Some folk have so much money they can throw it around whilst the rest of us have to count each and every penny or dime. Here is one way to throw money around whilst starting a freshwater fish aquarium and end up penniless and with no actual aquarium to show for it.
Now the first thing you need to do is get excited about starting your new found hobby of fish aquariums - no, don’t do anything else, just get excited. Ok, next you need to rush out and buy the most fancy looking aquarium you ever did see and remember, don’t ask any questions to the shop assistants. Just buy it and whatever you do, don’t measure it up first to see if it fits into your space at home which you also must not measure up.
Ok, that’s a good start. Now you need to buy strange looking objects which you’ve never seen before to go into the actual fish aquarium tank like plants and decorations. Again, don’t ask anyone if the plants you have chosen go well with the fish you’re going to buy. Buy any old substrate gravel and then one of those water filter thingies which go inside the tank itself.
Now for the fish. Buy any fish you fancy. A very important point here. Whatever you do, you must certainly not ask an assistant whether the fish you have just bought will eat each other or not.
When you get home throw everything into the tank which you have just filled with ordinary tap water, sit back and do nothing.
Ok, you get the point of what I am trying to make here.
Before getting that far you will more likely find that the tank you bought will not fit into your space at home and there just ain’t anywhere else it will go. Furthermore, the likelyhood is that the shop where you bought it from will not give a refund. Even if you did set up the tank, the fish would either die because of non treatment of the water or worse still, they could eat each other. You will have lost everything and have nothing to show for your efforts.
The lesson here is to research the hobby of starting a freshwater aquarium before you do anything. Measure up the available space at home before thinking about buying that tank. If you’re buying different species of fish then check first that they won’t each other. In other words, research, research, research. Because you have a passion for the new hobby, the research will be fun, exciting and extremely interesting so go on, get in there and make that proper start.
Then you will have a hobby for life and not for a day.
http://www.aquariumhintsandtips.com
John Eddie has for some time been a keen enthusiast in freshwater fish and their aquarium. He has gathered lots of information, much of which is not readily available at your local pet shop.
For more interesting and helpful information on freshwater fish and the aquarium please visit the above site at your leisure.
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