Guide to Tropical Aquarium Aquarium  |
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An aquarium is not just a glass box with goldfish, seedlings and adornitos. a tank is literally a world. Following the tips in this guide, with simple steps and a little discipline, you can maintain your aquarium with lush colors, impeccable health and aquatic environment clean, beautiful and attractive.
Step 1 Choosing an Aquarium
When choosing an aquarium, always choose the largest. The more water, the greater the stability of the various chemical, physical and biological aquarium. Always remember this: small Aquariums are for experienced aquarists. If you're a beginner, start with an aquarium at least 40 liters of agua/10 gallons.
Step 2 Water Filter
Your aquarium needs a filter to keep clean water, have water quality helps to prevent your fish from getting sick and reduces maintenance time. It is therefore essential to use an external filter or internal quality. The filter is a filtration system that is easily positioned and very discreet in the light of any aquarium is absolutely quiet and provides three filter systems: physical, chemical and biological. This type of internal filter can also be used in aqua-terrarium.
If you choose the right size filter for your aquarium, you will not need any auxiliary filtering system, not even the biological filter plate placed under the gravel.
not forget that in order to work properly, you need to replace the filter material every 30 days.
Step 3 Use Anti-chloro always
rain water, mineral water or well water is not recommended as it can harm fish if the water does not have the appropriate parameters for the practice of aquarium. When filling the tank for the first time, fill the water level by evaporation or water changes always used aquarium tap guide and a dose of anti-chlorine, which removes in seconds, as chlorine, harmful effects of heavy metals, and in most cases relieves the stress of the fish.
Step 4 Do not saturate the fish aquarium
Avoid at all costs more fish in your aquarium can hold. The suggestion for tropical fish is that for every inch of fish i liter of water by total fish you got in your tank. If they are cold water fish, Japanese or tents, it is recommended inch of fish per 4 liters of water.
Step 5 Wait a bit before buying the fish
NEVER buy fish along with a acuario nuevo, este tiene que madurar, durante este proceso se asientan colonias de bacterias benéficas que convierten el amoniaco (deshechos) en nitritos (ambos tóxicos) y otra vez en nitratos, siendo este último tolerado por los peces. Este proceso dura 30 días aproximadamente, una manera de acelerar este proceso es plantar un poco el acuario. Usa los test comerciales par saber si el agua es apropiada para los animalillos, cuando los tests te den cero quiere decir que las bacterias ya son lo suficientemente numerosas como para empezar a introducir peces. Siempre es recomendable empezar solo con 2 peces.
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Step 6 Choose your fish well
Choose fish for your aquarium is not like picking candy or sweets to children. Do not buy asking the dealer to give you "5 and 3 amarillitos verdecitos" differences, characteristics and habits vary from species to species and understand this will help to have a more stable aquarium. There
fish are aggressive, others prefer to live in large groups, others need more space than others. There are acid-water fish, other water alkaline water fish hard, soft water fish, cold water fish, warm water fish. Therefore
know the characteristics requirement of each species is essential and will prevent problems from fish such as fights, incompatibility of water, food or even speed, Danios, for example, fish are very fast and compatible with most species, from the standpoint of chemical . However, for his incredible speed can literally starve slower fish such as Ramirezis.
Step 7 Do not overfeed
excess food is something that over 90% of beginner aquarists do.
The secret to avoiding this is simple. Do not give in to the pleas, almost irresistible, fish for food. Create a feeding routine y no caigas en la tentación. Los peces viven para comer, por lo tanto es normal que cuando los peces vean a alguien pasar por el frente del acuario se alboroten, inclusive si están bien alimentados.
Debes proceder de la siguiente manera: Coloca entre 3 y 5 copos en el agua y espera. Cuando se esté terminando repite el procedimiento hasta notar que el ímpetu de los peces por tomar el alimento halla disminuido. Alimenta a tus peces entre dos y tres veces al día si así lo prefieres. Con el pasar del tiempo notarás cuando los peces ya están satisfechos y ajustarás esta metodología de la manera que mejor te convenga.
Nunca, bajo ninguna circunstancia coloques alimento en el acuario de manera indiscriminada. Do not throw very large portions that sink and are scattered throughout the aquarium too. This fouls the environment, is a step taken for the failure and is the gateway for diseases and problems.
If you bottom fish in your aquarium as Corydoras, do not put too much food that they eat well. Purchase specific food for these fish and algae pellets sink and dissolve slowly.
Step 8 Maintaining the aquarium (it's easier than it sounds)
Maintaining an aquarium is fairly simple, but you can not be done. Basically we:
- Feeding fish all
- on basic testing (pH and ammonia) every fortnight
Clean - magnetic glass cleaners (being practical and efficient) whenever necessary
- Vacuum the gravel using a simple gadget called a siphon every 30 days. Replace
- between 25% and 30% of aquarium water every week and replace it with tap water and NEVER forget to add a dose of anti-chlorine.
- Replace the filter material every 30 days, if you do this the filter would work as such and would foul the water.
