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Fish may look easy to keep, but they need regular maintanence. So think of a fish tank as something you and your child or children do together, not a responsabilty to dump on young kids.


Fish tanks are about maintaning water quality - an excellent education for people on our planet, because clean water is a big deal. You know that especially if you have to buy bottled water because tap water has become too polluted to drink.


One of the biggest mistakes in a fish tank is feeding the fish too much - the leftover food rots, and ruins the water quality. Another problem is getting too many fish too quickly, the fish tank's good bacteria have to adapt to your tank, and get good colonies going. Another problem is choosing the wrong type of fish.


But mostly, a fish tank is about life support. Like air quality in a space capsule or a tall building.


A fish tank is not just about the artistry of the tank's interior design, and watching the social interaction of fish, but about making sure every one of your fish lives (hopefully, lives happily & healthfully, but you can only expect so much from a very young kid).


To do that, you need to airiate the water, filter the waste, provide surface for good bacteria. Choose fish that are compatable, and choose them in numbers that work well together. Chooose plants that are hardy inthe unique condidtions of YOUR tank.


You have to have a sick bay ( a water bowl) to put sick fish in) and you have to know about how to treat sick fish, and how to keep your fish from getting sick to begin with.


And if you have live-bearers, you sometimes need to understand greed in other people. And if you get around that, you need to understand population numbers.


A fish tank is a little world, and fish are your friends that you must make happy - or at least keep alive and reasonable okay.