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>>> CASSIDY IS AT PETS ON BROADWAY THIS AFTERNOON TO TAKE
US BEYOND DOGS AND CATS.
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR REQUEST
THEY GET FROM CUSTOMERS IS HOW
TO SET UP FISH TANK AND I KNOW
THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
ASSORTMENT OF TROPICAL FISH
RIGHT THERE AT PETS ON BROADWAY.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE SO MANY
FISH HERE ON PETS ON BROADWAY
AND OF COURSE, OF AND OTHER
PETS.
PETS.
PETS. EVERY TIME I COME HERE, I THINK
TO MYSELF, NEED TO COME BACK
WHEN I'M NOT WORKING AND BY A
FISH BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD
BE SIMPLE ENOUGH, THAT I COULD
TAKE CARE OF IT AND IT WOULD
JUST LOOK SO LOVELY, AND
ADORABLE, AND BEAUTIFUL.
WE HAVE ABBY WHO IS THE AVERAGE
CORRELATOR HERE AT PETS ON
BROADWAY, WE ALSO HEAR YOU ARE
THE X HURT.
>> ONE OF THEM, WE HAVE QUITE A
FEW HERE AT PETS ON BROADWAY, SO
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.
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. >> IF
. >> IF YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT
ABOUT PETS, DON'T KNOW HOW TO
TAKE CARE FISH, SOMEONE COULD
COME IN HERE AND THEY CERTAINLY
AT SQUARE ONE, WHAT DO I NEED
TO GET?
TO GET?
TO GET? >> TOTALLY, WHAT WHAT A FEW
CUSTOMERS THAT COME IN, SQUARE
ONE, JUST WANTING TO KIND OF
GET A NEW PET IN THEIR LIVES,
70 THEY CAN SAY HI TO EVERY
TIME THEY COME HOME, SO WE LOVE
RECOMMENDING 5 GALLONS AND UP,
WANT TO GET A GOOD START ON A
FISH TANK IT IS A LOT OF FUN
AND HAVING MORE'S BASE KIND OF
GIVES YOU MORE POSSIBILITIES.
SO YOU ARE KIND OF GENERALLY,
BARE-BONES, BASIC SET UP, YOU
WANT TO FILTER, HAVE YOUR
BIOLOGICAL MATTER IN THERE TO
KEEP YOUR WAIST FROM BEING TOO
TOXIC IN THE TANK.
MOST OF OUR FUTURE TROPICAL SO
YOU WILL NEED A HEATER, KEEP
THEM AT 77 TO 80 DEGREES, ABOUT
95% OF OUR FUTURE TROPICAL SO
THEY LIKE THOSE TOASTY
TEMPERATURES AND I ALWAYS
RECOMMEND GETTING A THERMOMETER
ALONG WITH IT, JUST MAKE SURE
YOUR HEATER IS DOING ITS JOB
AND IT GOT A HAPPY ZONE AS WELL
AS AS LONG AS IT IS IN THAT
TROPICAL ZONE, YOU ARE GOOD TO
GO, SO YOU KIND OF DO A QUICK
GLANCE AND MAKE SURE YOUR
FISHER DOING JUST FINE.
>> YOU CANNOT MISS IT, IT'S
NEON GREEN.
NEON GREEN. >> THE LAST AND PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST CRUCIAL PART IS
TAPWATER CONDITIONER.
TAPWATER CONDITIONER. A LOT OF OUR TAPWATER HAS
THINGS IN IT LIKE CHLORAMINES,
AND THINGS THAT MAKE IT
HEALTHIER FOR HUMANS, BUT NOT
SUPER GREAT FOR THE FISH, SO
THIS IS ONE OF THE TAPWATER
CONDITIONS, IT MAKES IT SAFER
THE FISH AND ALSO KIND OF
BENEFITS YOU ARE FISHES SLIME
COAT, LIKE THE BARRIER TO THE
WORLD, KEEPS THEM HEALTHY AS
WELL, GETS FISH MORE SUCCESSFUL
INTRODUCTION TO TAKE LIFE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF YOUR BARE-
BONES SETUP, THE LIGHT IS
OPTIONAL, IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO
DO LIVE PLANTS, YOU ARE GOING
TO PROBABLY NEED A LIGHT.
OTHER THAN THAT, YOUR LIGHT IS
GOING TO HELP YOU, GIVE THEM
KIND OF A DAYTIME PHOTO PERIOD.
WHERE THEY ARE MORE USED TO DAY
AND NIGHT, SO THEY KNOW WHEN TO
GET FED AND WHATNOT, BUT THIS
IS BARE-BONES, GRAVEL, AND KIND
OF HAD FUN WITH DECORATIONS AND
PLANTS.
PLANTS.
PLANTS. >> AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ALL THE
THINGS THAT YOU NEED, THEN YOU
GET TO HAVE FUN.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR
SOMEONE TO SAY I WANT TO BUY A
FISH, THEY WOULD COULD PROBABLY
BE A PRETTY QUICKLY.
>> A LOT OF THE TIMES, IT DOES
TAKE SOME TIME, BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT COMPONENTS
TO THE TANK, AND WITH
DECORATIONS AND FISH AND
WHATNOT, THERE ARE LOTS OF
OPTIONS.
OPTIONS.
OPTIONS. NOW, WITH SETTING UP A TANK, A
LOT OF THE TIME WE CAN'T
CULTIVATE WITH BENEFICIAL
BACTERIA IN THEIR TO KIND OF
FISHES POOP INTO LESS TOXIC
THINGS, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU
SET UP A VERY CLEAN TANK SYSTEM
AND YOU ADD A LOT OF FISH, IT
TENDS TO EXPLODE INTO TOXIC
LEVELS OF FOOD AND THAT IS OF A
LOT OF TIMES WHEN NEW TANKS 10
TO TANK, NOT TO BE FUNNY, BUT
WHAT WE TEND TO RECOMMEND IS A
FEW NUMBER OF FISH TO START OUT
AND WE CAN MAYBE STEP IT UP TO
LEVELS WHERE WE WANT TO BE, AND
IT IS VERY SIMPLE, 10% WATER
CHANGES, POOP SCOOPS FOR ALL OF
OUR PETS ALWAYS, AND THAT IS
KIND OF WHAT WE RECOMMEND IS
KIND OF BARE-BONES, FEW FISH,
AND OVER A FEW WEEKS TO KIND OF