Monthly Routine
The fluorescent lighting in your aquarium needs to be checked once a month.The lighting provides heat and if your light has reached its last legs, it is better to change it quickly. Remember all kinds of fish will not take kindly to sharp changes in water temperature.
Inspect tubing, air-stones and other equipment to see if they are in proper
working order. Also remember to check the expiry date on the boxes and bottles of the supplies you are using in your aquarium. Your test kits also have a date on them. Using these after their expiration can give you wrong readings, and will prompt you to take unnecessary precautionary steps. Scrape the glass surfaces of your aquarium to remove algae from them.
A special kind of scrubber is available to clean the aquarium surfaces
thoroughly.
Most of the times, the problems will start snowballing when you add new fish. Often, people blame the store for giving them infected or stressed fish. In reality something totally different is happening. The fish in the store were used to a more stable and probably healthier environment. When they are introduced into your aquarium, they will be shocked and stressed by the harsh conditions in your aquarium. The older inhabitants in your aquarium have already adjusted to this, albeit slowly. The shocked fish will be
susceptible to diseases and once an infection has developed in your aquarium, it will catch on like fire. All the fish will soon show signs of stress, affected as they are by the negative conditions in your aquarium.
