Taking care of your tank is very important what ever the fish is in it and the most important part is mantinence 20% water changes every week and filter cleaning once a week algi scrubbing on all class surfeces and adding suitable chemicals weekly. This all helps to keep a clean healthy tank for fish to live in all the equipment will be supplied at any good store when buying a tank. The worst thing in a tank is bad ph levels you should test your tank weekly siamese fighters may be one of the most easiest and agressive fish to keep but they need all the care any other fish needs you should test the temp on your tank daly as bad temp could lead to loss of fish the average temp is beetween 64f and 78f this will all mean a healthy tank.
THINGS TOO WATCH.
There are many things you have to watch on a fighter diseases are prone too these fish. Some kill but most dont kill there are many fin nipping fish out there and these shold never be mixed as fighters have big long danyly tales after a week there will be nothing left of them and this is always something that happens this can only be solved by watching the fish daily and taking back the trouble makers feading siamese fighters there favorite food is blood worm and they also like flakes they should be fed twice a day both foods as much as they and the other fish in your tank can consume in two miniutes.
Water changes.
One of the most important things is making a 20% water change weekly this helps to keep fish healthy and disease free if you where to not do it you would notice a big diffrance in health of fish and tank dirt bulding up realy quickly there are many ways of doing a water change there is the shipon way which can be quite tempermental and hard to start but this is a good way because it cleans your gravel in at the same time but the easiest is a jug just empty out a certain amout and replace it with clean treated water.Doing this will keep your fish healthy and your tank clean while doing this you should switch heater pump and light off and clean the filter out at the same time.
Summary: Recommended Water Changes Tank setup Minimum water change Recommended water change
'Average' community tank (not fully stocked) 25% per month 20% every two weeks
Well stocked community tank 25% every two weeks 20% every week
Malawi cichlid tank 25% every two weeks 30-40% every 1-2 weeks
Tanganyikan cichlid tank 15-20% every two weeks 10-20% every week
Fry rearing tank (up to 1 month old) 10-20% every 2-3 days 10% per day
Marine tank 10-15% every two weeks 10% every week
