In general Aloes like as much sun as possible, well draining soil, and water approximately 2 times a week depending on where you live. I personally wouldn't recommend any fertilizer; their natural habitats have little soil nutrition to begin with anyways. Let us know what species it is as soon as you get it, as some species may have different requirements.

Hi Garrett

I live in Scotland, so sun is a luxury! That might pose some difficulties thought the colder months.. okay! Should have it in the next week or so I'll let you know!

Do not water it twice a week if you live in Scotland!! water it only when it is dry...

I live in the Pacific Northwest US, which has a gloomy, cool, wet climate very similar to Scotland. I grow Aloes in pots successfully, so I'll share what I do. It's a very challenging climate for Aloes- the polar opposite of the climate they're adapted to.

1. Regular potting soil or even cactus soil holds a lot of water and Aloes hate that. I use a variation of "gritty mix" which doesn't have any soil in it. Here is the link to learn about that: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/2805869/container-soils-water-movement-and-retention-xxi?n=57 

If you don't want to use a gritty mix, mix your soil with 50% to 75% perlite, or even plain gravel or pebbles. You need something that won't hold water so the mix dries faster. Perlite is light and Aloes are heavy, so in perlite it'll want to topple out of the pot a lot.

2. Aloes need sun more than heat, so leave it out to get sun as long as you can in fall, and get it outside early in spring. As long as they don't freeze, they're okay with cool temperatures.

3. If you use indoor heat, the potting mix will dry pretty fast in the winter. If they're outside, obviously it'll stay damp much longer. It only gets cold enough here for heat for a couple months out of the year, so mine sit out on the balcony rail where they get as much sun as possible.

4. If yours don't get direct sun during cloudy spring and fall, consider placing a mirror behind them to double it. I do. Sometimes they have two mirrors- one at an angle on each side so they triple the amount of sun. I don't do that when the sun is directly on them, and I don't do it when it's sunny in the summer, but it's especially important in the spring and fall growing seasons. I don't know if it helps during winter, but I do it anyway.

3. If you use gritty mix, you'll need to fertilize with something that also contains magnesium and calcium, but that's all in the link I gave you.

Most important: Keep them almost entirely dry, and give them lots of sunshine (by whatever means you can).

A friend gave me a good suggestion. If you have a plant native to a specific location on the planet, get a good idea of the weather for that location: the average rainfall for the day and month, the average daylight hours and day/night temperatures. All that is readily available on the internet now, making it much easier.

Come as close to that temperature, rainfall, and daylight hours as you reasonably can, and your plant can be pretty happy. (Remember to translate the seasons if the plant comes from the southern hemisphere and you are in the northern.)