Freshwater

The opposite is also true. In colder areas of the country, drafts and chilly air
can seep through windows and lower the temperature of your tank. The best
thing to do overall is to avoid placing an aquarium by a window.
Keep an eye on your window for a day during normal sunlight hours to get a
good idea of just how far and brightly the sun’s rays reach inside your
window. Place your aquarium beyond the outermost limits of the sun’s potentially
lethal grasp. Putting the aquarium in an area with good air circulation
and ventilation will help to avoid hot or cold spots in the tank as well.
Deadly doors
There are two types of doors in most homes: Interior doors that connect
rooms and exterior doors that lead outside. Both types can wreak havoc on
your aquarium in different ways:
Exterior doors can be very drafty. Every time someone opens a door in
wintertime, cold air seeps in. It doesn’t take long for an aquarium to chill
under these conditions. Place your tank well away from any outside
doors to avoid drafts.
Interior doors may be safe from cold drafts, but they can be deadly if
they hit your aquarium. It seems that most doorknobs are at a perfect
level to slam into the glass on many tanks. We have seen many expensive
aquariums broken by a door that has been hastily flung open. If you
must place an aquarium near a door, open the door a few times to make
sure that it has plenty of room to safely clear your tank.
High Traffic Areas and Children
(Spell D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R)
Chapter 3: Finding a Good Location
High-traffic areas are those places in your house where the carpet is constantly
dirty or worn. (I have two teenagers, so unfortunately that’s about 90
percent of my house.) Anyway, high-traffic spots such as hallways, entranceways,
kitchens, and so on are not good places for your aquarium. Constant
movement along the tank’s glass also tends to keep many species of fish continually
spooked. Fear leads to stress. Stress leads to disease. Disease leads
to death. This is a very simple but all too frequent pattern.
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