From the first minute, when you had an aquarium, you became the master of a mysterious glass house. And you just need to know how to properly and how often you need to wash the aquarium. And then, as a token of gratitude for love and care, its tenants will thank you, attracting your eyes to you, fascinating and comforting.
How to wash the aquarium before starting?
Before you wash the new aquarium before starting, it should stand for several hours at room temperature, so that the smell of silicone disappears. This will protect the glass during the cold season when washing from cracking. Then the aquarium is washed with warm water, you can use a small amount of baking soda. Pour only half of the required amount of water. Install plants, interior, rocks. After a day, add the rest of the water 3-5 cm from the edge. If, the water does not run away, after a few days it is drained and poured a new one. The first one or two months to create a biological equilibrium, water is not substituted, watching the fish, watching the leaves. Scissors remove leaves that have turned yellow or rotten. It should be remembered that shrub plants after transplant can not be touched for six months.
Periodic cleaning of the aquarium
At usual cleaning of an aquarium of fishes do not catch. Cleaning includes washing with running water of the turbine, cleaning the glasses, replacing 1/5 of the water.
When you restart, catch fish and drain the water. Algae is washed with running water, rubbing between the leaves.
Purify the mucus and dirt filter, using a toothbrush and cotton buds. The filter should work around the clock. Weak flow is a signal to clean the filter.
The glass of the aquarium can be washed with a solution of soda with a special scraper, than they clean them from plaque. Instead of soda, special products are used, which are sold in stores. And instead of a scraper nylon or sponge for washing dishes. Washed as all the decor, stones and seashells.
Soil, which is sour with fish excrement and uneaten food, is cleaned with a siphon. Instead of a siphon, use a hose with a watering can on the end of the tube. The length of the hose is 30% larger than the double height of the aquarium, and its diameter is 10 or 15 mm. The end of the hose that should be pressed to the ground with the watering can, and through the other end of the hose to suck the water and direct the stream of water into the bucket.
In case of infection, the soil is washed using a strainer in small portions. Add fresh water, and boil ½ hour. Before filling in the aquarium, cool and rinse again. It is recommended to clean the soil once every 2-3 weeks.
After cleaning the aquarium we pour a part of the water, we return the pebbles, shells, decor, plants . We add water and start fish. Replacing 1/5 of the water in the aquarium is recommended once a week. In an aquarium, the volume of which is more than 200 liters, once every two weeks, and in small aquariums twice a week. Use only filtered or standing water.