Fish tank set up can be a bit hard but once it is done properly your fish will surely thrive and be happy living in it

If you want to experience owning pets, you can start by setting up your own fish tank. Tropical fish swimming in an aquarium is fun to watch not just for the owner but guests would also enjoy it. It's very easy and simple to take care of different kinds of fish in your tank as long as you learn how first. Money and effort are essential so when you plan on having your own aquarium you must learn how to manage it properly. In order to keep your fish alive, you must set up the aquarium properly and it's not as easy as you may think. Fish eat and they also need to get rid of their body waste and they do this all inside the fish tank or bowl. The excretion produced by the fish would be turned into ammonia that is toxic in just a few hours. Ammonia is a known toxin for fishes and it can kill them. The particular nitrogen cycle is extremely important to come to be thoroughly completed just before you start placing fish in your own fish tank. The ammonia level of the fish tank raises as the fish excretes in the water and when it gets high enough, a lot of fish will die. Fish in nature don't suffer from high concentration of ammonia as it gets naturally converted to nitrates through the nitrogen cycle steps. The ammonia is eventually converted to nitrites which is the desirable end product for the fish tank. It is best to buy an aquarium nitrogen monitoring test kit for an accurate detection of the nitrogen in the water.

An aquarium can greatly benefit if you buy an accurate test kit to detect the ammonia level in the aquarium. You can manipulate the nitrogen cycle and also change the water partially with fresh water to control the levels of nitrogen. Patience and time is needed to effectively control the levels of the water's nitrogen. The duration of the nitrogen cycle in the tank can last between two weeks to two months. A fish tank can start its nitrogen cycle without the use of any kind of fish as this had been proven to be possible. Foods in the water inside the fish tank will decompose and the decomposition is releasing ammonia. Regularly test the water for its nitrate levels and change a part of the water with clean water. In order not to affect the good bacteria in the water in your fish tank, make sure not to replace the water with chlorinated water without it being processed first. Before adding your tap water to your aquarium, make sure you aerate it first in a bucket for several hours. If you add antibiotics to the water of your fish tank, remember that it also kills the beneficial kinds of bacteria. The best way to treat fishes with infection is to separate them and use the antibiotics there. Keeping your fish alive in your tank for a long time requires that you properly manage it. You can poison your fish if you add too much fish food in it. If the water in your aquarium is looking a bit cloudy then you must change the water.