Fish Tank Supply | Fish Tank Supply Bucket
An essential supply for a fish tank keeper is a bucket. The bucket should only be used for
your fish. That means don’t go mopping your floors and using your fish bucket to keep the water in.
It’s nice to have a fish bucket in your arsenal of fish tank supplies. It can be used to hold your other tank supplies, transport fish, acclimate them, and use it to add water to your aquarium.
I recently used this handy supply to acclimate my new Crowntail Betta. He needed to get used to the water before putting him in his fish tank and installing it.
A fish supply bucket should be in every serious fish keepers supply list.
Never ever use your fish supply bucket for anything else than your fish tank maintenance. Ever. Ok, I’ve probably made that clear. Obviously you will be setting up, or have set up an environment for your fish that is stable. You don’t want to kill them by introducing something foreign they might not like. Like detergent!
I’ve marked the outside of my bucket, FISH ONLY. I’d advise doing the same, and storing it with your other fish tank supplies.

September 20th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
[…] The next step is introducing the aquarium water. I’ve found the best way to do this is by placing the bag in your fish bucket with some of the aquarium water. You can leave it in your fish tank, but watch for jumping fish (I had a yoyo loach leap from the bag on to the floor once!), or a bag that rolls. You don’t want to add the pet store water to your aquarium. […]