I'm sure you've got lots of questions: freshwater or saltwater, how big, how many fish, what kind of fish, etc. I'll get to most of that, but first I want to get all parental about a couple of things.
- Fish are living creatures and not inanimate objects. Many will live for years. They deserve you treating them well by housing them in good conditions.
- Under no circumstances will you be adding fish to your tank on the day you put water into it.
OK, the first one should be fairly obvious, but I still wanted to say it. The second isn't obvious because outside of the fishkeeping hobby, no one has ever heard of . . . THE NITROGEN CYCLE . . . Most fish articles will pound you about the head with information on the nitrogen cycle. This may seem like it's because fishkeepers are anal retentive geeks. It is. However, when you're caring for living animals, a little bit of anal retention isn't a bad thing.
