| So now you've purchased some tropical fish. | | | | of the tank and even the ph and water |
| You've made sure you have selected healthy | | | | hardness out. |
| fish and you have done your homework to make | | | | |
| sure the fish that you have will go together. | | | | After doing this for about 20 to 30 minutes |
| | | | you should then gently release the fish to |
| Your fish should have been packed in a | | | | the tank and let them swim out of the bag on |
| plastic bag with oxygen and then put into a | | | | there own. Then you should leave them with |
| dark bag or polystyrene box to keep the heat | | | | the aquarium light on overnight. This will |
| in. | | | | reduce stress because the fish can see where |
| | | | they are swimming and there surroundings and |
| You should try and buy fish no longer than a | | | | they will also see that there are no |
| couple of hours away. Fish can last over 24 | | | | predators around. |
| hours if packed right but the longer you keep | | | | |
| them in transit the more stress they go | | | | You should not feed them for around 24 hours |
| through. You should try and keep stress to a | | | | to let them settle in and then over the next |
| minimum to make sure the fish remain healthy. | | | | few days only feed sparingly. It will take |
| | | | them a couple of days to get used to the tank |
| Once you get them home you should float the | | | | and feeding. |
| bags in the water and then open the bags up. | | | | |
| This will help equalize the temperature | | | | It is a good technique to add the smallest |
| between the water in the tank and the water | | | | and weakest fish to the tank first. This will |
| in the bag. You should also keep adding | | | | prevent bullying in the aquarium between the |
| little bits of tank water to the bag. Add | | | | fish. Please follow these keeps to keep the |
| just a little and then leave for five minutes | | | | stress of your new tropical fish to a |
| before adding more. This will help | | | | minimum. This will help the fish settle in |
| acclimatize the fish to the water chemistry | | | | faster and in the end cause you less stress. |