Adding Fish

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="31d21253.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="31ea08c0.gif" border=0 width="160" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U>Location</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Equipment"><U>Equipment</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adding Water"><U>Water</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adding Fish"><U>Adding Fish</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What size aquarium should I choose?"><U>What Size Aquarium?</U></A></div> <div>   <a href="http://fishtop50.com"><img src="http://fishtop50.com/top50/1000377.gif" alt="Visit the Fishtop50" border="0" width="88" height="31"></a>   </div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="17040c83.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT>     |  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U>Home Page</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Adding Fish</div> <div> <IMG SRC="17190140.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Once the aquarium has <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cycle"><U>cycled</U></A></FONT> it is ready to start adding fish. This is the moment you probably have been waiting for and I am sure you know exactly what you want to add. Start by choosing only a few fish and buying them. Once you have them home float the bag they come in , in the  aquarium for about 15-20 minutes. This will allow the water temperature in the bag balance that of the aquarium. After this 15 minutes open the bag and add about a cup of water from the aquarium into the bag. This will start adapting the fish to the possible <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336633" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="pH"><U>pH</U></A></FONT> and other differences between the water in the bag and the water in the aquarium.   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>