Tip 1: How to fill the aquarium with water
Tip 1: How to fill the aquarium with water
An aquarium can become an excellent decoration of the interior. But it must be remembered that the aquarium is not a picture and it requires full-fledged care. In addition, it must be properly started.
How to fill an aquarium with water
Before filling the aquarium with water, itsmust be rinsed. Next, you should fill the bottom of the aquarium with the washed soil. If the soil is not purchased, but collected with your own hands in nature, then it should be boiled. It is desirable to lay the soil at an inclination, so that it is slightly larger at the rear wall of the aquarium. After the soil has been laid (substrate for plants), the aquarium is poured into 5-10 cm with water, depending on its volume. Water does not have to be boiled, but if you have a household filter, then it is desirable to use it. In this case, the water to be poured must be cool, since it contains a minimum amount of chlorine and other chemicals. In order not to damage the laid soil, on the bottom of the aquarium you need to put the saucer upside down and pour water on it with a thin stream. Next proceed to the aquarium design - laying stones, driftwood, sculptures, plant plants. When the design is complete, add water to the end of the saucer. The aquarium should be filled up to 5 cm from the edge.The optimum temperature of the water poured into the aquarium for the most popular fish should not exceed 28 degrees.
Starting the aquarium
You can not start fish in the aquarium immediately after itFilling. Between these processes must pass at least a week, and preferably two weeks. If you have no living plants in the aquarium, then this period should be about a month. It is necessary to ensure that the microorganisms necessary for the normal life of fish are introduced into the water. When starting fish of other organisms (snails, shrimps, crabs), it is necessary to take into account the optimum temperature regime for them. Remembering that the water was poured cool, for heat-loving fish it needs to be warmed up with a special aquarium heater. At the same time for fish loving cool water - to cool it specifically is not required.State of water
The aquarist should always monitor the conditionwater in the aquarium - for its general hydrochemistry and especially for the content of oxygen in it. All indicators of water, including its temperature, must meet the requirements of organisms in it. At the same time, in order to maintain optimal water levels, the water in the aquarium needs to be periodically replaced both partially and completely, depending on its volume. Also, any aquarium needs a filter.Indicators of aquarium hydrochemistry - oxidizability, stiffness, concentration of oxygen, carbon dioxide, ammonia, ammonium ions, nitrates and nitrates.If you correctly pour water into the aquarium, start it correctly and monitor the water in it, it will last for many years.
Tip 2: Preparing the aquarium for water filling
If you decide to have fish, you need to startBuy an aquarium and other accessories. Then fill it with water. At the same time, it is necessary to perform some actions to ensure that the water environment is suitable and comfortable for its future inhabitants.
Preparing the aquarium for the first filling with water
Thoroughly flush the new aquarium withUse of soda or laundry soap. If a putty was used to make the aquarium, remove the surplus, fill the container with water and leave it for several days. Repeat this procedure a couple of times to make the aquarium smell of paint completely gone.
After about 10 days, pour out the water and continuework on preparing an aquarium for fish. You can not fill the new aquarium completely with water from the first time: glass may burst. Therefore, first fill only half, after a few days, add water, so that about 5 cm of the upper part of the aquarium remains free. So that when the water is poured into the tank from the bottom, do not lift the soil, use a hose.
If you do not have a special hose for fillingWater in the aquarium, use the usual plate. Place it on the bottom of the aquarium and pour water in small portions directly into the center of the dish. Thus, the soil from the bottom of the aquarium will not rise.
What water is needed for an aquarium
If your house is running from a water tapwater is clean, odorless and is not rusty, use it for an aquarium. Take only cold water, because the composition of hot water is chlorine. Do not fill the tap water directly in the aquarium. The water should stand for a few days.
Pour tap water into a container,put it in a warm place and wait two days. During the settling time, harmful impurities will evaporate from the water. At the same time, the temperature of the liquid will reach room temperature. Now it can be used both in a new aquarium, and in order to add it to an already active aquarium.
If there is no time to stand water, you canuse another way: heat it to a temperature of 70-80 degrees, then cool it. Do not use boiled water for fish, because the stiffness changes sharply in it, and this is not desirable for the aquarium.
If there is no tap water very rigid, you canuse and water from the pond: rivers, ponds, lakes. But before using such water for aquarium fish, it should be heated to 90 degrees in order to get rid of various parasites.
In pet stores on sale there is water for aquariums and special additives for water, which will improve its quality.
For the normal livelihoods of the livingorganisms, there must be a lot of oxygen in the aquarium water. Dissolve in your aquarium plants, because they are the main source of water saturation with oxygen.
Tip 3: How to make an aquarium in the floor
The creation of a unique design is not limited tothe choice of certain furniture, accessories, etc. An important role is played by finishing the floors and walls. Pretty popular type of finish are self-leveling floors, but they are in beauty and originality inferior to a dry aquarium in the floor.
