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lundi 27 octobre 2014

Simple Ways For Aquarium Maintenance

By Young Lindsay


The aquarium is easy to maintain on a regular basis and if done so, it would save the costs for any possible damages or deaths of the fishes or any other aquatic pets. Successfully maintaining this in intervals of weeks or days would let it be sure that the pets are alive and kicking as well as the tank to be clean. It only takes about thirty minutes or so to have this done in just every three or two weeks.

The tank stability is a huge deciding factor for the maintenance on the aquarium. The fishes should be healthy and well, and everything else inside it should be working fine. In an aquarium maintenance Cincinnati, there should be care and attention as well as close observation for this.

As for the water and replacement, it should be done every two weeks. There are certain changes in the composition or solution of the water and this should be monitored. The environment of the tank would end up changing as well depending on the quality of the water. Replace about fifteen percent of the water and if there is any sick fish in the tank, replace about half of it.

Now, the water you replace with should be clean and fresh. Tap water may have chlorine and ammonia present in it, and even if you use a water conditioner, the ammonia would still be there. There are also hard metals present in the water like iron and phosphates. Check with your local water provider to see the composition of the water in your area.

For fishes, lukewarm water is hot, so make sure that you are not pouring this right away and check the temperature before doing so. With a thermometer, the temperatures for the water in Cincinnati OH should be seventy two until eighty degrees Fahrenheit for tropical fishes. Goldfishes are comfortable in sixty until sixty eight degrees but for the fancy tailed ones, they are okay with until seventy two degrees.

Make use of a siphon to suck out the water out of the tank and also with a water vacuum in order to filter out the tiny remains or other debris sticking to the gravel. For the vacuum, you can make use of a stocking that has not been used before as well as a bristle brush to clean the decorations. It is important to clean them as well so that the algae will not build up on the surfaces.

The water may turn cloudy during the replacement of the water, observe it for a while if it is still cloudy or not. There are some agents that promise to solve this but they actually do not and only cover up the real issue in the water. Also, there should be a gap of air at the top so that it leaves room for the fishes to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen.

What you also need to clean are the outer walls and other equipment there which are the hood, the light, and top of the tank. Never use detergent since it contains ammonia fumes and could hurt the fishes. There are other cleaning solutions meant for aquariums, so you can use those instead.

Every month, the filter cartridge should be changed. The buildup of carbon would make the fishes get higher risks of dying or getting sick. There are beneficial types of bacteria that stay in the gravel more than on the cartridge, so nothing to worry about removing them on the cartridge since it would not affect the environment of the tank that much.




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