| So you finally got bit by the tropical fish hobbyist | | | | your prized fish a greater margin of error. |
| bug and want to setup your very first tropical | | | | Now let's look at cost of setting up your first |
| aquarium. Then you run into the question. What | | | | tropical aquarium. Large fish tanks can get very |
| size tropical aquarium tank should I start out with? | | | | expensive and need much more room, as well as |
| Let me tell you, this is actually a very important | | | | extremely sturdy floors. Remember, water is |
| question that you really need to get the answer | | | | actually very heavy. Water weighs a little over |
| right. Most people that quit the tropical fish hobby | | | | eight pounds per US gallon, so make sure the |
| quickly is because of a bad tank size selection. | | | | location you select to place your new tropical |
| I will be covering how to select your very first | | | | aquarium can handle the extreme weight. |
| tropical fish aquarium tank the proper way in this | | | | Tropical aquarium fish tanks come in what is |
| article. Since there are many variables and options | | | | known as tall and long tank versions. For your |
| that go into fish tank size selection, I will be | | | | very first fish tank I would highly recommend |
| assuming that what you want to start off with is | | | | selecting a long tank over a tall tank. The long |
| a general community tropical fish freshwater tank. | | | | tanks have more water surface which allows for |
| I'll be covering many other types of aquarium | | | | more oxygen to be introduced into the tank from |
| tanks in future articles, so keep your eyes out | | | | the waters surface. |
| for them. | | | | Now let's select the actual tank size. I would |
| One of the most common problems people | | | | recommend selecting either a 29 gallon long fish |
| setting up their first tropical aquarium is to think | | | | tank or a 30 gallon long fish tank to be your very |
| that they should start out by setting up a small 5 | | | | first tropical aquarium. This size of thank allows |
| or 10 gallon aquarium. These Small aquarium tanks | | | | for easier maintenance than smaller fish tanks and |
| actually take much more work than medium and | | | | allows for a much larger variety of fish. It also is |
| large size tanks do. Smaller fish tanks are much | | | | less expensive and weighs much less than larger |
| more subject to rapid heat gain and rapid heat | | | | fish tanks. |
| loss due to the environment or equipment | | | | The 29 and 30 gallon long tanks are excellent |
| malfunctions. Smaller bodies of water are | | | | choices for people just entering the tropical fish |
| extremely susceptible to rapid environment | | | | hobby. They are easy to maintain and not |
| changes while larger tanks are not. A small | | | | expensive to purchase. Now that you know what |
| amount of pollution introduced into a small tanks | | | | size tropical aquarium to start with, it's now time |
| environment can reek total havoc on your fish | | | | for you to start researching what equipment, fish |
| community since the pollution will actually be much | | | | and plants you want in your very first tropical |
| more concentrated than it would be in a larger | | | | aquarium. |
| tank. Medium and large size tanks give you and | | | | |