Behind an aquarium the permanent care is required, otherwise water will become muddy, will become green, and small fishes can die. Therefore once a week carry out easy cleaning, time in 2 months blow soil, and each half a year the aquarium needs general cleaning.
It is required to you
- - siphon;
- - scraper;
- - otstoyanny water;
- - sheet of dense paper.
Instruction
1. Allocate one day in a week for care for an aquarium. Remove with a siphon the accumulated dirt from the surface of soil, it is only careful not to do much harm to small fishes. Drain one third of all water, and then add a portion new which it is necessary to defend previously 2 days. Temperature of the added water has to be such, as in an aquarium. Put the sheet of paper on a surface and pour water on it. So you will not lift dregs a stream.
2. It is necessary to remove an aquarium each 2-3 months more carefully. In 2-3 hours you do not feed small fishes before. By the way, after cleaning do not give sterns 2 more hours.
3. Take out the equipment: filters, compressors, etc. Sort and wash out under a water jet. No detergents at the same time can be applied.
4. Remove with a special scraper seaweed from glasses. If on plants and decorative elements, such as snags and stones, the brown or green raid was formed too, remove also it. Only at the same time act carefully not to put damage to leaves. If there is no scraper, remove a raid with a sponge or a cotton tampon. Do not use an edge of the razor, they can apply scratches on glass.
5. Purge soil. For this purpose use a siphon. All operation is similar to weekly cleaning of soil, only this time stick a siphon cylinder directly in soil, but do not collect dirt from a surface. During all procedure no more than a third of water from an aquarium has to be drained.
6. Remove the broken or decayed leaves on plants, excess snails. Pour otstoyanny water of the same temperature, having put the sheet of paper on a surface. Install the filter and other equipment.
7. Wipe outside of aquarium glass from drops of water and wait a couple of hours. During this time dregs will accumulate and small fishes can be fed.
8. Time to half a year - in the spring and in the fall – you carry out clear-out. It includes thinning of plants, rejection of small fishes and even as necessary soil replacement.