| Keeping tropical fish is a great pastime that can | | | | me some advice, but it was never pleasant finding |
| bring immense happiness. Before doing so, | | | | my fish looking unhealthy, let alone, dead! |
| however, there are several key points that you | | | | I wasn't overly impressed with the quality of |
| need to be aware of or the whole exercise could | | | | other tropical fish books that are available on the |
| end up in great disappointment. | | | | market. I thought a lot of them were overpriced |
| Before you set up a tropical fish tank, there are | | | | especially for the information they offered; and |
| several guidelines that you should adhere to. If | | | | they generally didn't focus on telling you how to |
| not, you may be endangering your tropical fish | | | | get the best results using methods that don't |
| without even knowing it. | | | | require a lot of effort and products that don't |
| If you truly care for your fish you must act in | | | | cost the earth. |
| their best interests, and no doubt you want to do | | | | Both of these things I believe take the fun and |
| exactly this. One common error that many people | | | | enjoyment out of keeping fish. After all, |
| don't really understand is that there are some | | | | something that costs a significant amount of |
| bacteria that you actually want in your aquarium | | | | money and requires a lot of work on your behalf |
| (as they help balance the delicate biological life | | | | can't really be deemed as enjoyable. |
| cycle). Do you know which bacteria I am talking | | | | Don't waste your time with other expensive |
| about? I certainly didn't when I started out. | | | | books or videos that promise the earth. Katy's |
| Katy's Tropical Fish Guide gave me a very good | | | | Tropical Fish Guide costs a fraction of inferior |
| understanding into how to: | | | | products on the market, but the advice I |
| 1. Set up my new tropical fish tank | | | | received was far, far superior. Without it, I would |
| 2. How to introduce tropical fish to the tank | | | | have spent a lot more money, lost a lot more |
| 3. Caring for the fish tank | | | | fish and probably would have given away the idea |
| 4. Feeding the tropical fish | | | | of looking after a tropical fish tank. Instead, I'm |
| 5. Maintaining the health of the fish | | | | now extremely happy and gain great enjoyment |
| Before reading it, I really had no idea on what | | | | from my tropical fish tank. |
| was involved. Sure, the people at the store gave | | | | |