When you buy new fish for your aquarium tank you need to know what water temperature they'll need to be kept at, so that they thrive and grow into bigger happier fish.
Most community tropical fish (Live-bearers and egg-layers) prefer to have their water temperature to be kept to at least 78-82 degrees at all times. They can become sick with ICK and ICK to a fish is pretty much what the common cold is to us humans. It comes from drastic water temperature changes, stressing from over crowding, drops in their immune system from having a dirty aquarium and over feeding. All of these reasons or just one of them, could and will bring down your whole community of fish.
That's why it's best to always maintain your water temperature by using a thermostat that either hangs from the top of the aquarium, or sticks on the side to view it from any angle or even a floating thermostat that comes with suction cups if you prefer. This will help you to regulate the temperature of their water to your fish's requirements, and the size of your tank. You don't want to buy a heater meant for a 100 gallon aquarium tank which would be too large and heat your tank too high causing you to "cook" your fish if you only have a 10 gallon tank. What I found to be a good rule of thumb to go by is using 5 watts per gallon, so a 50-watt heater would be fine for the average home for a 10 gallon aquarium tank.
If after 5 minutes of you feeding your fish you find that there's still food floating about, remember to scoop it up and out of your aquarium with the help of your fish net, to ensure that it doesn't create debris in your tank which leads to poor water quality. To ensure your fish don't become stressed from over crowding, remember my saying of "1" of fish per gallon of water" to maintain their overall health and happiness.
Below you will see some products that I've used in my aquariums in the past and found them helpful and useful, and thought you would also.
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