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Setting Up Your Aquarium

Directions: Imagine you are setting up an aquarium:

1. Go to the website: https://smartaquariumguide.com/best-freshwater-fish-beginners/

2. Select a fish from the website
3. Read about the care it needs
4. Fill in the blanks below according to the information on the website
5. Answer the short answer question below
6. Draw your new aquarium on the next page, including all of the necessary components
listed:
a. Light, heater, filter, thermometer, substrate, fish, and any other decorations you
would like!

Fill in:

Fish Species:

Tank Size:

Water Temperature:

Temperament:

Short Answer:
How would you start this aquarium? List the steps below and include the information from
above. (Example: First, I would select a ten-gallon tank, since that is the minimum tank
requirement for the Zebra Danios. Second, …)