Fish Menu
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MY FIRST PET TROPICAL FISH
These are a few simple facts to ensure your TROPICAL lives a happy and healthy
life...
DIET:
A varied diet of both nutritional pellets and flakes are recommended. It is important that
you purchase a well balanced diet for your fish which will provide daily vitamins and
minerals. To avoid overfeeding your goldfish keep in mind the size of your fish, give your
fish around 2 minutes to consume its food, if any food is left over remove it from the tank
using a net.
Nutrafin Max Flakes is a nutritious and highly
palatable fish food that provides the ultimate in
fish nutrition. Naturally coloured by its ingredients,
the fish food is rich in wheat germ meal and
contains a natural binder that supports digestive
conditions. It also has multi-vitamins and
Advanced Yeast Extract, which helps improve
digestion and allows optimal nutrient absorption.
Generally you can use Tropical Fish Foodfor most
species although if you have mainly Guppies, Mollies then
use Livebearer Flakes or pellets.If the fish are smaller the
flakes are easier to feed to these fish.
Provide Algae wafers to your Sucking fish. These drop to the bottom of the tank and are quickly
taken by these bottom dwellers.
TANK AND FILTRATION
Choosing a suitable home for your pet goldfish is extremely important before doing this you
will need to decide how many fish you wish to care for and how large they will be once they
have reach their full adult growth as both width and depth are both important factors
when choosing the correct tank.
As a rule work on 4 cm of fish will need 4 litres of water. Since generally Tropical fish do not
grow as large as Goldfish you can add more of these into your tank. The consideration is
though that some fish do not mix well with others so make allowance if some fish decide not
to play well with others.
Tetra’s: Schooling fish. Keep these in groups of at least three.
Barb’s: Most of these species are schooling as for Tetra’s
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Livebearers: Guppies, Mollies, Platys, Swordtails – These are generally community fish and
live in comparative harmony
Gouramis – Generally a peaceful fish best kept in small groups
Sucking Catfish/ Bristlenose Catfish: Being bottom dwellers they seem happy to be eating
Algae etc at the bottom of the tank and don’t get involved in community battles
The tank should be clean weekly by taking 25% of the water out and replacing with fresh
purified water. Never add water straight from tap without mixing in the correct amount of
"water conditioner/water neutralizer " as this will remove the chlorine from our treated
tap water.
Tropical Fish need both filtration and a water heater. The heater should go in the tank at
the opposite side to the outlet of the filter.
"Remember to consider the condition of your water some pet stores will do free testing for
the ph, nitrate and ammonia levels of your tank"
SETTING UP A NEW TANK:
Because a new tank just contains tap or tank water you need to build up beneficial bacteria
which breaks down the waste generated from the fish and fish food. This organic matter
breakdown initially creates Ammonia and then Nitrite, which are both toxic to fish, and
eventually to Nitrate which is safe for fish. If the tank is big enough and you just start with
1-2 fish you can add the fish earlier but care needs to be taken and part water changes
done more frequently to try to keep the Ammonia levels down. Once these bacteria have
built up enough, generally 3 weeks, the organic matter breakdown should occur very
quickly. At this stage both the Ammonia and Nitrite levels should be zero.
Before step 6, below, add Fish Food every day, even though no fish are present, as this provides an
organic matter source for the bacteria present in Quick Start or Stress Zyme to live on and build
up.You would expect a spike in Ammonia and then Nitrite, as the bacteria develop the Ammonia
should decrease and Nitrite increase then as they further develop both Ammonia and Nitrite
should decrease and Nitrate will start to increase. Sometimes it is difficult to wait for a couple of
weeks before adding fish but even 4-5 days of fish food being added daily along with the Biological
product being added twice during that period will help with fish survival.
A sign of the fish being effected by Ammonia is when they seem to be spending more time at the
top of the water opening and closing their mouths.
Step 1..Thoroughly rinse new gravel and ornaments before placing them in the tank..step 2.. Fill
tank up with fresh water.. step 3: add your water conditioner/water neutralizer..step 4: Set up
filtration, make sure the filter provides enough water movement to provide enough oxygenation..
step 5: Add "Quickstart API fish treatment" this allow immediate addition of fish.. step 6: Add your
new fish friend!
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In a new aquarium, harmful ammonia and nitrite build up from fish waste,
often resulting in fish loss or new tank syndrome. The unique, patented
nitrifying bacteria in QUICK START are scientifically proven to quickly
consume ammonia and nitrite to help prevent new tank syndrome. Allows
immediate addition of fish to a new freshwater or saltwater aquarium. Use
when starting a new aquarium, adding new fish, changing water,
changing filter media, after medicating , or whenever ammonia or nitrite
are detected.. Allows instant addition of fish. Limits toxic ammonia and
nitrite. Helps prevent fish loss. Immediately starts aquarium cycle.
Contains live, nitrifying bacteria. No refrigeration require. All natural.
CLEANING THE TANK
LIFESPAN
The lifespan of a common Tropical Fish is 5 - 10 years
Phone: (07) 38431197
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