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Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Oct 1, 2012
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Hi all! After my daughter convinced me we NEEDED a couple of Nemo fish I went out and got my first ever tank. So please bear with me as I am totally clueless regarding the do's and don't within the fishworld. Now, what has baffled me is that although we clearly informed the shop where we got our tank from we still walked away from there clueless as to how to care for our fish, how to clean out the tank, how to test the water etcetc... Some people should not be working in a pet store. I know clown fish or fish in general are perhaps not like having a cuddly dog or cat, but I must admit I was a little sad to find one of our nemo's dead this morning... Turns out ph level was extremely high and the poor little one had hardly eat a thing for two weeks. Anyhow, I went to a local pet store got great info, perchased testing kit (can't believe previous shop sold us tank and fish but never mentioned the importance of testing kits!) and ph down in powder solution.
It says on the box to add 0.5units to the water. My questions are:
How much is 0.5units? I am presuming its in comparison to total units of water in the tank, but I could be wrong....? My tank holds 13liters.
Also, am I suppose to add this solution directly into the tank? I am scared the fish might swollow it?
I am sorry, these are prob really silly questions, but as I said I am new to this!
Thx in advance!
It says on the box to add 0.5units to the water. My questions are:
How much is 0.5units? I am presuming its in comparison to total units of water in the tank, but I could be wrong....? My tank holds 13liters.
Also, am I suppose to add this solution directly into the tank? I am scared the fish might swollow it?
I am sorry, these are prob really silly questions, but as I said I am new to this!
Thx in advance!