Fish Tank Supplies are the foundation that a fish tank is built on. They support our fish tank the same way that we build our home on a sturdy foundation. If the foundation to our home is weak or flimsy our home will be to. Its simple to understand this way that putting fish in your fish tank as your building there home or its "under construction" is dangerous for your fish. The building blocks of our new fish home are simple but most fish simply don't make it because they couldn't survive the construction of there new home. When building a home the fist place we start is the blue-print, like wise with fish tanks. Design your fish tank like this. Every fish tank needs gravel or Substrate. How much your going to need is decided by the size of your fish tank, 1lb per gallon or more. The size of your fish tank is decided by where you have room to put it. Location location location. Location means everything and unfortunately you are going to have to make your decision for what fish you want based on what you have room to accommodate.

Heating and pluming would be next in our construction project. Heating first, heating is based again on the size of your tank roughly for every gallon of water you will need five watts of power. The pluming in your fish tank is made up of not only the filter but mechanical filtration, biological filtration and chemical filtration. These remove all the harmful elements from the water. The filter again as a rule of thumb is determined by the size of your tank and are labeled accordingly making it fairly easy to decide what filter is best for your fish tank. Unfortunately it's not as easy as just installing the plumbing. A Fish tank has to be cycled first for it to be safe for you fish. Popular belief is that cycling your tank with out fish or a fishless cycle is safer for your fish and kind. This can be done once your tank is fully set up and functioning. Cycling means to grow beneficial bacteria that processes the waste produced by your fish. This can be done by submersing lettuce or something else that will break down in fish tank. The waste produced by the break down of the lettuce is similar to the waste that your fish produce and in about a weeks time your tank will be ready for the introduction of your fish with no dangerous spikes in ammonia. Making your fish tank a safe home.

Interior design is the last step. Plants and decorations are both the window coverings and furniture in our underwater home. Fish need privacy to feel comfortable. How many and where to put them is personal preference. The only decision to make is. "Do you want real or artificial plants?" Now your fish tank has all the fish tank supplies it needs to be a home for your fish.