Tropical Fish Keeping - A Healthy Well Planted tropical Aquarium

How to keep your fish and plants in perfect health

There are many things that you need to know about tropical fish keeping before you purchase an aquarium and stock it with fish. First, you need to make certain that you have everything that the fish need in order to survive.

Tropical Fish keeping is a wonderful and exiting hobby. You will have animals and plants living in your aquarium that are from a complete other environment then we use to live in. Your new friends have needs and demands you have to get aware of. Keeping your fish, plants and aquarium healthy is not rocket science but their are some "need to knows".

The beauty and relaxing nature of a healthy aquarium is astonishing and if you follow some simple guidelines there is no doubt that you will succeed in just that.

We want to assist you with tips, tricks and information about:

• The Basics
• The Plants
• The Fish
• Breeding Tips

And throughout our site you can find special sections on issues like "who likes who", or what fish can live happily together and who don't.  Water quality, and how to improve it. The importance of healthy plants and how to achieve that, and one of the most exiting parts. Breeding your aquarium dwellers.

The second, and most important part of tropical fish keeping, is knowing what conditions your fish will need for survival. The first requirement, that is universal for all fish, is a cycled tank. A cycled tank is a tank that has the nitrogen and ammonia cycle fully established within the aquarium.

This is an inevitable part of tropical fish keeping, and vital if you want to ensure the long life and health of your fish. Once this is accomplished, you will need to make certain that you meet the habitat and space requirements of the fish before purchasing it. For example, you will not want to put a baby wals catfish in a 10 gallon aquarium, as this species would never be able to survive.

In order to get a well balanced tank its desirable to have it well planted. Especially if a community aquarium is what you are after this a necessity. Shy fish can hide, it adds to the Oxygen/CO2 cycle and it looks plainly wonderful!

Once the habitat and space requirements are met, the next step in tropical fish keeping is feeding schedules and water changes. In order to have healthy fish, you will need to give them food and clean water. The water should always be de-chlorinated before being put into the aquarium, and it should be changed at least once a week after the tank is cycled. Doing this will help prevent many diseases and other problems that can occur within a fresh water aquarium.

With the proper time and effort dedicated to your fish, tropical fish keeping can be very simple.

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