How to Keep Your Fish From Getting Stressed

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Chris from aquatic central here in San Francisco and on the web at aquatic hyphen central dot com. And I'd like to tell you how to keep your fish from getting stressed. The best ways to do that is by keeping clean water and by keeping stable water parameters. So for example when purchasing a fish, you want to slowly introduce water from the new tank to the bag, where the fish is currently in. On some systems, for example marine systems will typically drip acclimate our fish for one to two hours so that the fish is slowly getting a dose of the new water and the new environment over a period of time and he's not shocked with a sudden rush of temperature or a ph change or a salinity change. Other things to focus on are adequate feeding. A lack of feeding will also weaken the fish's immune system and over feeding likewise will do the same. Trying to have, trying to follow a proper diet as far as a fish's specific requirements be they algae, plankton or a meaty food, fibrous foods etcetera, etcetera. When doing water changes on an aquarium it is best to do them as frequently as possible in the smallest quantity as possible. My name is Chris from aquatic central here in San Francisco and on the web at aquatic hyphen central dot com."