How to choose small fishes and an aquarium upon purchase

How to choose small fishes and an aquarium upon purchase

The beautiful aquarium with unusual small fishes can be met in many public places today. Desire that such beauty was in your house, quite feasible.

If you in the childhood had no aquarium with small fishes, then before to get it, it is necessary to collect all interesting information. What aquarium to choose and whom to lodge in it.

Aquarium and accessoriesBefore buying small fishes, it is necessary to decide on the sum which you are ready to spend. There is a good selection of aquariums. At its choice it is necessary to know for sure where it will stand. Whether it will spoil a room interior? If in the house there are other animals – cats, dogs, parrots, then surely get an aquarium with a cover in which there is already a lighting for an aquarium. Modern aquariums are made of silicate and acrylic glass. Aquariums from acrylic glass are less injury-causing. Thickness of glasses directly depends on height of an aquarium and its cost. Get an aquarium in pet-shops where you will be given a guarantee for a product. On sale there are ready aquariums with curbstones or supports where it is possible to remove all additional accessories. Their advantage is that the ready design is specially created for this aquarium. The filled aquarium has big weight, the simple table can not stand him.

Small fishes and care for them

In aquarium husbandry it is recommended to beginners to take unpretentious forms. These are gambuziya, sword-bearers, guram, rerio, mokropod, the guppy. These fishes do not need a lot of oxygen. They treat warm-water types. Therefore, temperature condition in an aquarium has to fluctuate ranging from 18 up to 20 wasps. Treat choosier types: vysokoplavnichny mallineziya, tsikhlida. These fishes have to be in a large amount of water (for 2 fishes about 40 liters), the more plants, the better. Also do not forget about good aeration. Buying by itself pets, pay attention to their appearance. The deformed fins, inappropriate coloring, violation of integrity of covers demonstrate that fish is unhealthy. Be attentive and then you will secure yourself against purchase of a sick individual. You do not lodge peace species of small fishes with predators, small individuals with large. Use the forage suitable for this species of fishes. For feeding of fishes use special feeding troughs, it will promote prevention of pollution of an aquarium. If water exhales a putrefactive smell, dimmed or turned white - it is a sure sign of the fact that urgent clear-out is necessary. For control of temperature condition buy the thermometer. Some fishes do not love temperature drops, therefore, do not place them in water with other temperature.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


Print