Fish Tanks & Aquarium Maintenance : How to Set Up an Aquarium for the First Time

When setting up an aquarium for the first time, the easiest method is to start off with tap water, insert gravel rocks and add the necessary chemicals for clarifying the water. Make sure the heater fits the gallon of a fish tank with help from the manager of a pet store in this free video on setting up fish tanks and aquariums.

Expert: Ashlee
Bio: Ashlee has been the manager of Pet Planet in Riverton, Utah for the last three years.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• aquariums
• fish tanks
• aquarium plants
• pet fish
• fish care
• aquarium maintenance
• fish tank care
• aquarium filter
• reef aquarium

[Tigerbarb202]

You left out quite a few things like putting in plants, adding fish, the nitrogen cycle, choosing fish, and how to get rid of algae.

[SuperPyro33]

0:23 Blindness

[bobcheese427]

Chloromine and chloromine? Wtf Seriously newbies don't watch these videos

[ninj4sugarbyte]

"Make sure the heater it fits the gallon of your tank"

[Tigerbarb202]

@AztecaMario why, thats just what you need to do to set up a aquarium.

[AztecaMario]

@Tigerbarb202

ok, so i will wait for you to make a vid with all of that

[XpianoxboyX]

hehe she said chloramine and chloramine. :D

[donkeyfieldmouse]

@MegaPlanelover

A thermometer?

I would strongly recomend one for any tank, and it is necessary for tanks requiring a heater (e.g. a tropical tank). For Goldfish and other very robust fish that can survive in very cold, it is not necessary, but is helpfull.

They're very cheap and helpfull so I would say yes, but not crucial (depending).

[djsusp3ctu]

don`t listen to her,its not estetical that gravel,and you dont wanna put chemicals in aquarium and in nature you dont have castels or airships or skeletons or buda in natural environment,a aquarium its a copy of a natural enviroment so...if you wanna know more about aquariums you need to read two mouths from a forum...and then you know everything but when you buy the aquarium its not that easy:))

[97a4]

I like the red-tailed shark.