Tanks 30g+ at 4 ft floor height - prevents fall-in drowning risk for toddlers
Lock equipment cabinet (chemicals, dosing pumps, GFO are toxic if ingested)
Supervise feeding - kids overfeed; results in ammonia spike
Never let kids touch coral - palytoxin in some zoanthids is lethal
Glass tanks with low rims - clear acrylic safer than tempered glass for breakage risk
Teach: no hand in tank without parent present
Battery air pump for power outages prevents fish suffocation while parent is awake
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