| One important question comes to mind when | | | | of the water in your tank, these fresh water fish |
| starting a fish tank; pet owners have to | | | | have less of a chance of becoming stressed or ill. |
| determine which type of fish that they want to | | | | Things change when you are managing a salt |
| raise. There are two alternatives: salt water fish | | | | water tank. When observing their fish tank, pet |
| and fresh water fish. This decision is normally | | | | owners need to recognize how sensitive salt |
| made based on experience. If you are assembling | | | | water fish are to changing conditions. This will |
| your very first aquarium, fresh water fish is the | | | | require a lot more work in order to keep things |
| best option because of their simplicity as opposed | | | | harmonious. |
| to the more challenging salt water fish. However, | | | | Obviously, the largest difference between raising |
| for the more experienced pet fish owner, setting | | | | the two types of fish is in supervising the salt |
| up an aquarium for salt water fish can be a | | | | level of the fish tank. Pet owners can ensure that |
| wonderful challenge giving you the chance to raise | | | | the salt remains at a safe level at all times by |
| new varieties of fish. For those of you that have | | | | checking the specific gravity of the tank on a |
| successfully built an aquarium or two earlier on, | | | | scheduled basis. Even the tiniest change in the salt |
| and you feel that you have decent experience, | | | | levels can mean big trouble for your fish, so make |
| here are several facts to consider. | | | | sure that you monitor it on a regular basis. Again, |
| There is a reason why staying healthy isn't | | | | it requires a lot more work, but if you're up to |
| difficult for fresh water fish and that is because | | | | the challenge of a salt water tank and keeping |
| of the rapidly changing conditions that they have | | | | exotic fish - you now know the basic |
| adapted to. If something were to briefly disrupt | | | | fundamentals. |
| their lifestyle or slightly change the temperature | | | | |