Ideally, your tank will be 10 gallons (37.9 L) in volume. You don’t want to overcrowd your tank. If you have a 10-gallon tank, for example, aim for about five guppies. This will simply help you maintain the tank better and keep your fish healthier. Some guppy breeders and enthusiasts might argue that you don’t need to follow that ratio, but the more fish you have in your tank, the more often you will have to clean it and change the water. Consider this when deciding what size tank to get, and how many guppies to keep in it. There are a few ways you can dechlorinate your water. You can let it sit with the lid open for about a week to let the chlorine evaporate, or you can buy a dechlorinating kit. It’s important to dechlorinate your aquarium, and any water you add to it in the future.  You can buy these supplies at a local pet supply store for a relatively low cost. You will also want to buy a chlorine testing kit, just to make sure the water is completely free of chlorine before adding your fish. Follow instructions on the dechlorination bottle. Nearly all tap water has a certain level of chlorine in it. You can use purified, filtered, or distilled water that is free of chlorine, to begin with, but to be safe, still test the water for chlorine before putting your fish in it.  Try to keep the pH level in your tank between 8/10 guppies like higher level pH so aim for around 7.5pH to help you keep the pH at a high you may want to add crushed coral. This is equal to about 24 and 28 degrees Celsius. Keep a thermometer in the tank to monitor the temperature. If you find it needs to be heated, you can purchase a small heater to place in the tank.  If you need a heater, make sure you buy one that is appropriate for the size of aquarium you have. For example, if you have a 5-gallon tank, you’ll need a less powerful heater than if you have a 20-gallon tank. Ask the associate at the pet supply store if you aren’t sure which heater you need. To avoid overheating your tank, it’s best to keep it out of direct sunlight. Use a heater if you need to raise the temperature, and use an artificial light in the tank rather than sunlight. If for some reason the water becomes overheated, take some of the warm water out and replace it with cooler water to lower the temperature slowly. For the most part, aquarium tanks will come equipped with a filtration system. If yours did not, you would need to purchase one separately. You will need to change the filter media when it begins to turn brown, so make sure you monitor this whenever you clean the tank. Ceramic Media is good for beneficial bacteria and will help keep your tank healthy and clean, only replace half your media at a time to make sure you arent taking away all the good bacteria at once.  Even if your tank did come with a filter, you can always change it out for a different or better one should you feel you need to. Make sure your filtration system can keep up with the amount of fish you have and the size of your tank. A regular filtration system should be enough to keep your tank oxygenated, but you can also add an airstone to help add oxygen to the water if you have a larger tank or if you have lots of fish. You should keep the tank set up and working for a month without any fish, just avoid the temptation of buying any fish before. The bacteria are in the media part of the filter (where bacteria develop) and clean out the toxic substances that are dissolved in our water, as fish contaminate their own water by excreting. These substances aren't removed by the mechanical system of the filter, only bacteria can transform these highly toxic substances in others much less toxic, that can be removed by changing weekly part of the water. In this month feed the bacteria with some fish food (1 flake each three days), in order to train them for when the fish come. This whole process is called cycling. Start from the bottom—add some substrate to the bottom of the tank. Stones or gravel are a great option for guppies. Then, add in plants. You should use live plants, as they take an important part that, along with the bacterias, will help with the toxic substances. The other important thing is that the fish have somewhere to hide, as guppies like to do this.  Make sure you rinse all substrate and decorations before placing them in the water. You want to make sure you get all the dust or dirt off of them that they may have picked up in the supply store. Avoid adding things taken from the nature, as clams, roots, sand, because they might contain parasites or will modify your pH (or the general hardness if adding calcareous stones) This may lead to illnesses in your fish or even their death. It's better if you buy them in your pet store, these way you avoid unpleasant surprises. Only those who have experience in keeping fish would pick things from the nature, as they difference between roots and rocks (making a previous study on them and getting some information in advance) which are innocuous to the water quality and those who are not. Ideally, your guppies should get about 8 hours of darkness per day. Too much more or less than this could cause deformities as they grow. You can put a light over the tank and set it on a timer to ensure your guppies get the right amount of light per day, or you can turn the light on and off manually each morning and night. If you are using natural light, like placing your tank near a window or light source, make sure it doesn’t affect the temperature of the water too much. Make sure your water maintains the proper temperature for your guppies. Doing this might lead to algae problem, so it's better to put artificial light.
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