Introducing Fish

Do's And Don'ts Never ever attempt to fully stock a newly set up aquarium, Its a recipe for disaster. Only a small amount of fish should be added to the aquarium at any one time. You should wait a couple of weeks between adding fish, to ensure that the bacteria in the aquarium has had time to increase in numbers, so that they are able to deal with the increased fish waste being produced in the aquarium. Adding fish to the aquarium should only be done if you are confident that the fish already in the aquarium are healthy and there are no signs of sickness due to high levels of ammonia and nitrite.

Stress Free Introdution The aquarium lights should be turned off. Now float the fish bag in the aquarium for 30 minutes. Now open the fish bag and roll the open end of the fish bag inside out, As if your rolling down a sock on your foot. Now add some aquarium water to the open bag and float it in the aquarium and wait 10 minutes, repeat this two more times. Now net the fish out of the bag and add them to the aquarium, do not add this water to aquarium, pour it down the sink. Wait a couple of hours before turning the aquarium lights back on to allow the new fish to settle in.

Explanation Following this simple guide when adding new fish to your aquarium it should reduce the stress on your fish. It allows your new fish to gradually acclimatize to the temperture and pH of your aquarium water.