Hey everyone! My kids (14 and 9) wanted a fish tank and Santa brought one for Christmas. We went to the local pet/fish shoppe and have become members of the frequent flusher club ever since. I am here because it has become my obsession to keep some fish alive in my tank. I have a 10 gallon starter set up with heater, filter, etc. We took it slow, set the thing up with water we got from the tanks at the pet shop to help our ecosystem grow, then added a few fish. Been changing the filters, maintaining the water, and doing what the pet store people told me. It has been 8 weeks now and I have one fish left from the original buy and have flushed at least a dozen. I have no idea what I need to do different. Do they make an amateur aquarium for dummies book???