{"id":2123,"date":"2016-09-13T07:05:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seacave.com\/?page_id=2123"},"modified":"2016-09-13T07:05:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T07:05:07","slug":"25-tips-for-your-freshwater-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/points-of-interest\/25-tips-for-your-freshwater-aquarium\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Tips for your Freshwater Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Do not overfeed!<\/li>\n
  2. Incandescent hoods are cheap, but a fluorescent bulb lasts much longer, gives off little heat and shows off fishes' true colors.<\/li>\n
  3. Don't lift a full aquarium. It's too heavy; the glass will crack.<\/li>\n
  4. Remove chlorine from water, unless you have unchlorinated well water.<\/li>\n
  5. Use no soap; it's toxic to fish.<\/li>\n
  6. Dark gravel will make your fish appear darker and brighter.<\/li>\n
  7. Start with a few fish, no full loads.<\/li>\n
  8. Float your bag of new fish in the tank 15 minutes to avoid temperature shock. Then mix water in gradually.<\/li>\n
  9. If you have cloudy water the first week, wait 3 days and only feed what will be eaten completely in 1 minute.<\/li>\n
  10. Maintain 1 tsp. kosher or aquarium salt per 5 gallons water.<\/li>\n
  11. Always do a 20% partial water change before adding new fish.<\/li>\n
  12. A rule of thumb is 1 in. of fish for every gallon of water.<\/li>\n
  13. Only feed what is completely eaten in 3 minutes.<\/li>\n
  14. Shells and coral are only for salt water aquariums.<\/li>\n
  15. Have more than 1 female livebearer for each male.<\/li>\n
  16. Have 3 or more of each schooling fish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    1. No heaters for goldfish. For tropicals, figure 5 watts per gallon of water.<\/li>\n
    2. Never have your heater plugged in unless it is properly immersed in water.<\/li>\n
    3. Frequent small partial water changes are always better than large changes.<\/li>\n
    4. Algae in your tank can be reduced by decreasing the light and feeding the fish less. Live aquarium plants can also compete for available nutrients; but do not add live plants when first starting an aquarium for about 6 weeks.<\/li>\n
    5. As temperature increases, carrying capacity of your tank decreases. That's why we see more problems in the summer in heavily loaded tanks.<\/li>\n
    6. Dilution is the solution to pollution. Do partial water changes. Make partial changes every week for the first month of your tank, and at least bimonthly afterwards. Remove 20% of the water using a gravel cleaner to remove detritus (waste) down in the gravel.<\/li>\n
    7. If you must use medication, assume you have lost some of your good bacteria, and don't add a new fish for a week or two.<\/li>\n
    8. Landscaping an aquarium with safe rocks and plants enhances the beauty of the aquarium.<\/li>\n
    9. DO NOT OVERFEED!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Do not overfeed!Incandescent hoods are cheap, but a fluorescent bulb lasts much longer, gives off little heat and shows off fishes’ true colors.Don’t lift a full aquarium. It’s too heavy; the glass will crack.Remove chlorine from water, unless you have … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2120,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2124,"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2123\/revisions\/2124"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seacave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}