How to properly start the aquarium?

Have you bought an aquarium and want to breed fish? So, you need to learn how to properly start a new aquarium. And this is quite a difficult and painstaking business.

How to start the aquarium from scratch?

First of all, you need to determine where you place the aquarium. Installing the tank on the curb, you should set it strictly according to the level and put a rubber mat or foam sheet under the aquarium. In addition to the tank for fish, you need to purchase lighting lamps, a filter, a water heater, a primer, stones and driftwood. Soil should be washed, driftwood to inspect for any harmful elements. For a beautiful aquarium design, many buy a film for the back wall of the tank.

Startup stages

1. As a rule, in order to start the first aquarium, at first it is necessary to cover the soil with a layer of about 5-7 cm. Then, various elements of decor in the form of stones and driftwood are laid on the ground. Now we pour water into the aquarium. It can be taken from a tap, and if desired, you can use a cleaned one. As practice shows, to start a small aquarium, it is enough to take a few buckets of water. And to eliminate chlorine from the water in a large capacity you can use a special air conditioner.
2. After pouring the water, you need to install a heater and filter in the aquarium, although you can do this before filling the tank. On the water surface, after a while, a bacterial film can be collected, which should be removed using a conventional newspaper. Then the small house for fishes is covered with a cover in which the fixture is built in. But to include it at this stage is by no means impossible.
3. Turn on the heater and filter , leave the aquarium in this form for about a week. On the eighth day, you can turn on the lights for five hours and at this time plant several unpretentious aquarium plants. And in three days you can run several fish into the aquarium.

The first few days do not feed the living creatures, but just watch her condition. If everything went well, that in 2-3 days you can begin to feed the fish, and in three weeks - to populate the aquarium by other residents. As a rule, it is also possible to launch a marine saltwater aquarium.

The first launch of the aquarium will be successful if the main stages of this work are observed. And aquarium inhabitants, having passed acclimatization, will frolic in the water for joy to you and your loved ones.