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Care and
Maintenance
The time required for daily
maintenance and care of your tank should be minimal. The tank you have setup is
a self contained world which should be left alone as much as possible. Each day
all you need do is feed the fish. Check the temperature to make sure the
thermostat/heater is working. Give your fish a quick check for any disease or
ailments. This should all take no more that 1-2 minutes at most.
Every 3-4 weeks the front glass
should be cleaned of algae with a sponge and water should be topped up as
evaporation occurs which lowers the water level. Also check the pH at this time.
Keep a plec in the tank and the job of cleaning the algae off the glass will be
done for you. Well worth the investment.
Each month drain 1/3
of your water and siphon sediment from gravel and at the same time clean the
filter and heater. If you get behind in this schedule too much you will have to
drain more of the water to clean it and this will stress your fish, leading to
the introduction of disease etc.
Check the pH of the
water for the next three days after a water change and every 3-4 weeks after
that.
Once a tank has been
setup up for 2-3 months or so, check the nitrate levels when checking pH.
If you follow this quick guide
approximately you should hopefully, have minimum problems with your fish. Also
use rain water if you have it available. | 
