Aquatic Finatic

Top Ten Tips

1-    Always use a gravel cleaner when doing partial water changes.

2-    Disease or death in your aquarium- Water test first if it’s a water 

    quality problem (which it often is) this needs to be rectified first or 

    treatment will be ineffective.

3-    With all external and internal biological filter media i.e. sponges from internal filters wash out with water from Aquarium or Pond Not tap water. When replacing sponges or other media change half at a time to conserve beneficial bacteria.

4-    If your Aquarium seems to get dirty quickly Remember that the amount of debris in there is relative to what you put in i.e. excess feed in most cases.

5 – Algae eaters not keeping the algae down?

      Try feeding less – most people’s tendency is to overfeed.

6 – Do not mix treatment or add more or less than is

      Specified – Calculate gallonage accurately.

7 – Vary food – Fresh foods are excellent conditioning and

       treat foods.

8 – When feeding coldwater fancies e.g. Orandas avoid

      flake foods, use pelleted or stick foods, which seem to

      cause fewer problems with swim bladder. If problems

      do occur try feeding some fresh or frozen foods – if the

      problem is due to constipation this can alleviate it.

9 – New filter, the beneficial bacteria your filter needs to make

     the fish’s waste products safe takes several weeks to multiply

     to levels needed.  So build up fish stock gradually and water test

     daily.

10- Plants not doing well? In most cases insufficient light is to

       blame