post a simple too follow guide on how to set up a freshwater aquarium for people that are new to the hobby. To start you will need the following equipment, an aquarium, a Stand for aquarium, Hood with lighting installed, a Filter, a heater(tropical only), and decoration e.g. (ornaments and gravel). Place the Stand and Aquarium next to a wall, The aquarium will become very heavy once filled with water, don’t place it in the middle of a room because may put a lot of stress on the joists under the floor. Also make sure the aquarium is perfectly level. Before placing ornaments and gravel in aquarium, make sure they are clean, rinse them under a tap for a couple of minutes. The gravel should only be about 1/4 an inch deep. Before adding the tap water to your aquarium it is a good idea too place a saucer in the middle of the aquarium on top of the gravel, this prevents the gravel being scattered everywhere, Pour the water onto the saucer until the aquarium is nearly full to an inch or two to the top of the aquarium. Remove the saucer. Now place the filter into the aquarium and the heater if needed. Place the hood with lighting installed onto the aquarium. Plug them all into an electrical socket, The aquarium should now be left running for three to four weeks at the very least, before putting any fish into the aquarium. This is to allow bacteria time to grow in the filter and on the gravel. The bacteria eats fish waste and turns it into a less toxic form called nitrate. Without this bacteria, the waste that fish produce would build up and poison the fish. When the three to four week period has past, a small amount of fish can now be added to the aquarium. You should now wait another couple of weeks before adding more fish and this should only be done if you are confident that the fish already in the aquarium are healthy and there are no signs of sickness. When adding fish to a new aquarium, it should be done in small gradual steps, to allow the bacteria time to increase in numbers, so that they are better able to deal with the increased fish waste being produced in the aquarium.

I thought it would be a good idea to post a simple too follow guide on how to set up a freshwater aquarium for people that are new to the hobby. To start you will need the following equipment, an aquarium, a Stand for aquarium, Hood with lighting installed, a Filter, a heater(tropical only), and decoration e.g. (ornaments and gravel).

Place the Stand and Aquarium next to a wall, The aquarium will become very heavy once filled with water, don’t place it in the middle of a room because may put a lot of stress on the joists under the floor. Also make sure the aquarium is perfectly level. Before placing ornaments and gravel in aquarium, make sure they are clean, rinse them under a tap for a couple of minutes. The gravel should only be about 1/4 an inch deep. Before adding the tap water to your aquarium it is a good idea too place a saucer in the middle of the aquarium on top of the gravel, this prevents the gravel being scattered everywhere, Pour the water onto the saucer until the aquarium is nearly full to an inch or two to the top of the aquarium. Remove the saucer.

Now place the filter into the aquarium and the heater if needed. Place the hood with lighting installed onto the aquarium. Plug them all into an electrical socket, The aquarium should now be left running for three to four weeks at the very least, before putting any fish into the aquarium. This is to allow bacteria time to grow in the filter and on the gravel. The bacteria eats fish waste and turns it into a less toxic form called nitrate. Without this bacteria, the waste that fish produce would build up and poison the fish.

When the three to four week period has past, a small amount of fish can now be added to the aquarium. You should now wait another couple of weeks before adding more fish and this should only be done if you are confident that the fish already in the aquarium are healthy and there are no signs of sickness. When adding fish to a new aquarium, it should be done in small gradual steps, to allow the bacteria time to increase in numbers, so that they are better able to deal with the increased fish waste being produced in the aquarium.