Publisher's Synopsis
Starting a new freshwater aquarium is fun and exciting. As soon as it's filled with water we can't wait to start adding fish.But rushing a new tank start up is a sure road to disaster. Why?Because the health and well being of an aquarium depends on billions of invisible microbes that keep the biologically balanced and safe for the fish.That's right! Most of the aquatic life in your freshwater aquarium is made up of microscopic bacteria.These bacteria form the "biological filter", which breaks down harmful fish waste.Without these helpful microbes, your aquarium would be an ecological disaster.In fact, most new aquarium problems are caused by adding too many fish before the beneficial bacteria have had a chance to settle in.
