The inept attempt to clean an aquarium can turn back death of all small fishes and plants which are in it. Many beginning aquarians mistakenly believe that frequent change of water promotes maintenance of normal biological balance for fishes. But water evaporates, and in an aquarium dirt and slime can appear …
It is required to you
- - otstoyenny tap water
Instruction
1. To support the steady mode of a "fresh" aquarium, do not change, and add water. The volume of tap water should not exceed 1/5 from aquarium volume. Otherwise the hydrochemical composition of "old" water is sharply changed, and then your favourites can ache or emerge a stomach up.
2. You remember, main – not contents small fishes, and control of the habitat. Even small replacement of water (1/5 from volume) brings "stress" for inhabitants of an aquarium, but through couple of days the biological balance is restored. If to change a half of water, then the balance is normalized approximately in a week, but a part of fishes and plants will inevitably die. According to information of the website www.fishqa.ru, completely it is possible to change water in exceptional cases: because of pollution of soil, blackout, emergence of slime or harmful microorganisms. For the rest, at the correct long-term balance, small fishes, plants and microorganisms serve as the biological filter.
3. The water environment in an aquarium is formed within the first two months, therefore, it is impossible to add water to this period. When the young habitat was formed, add water not more often than 1-2 times a month, periodically purifying glasses and collecting from soil garbage by a hose. For aquariums of 20 l add otstoyenny tap water, it is desirable warmish (to 40 or 50 degrees). A year later, clean all soil that the optimum environment did not grow old.