| How to | | | | and alkalinity. Since, fish require a degree of hard |
| Fish care is extensive, since it depends on the | | | | water it is advised that you purchase a pH buffer, |
| type of fish you have. If you have damsels, | | | | as well as a test kit. |
| which are saltwater fish then you should have a | | | | If you have mollies, the fish can get used to salt |
| large reef tank, or marine tank. Damsels are | | | | water. However, freshwater fish typically desire |
| resilient, which the fish are capable of withstanding | | | | unadulterated water. Mollie fish are inexpensive |
| harsh water conditions. In addition, the fish do not | | | | fish as well. The fish then can live in higher or |
| fuss over what they eat. Damsels however are | | | | lower pH balanced waters. To adapt the fish to |
| not in distress; rather the fish can be aggressive. | | | | saltwater, you want to start out by keeping the |
| It is recommended that you put no more than | | | | fish bagged in water and slowly drenching the fish |
| two damsels in the same tank. If you add, more | | | | over an 8-hour period in saltwater. You want to |
| damsels or different fish prepare to lose money. | | | | remove water from the bags before it overflows. |
| If you intend to add other types of fish, make | | | | Once you adapt the mollies to saltwater, you can |
| sure the creatures are aggressive also. Otherwise, | | | | prepare them for tank water. However, it is |
| purchase a new tank to store less aggressive, or | | | | recommended that you avoid mixing the mollies |
| delicate fish. | | | | with aggressive fish, such as the 3-striped |
| If you haven't purchased saltwater fish at this | | | | damsels, etc. |
| time, look for the yellow tail damsels, blue | | | | Akin to the damsels, is the clown fish. The |
| damsels, and so on, since these fish are less | | | | clownfish are also resilient. However, these fish |
| aggressive. The Domino and 3-striped damsels are | | | | find it difficult to adapt to new environments. |
| much more aggressive. Most people purchase | | | | Since clownfish are very protective, yet the fish |
| damsels, since the fish are easiest to take care | | | | typically battle other clown fish. Like damsels and |
| of, as well the fish are not as costly as other | | | | other saltwater fish, the fish prefer reef tanks. |
| types of fish. | | | | Reef tanks include underwater ridges, which |
| If you have other types of fish, you want to | | | | houses rocks and coral within the body of water. |
| maintain the tank, making sure that the waters | | | | The water top is right below or slightly above the |
| hardness is balanced. Waters alkali is concentrated | | | | surface. |
| and measured in terms of pH. It depends on the | | | | How to care for shrimp: |
| amount of magnesium and calcium dissolved in | | | | Shrimp (NO I didn't call you a shrimp) fish include a |
| fish water, as to how hard the water is | | | | variety of fish which each differ slightly in their |
| measured. Carbonates, hydroxides, bicarbonates, | | | | need for care. The clean shrimps have a white |
| borates, and silicates dissolved in water determine | | | | strip on red down the center of their back. This |
| the alkalinity balance. You want to purchase test | | | | fish is one of the fewer shrimps to have, since |
| kits to balance hardness in fish water. Test kits | | | | maintenance is relatively a low demand. You |
| include a measuring device, which expresses pH, | | | | should keep the clean fish in a low capacity fish |
| alkinity, and hardness of water in PPM. (Parts per | | | | tank. That is, do not add more than 4 fish to a |
| million) For instance, hard water is measured at | | | | single tank. |
| 100, yet it can reach as high as 200 in hardness | | | | |