Sometimes walls, plants, soil and other accessories in an aquarium become covered by a brown raid. It not only extremely is not esthetic, but also it is dangerous to aquarian inhabitants. If there was a similar situation, then it is necessary to take measures urgently. The enemy of an aquarium - brown seaweed. These are metaphytes which appear at the wrong illumination and surplus of organic chemistry.
It is required to you
- Lighting fixtures for an aquarium, cultural seaweed, special chemical medicines against brown seaweed, several somikov-ontotsiklyus.
Instruction
1. For fight against brown seaweed first of all it is necessary to know the reasons of their emergence. Weak illumination, the increased content of nitrates in water, high level rn, too low content of carbon dioxide - all this can cause emergence of brown seaweed.
2. Oddly enough, the higher plants, that is the cultural seaweed which are specially planted in an aquarium can become assistants in fight against brown seaweed. They will absorb all nutrients dissolved in water and brown seaweed will get nothing.
3. For fight against the aquarian enemy it is effective to use fast-growing plants, it is necessary to set with them all area of an aquarium quite densely. It is necessary to create the correct lighting for the best growth of plants, light day has to make about ten hours.
4. It is necessary to reduce the content of organic matter in an aquarium. It is regularly for this purpose important to substitute a part of volume of water and to reduce quantity of a forage. Pets have to eat all forage approximately in two minutes, the rest - surplus.
5. It is extremely useful to lodge in an aquarium of several somik. They very much are pleasant to eat brown seaweed, and they with pleasure will help to get rid of them. Five somikov-ototsinklyus are capable to keep order in an aquarium of hundred liters.
6. Use of special chemical medicines can become an emergency measure in fight against brown seaweed. However it is worth remembering that their efficiency has temporality. Such chemical medicine is sold in pet-shop. The consultant can help to pick up an optimal variant. Also there are special water conditioners, they accelerate growth of cultural aquarian plants and improve their appearance.