Aquarium Fish

Aquarium Fish It's the wide and dazzling array of aquarium fish and other marine invertebrates and reef life that can be kept in a well-designed saltwater system that gets most people interested in saltwater aquariums.

When putting a saltwater aquarium together, you'll need to do some careful research and determine a good mix of fish to put together. Some people choose to combine fish with corals and vegetation, further adding to the complexity of the system. Fish must be chosen that will won't attack or stress each other.

Doing the Research

There are plenty of aquarium fish information resources available when you're planning what species would make a good addition to your saltwater aquarium community. Whether you use magazines, books Scuba diving, or online articles, the most important thing is that you don't just bring a fish home because it'd look good with your rocks. If you're to have success, you'll need to be a bit more methodical than that . . . or stick with freshwater.

Check to make sure the species will get along. Some creatures will destroy anything else in the tank. Some multiply out of control. You need to know what you're getting into. Find out what their mating habits are like and how they like to spend their time. Choose a different species to occupy each separate part of the environment if possible. If they happen to look fantastic, all the better.

Getting Ready for Their Arrival
reef fish It is very important that you take the time (usually a month or more) to fully establish a good colony of bacteria on your filtration equipment so that it is functional when the first fish arrive. Introducing fish too early will often result in poor conditions that foster disease and behaviour problems.

Introductions

Even if there are well-established colonies in place, be sure you take your time after the introductions of corals or any other type of living rock. Once everything has reached equilibrium (often measured in terms of nitrates), you may begin slowly introducing aquarium saltwater fish.

It is best to do this just a few fish at a time, with a definite maximum that you've worked out according to your filtration system's capacity and the size of the tank. If you intend to introduce a bunch of a single species, still only put a few of them in. A sampling that features one of each you eventually plan to have on hand. Be sure to wait again for everything to fully stabilize before adding any more aquarium fish into the environment.