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Where to Buy your Aquarium Tank?
You will have several choices where you can buy your freshwater aquarium:
- Your Aquairum shop: The most common place to find your aquarium tanks and equipment, buying from a pet shop has many advantages and the tanks will generally come with warranties. If your aquarium has any issues you can come back and get a refund or replacement. Here you can get good advice for your aquarium. Disadvantage would be the cost of the aquarium tanks will generally be more expensive.
- Garage sales: Here you can get some good bargains and your aquarium will cost next to nothing compared to any pet shop. Big drawback would be the equipment is used and old and there are no guarantees if the equipment will last. If it’s the aquarium tank this could be fatal.
- Newspaper adverts: Following up to an advert in the newspaper can lead you to find some nice priced aquariums, but again it’s used so there could be question marks to the quality of the equipment. If you’re lucky you can see the aquarium in operation before you buy it.
- Online stores: The internet is the last and becoming the most used way to search for aquariums equipment. Only drawback is your unable to see what your buying before it arrives, so be sure you know what you’re buying.
Tips for Buying Used Aquarium Tanks
Before purchasing any used tank you need to carefully inspect it for three things, inspect for leaks, cracks and worn out silicone. Fill up the tank and look carefully any drips or leaks. Check to see if the silicone seal is worn out, peeling away or missing completely, any small defective silicone can cause a leak which will mean your house floor will be full of water and the aquarium will be dry. Look at every piece of glass to ensure there is no cracks or broken glass.
If in doubt don’t buy it…
Kids, high traffic and Aquariums
Avioid areas of high traffic such as hallways, entranceways, kitchens, and so on are not good places for your aquarium. Constant movement along the tank’s glass also tends to keep many species of fish continually spooked. Fear leads to stress. Stress leads to disease. Disease leads to death. This is a very simple but all too frequent pattern.
As mentioned in a previous article place them in the corner where you and the fish can relax and destress without having to worry about people moving around.
Fire and water dont mix and at times kids and aquariums dont mix too. Well sometimes anyhow.
When you have young children in your home, you childproof rooms by locking up chemicals, putting away sharp objects, and hiding anything that can harm them. You need to do the same thing with your aquarium. If you have young children, place the aquarium where the kids have hard time getting at it, such as on top of a large cabinet-style stand in an area you’re in frequently. Make sure your freshwater aquarium is on a solid stand that will not move easily if someone bumps into it. If your family spends most of its time in the family room, that’s a great place to have the aquarium so that you can keep a close eye on it when your children are near.
Not all kids are bad, my seven year old does all the water changing,feeds and general cleaning and all I have to do is supervise and drink coffee….
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Finding the Best Location for your Aquarium
Before we do anything we need to look for a good place to set up our freshwater aquarium, the layout of the house including human traffic, windows, door and other elements will have a major effect on yor aquarium success. Carefully inspect the area where you plan to set up your aquarium to check for a few easily avoided hazards. A little good judgment and patience goes a long way.
We examine a few common physical problems that can occur when we place our aquariums in the wrong spot. Most people like to place the aquaium at a focal point of the room, but at times we are unable too. Last thing we want to do is place tha aquariuma in a place where there to much human traffic. If you put it where kids run around then theres bound to the accident where the tank a gets knocked over over worse your kids get injuried so plan out carefully. So start your aquarium in the right place from the very beginning and save yourself a bunch of migraines later on.
Things we need to considerbefore we pour the water in:
- Room temperature and what effects it has
- Other factors like Windows and doors
- Kids and high traffic areas
- Water source
- Other Considerations
- Space and Cleaning
- Electrical
Starting Out Right
Nothing well be more fustrating than having to move our aquarium after you have added the water and worse if fishes and plants have been added. Aquariums are very heavy when fully loaded and must be drained to be moved to a new location. It’s better to take a day or two and look over your opinions than to just put up the aquarium without any forethought. Start out on the right foot if you want to be successful.
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