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Home Aquarium - Complete the missing touch of your house with an aquarium

Fish are not only beautiful, serene companions, but setting up and maintaining your very own fish city can be an enjoyable and creative activity. Think about it-when else would you really have a chance in your lifetime to envision, create and sustain a whole living, breathing world!
First, decide where you want to put your fish tank. Water weights bout 8. 3 pounds per gallon. A completely set-up 30 gallon aquarium, including gravel, decorations, and water, can weight up to 250 pounds. The larger the tank, the more weight you'll have to deal with.

The weight factor makes it highly important that you give much thought to not only where you place the aquarium, but on what. Experts says most homes should be able to support the weight of aquariums up to 75 gallons without additional support. "In any event, it is always best to place a tank along a wall, where floor supports are usually greater, rather than in the middle of a room". You also want to avoid putting the tank too close to a window or heat source. Placing a tank too close to a sunny window may encourage the growth of undesirable algae and throw off the temperature of the whole tank. The same goes for too-close heating systems. You don't want to put the tank too close to that old-fashioned radiator in your pre-war apartment, for example. Placing your tank too close to a heat source may cause the tank temperature to fluctuate wildly or to overheat, with dire results to the inhabitants at worst.

Don't go cheap on the filter. Out are the old "box type" filters; in are the new self-contained units. The newest filters use cartridges that you can throw away when they get dirty, making them much easier to maintain. Some of the newest tanks, like the Eclipse line from Marine Land, have both the filter and the heater built right into the hood of the tank, making them especially well-suited for the junior hobbyist. It is also advised staying away from 'under-gravel' filters, which require lots of maintenance and tend to mess up water quality in the tank.

Invest in a good, submersible well-sealed heater. The old rule of thumb of 5 watts per gallon may hold in a room where the average temperature never falls below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. In an area where the ambient temperature may drop, seven watts per gallon or greater may be what is needed to maintain a steady temperature. Also, it's a good idea to put your tank's thermostat on the opposite side of where the heater is to make sure you're getting an accurate tank temperature reading. For rest of enchantments refer to other articles.