Before initial set-up clean the bowl with warm water &rinse gravel. Fill bowl with tap water, gravel and decoration (very important).Use water conditioner as per directions on bottle. You must condition the watereven if filtered or from a well!!! This is very important. Rule of thumb, 1” offish needs 1 gallon of water. Overcrowding will kill your fish.
Water should be room temperature.
Buy only non tropical fish: goldfish, white cloud minnows,otocinclus, snails, dwarf aquatic frog, danio, Siamese fighting fish (betta).
Do not mix goldfish with any other type of fish!!!
Float new fish in bowl for 20 minutes then release fish andwater into bowl. Do not feed the first day. Add 1/2 cap of cycle bacterialsupplement to bowl.
Feed fish one time per day. All food must be consumed in 3minutes. Don’t over feed! Scoop out any excess food with a small net, adjustamount next time. Make sure the type of food is appropriate for your fish.
Fish can last years in a well-maintained bowl. Maintenance
Once per week change 50% of the water (no more). Never changeall the water or wash the gravel with tap water as it will kill your fish and the bacteria (which is very important).
To clean bowl use an aquarium sponge. Stir gravel to loosen debris.
Pour 1/2 of the water into a salad bowl, leaving fish in fish bowl.Discard old water from salad bowl and replace withappropriate volume and temp. of tap or bottled water. Add water conditioner(dechlorinator) before adding water to fish bowl!!!
Pour new water back into fish bowl and add 1 cap of cyclelive bacteria 2 minutes later. If you invest 5 minutes per week on maintenanceand don’t deviate from these steps, your fish should enjoy a happy, healthylife. 作者: radishj 时间: 2014-7-12 00:28 标题: 回复 3# 的帖子
