The aquarium is the closed biological system which stability depends on compatibility and wellbeing of the fishes inhabiting an aquarium, plants and microorganisms. At the maintenance of an aquarium it is necessary to consider that the majority of fishes well live and breed only when conditions in it are most similar to conditions of the habitat of their dwelling.
Instruction
1. Prepare voduzhizn and health of fishes depend first of all on quality of their habitat - water. It is necessary to know that before filling in water in an aquarium, it is necessary to let it stand at least 3-4 days. It is necessary in order that the chlorine applied in the water system to disinfecting completely came out water. Before placing "residents" in their new "house" it is necessary to wash out carefully an aquarium and to fill in it with water for several days. It becomes in order that glue which fastened aquarium glasses came out all hazardous substances. It is recommended to change water several times.
2. Pick up and land to a rasteniyaulozhita soil. Fill an aquarium with otstoyanny water approximately on 1/3. Higher plants it is necessary to have at a back wall of an aquarium, undersized - ahead. Planting plants, it is necessary to consider features of behavior of fishes. Inhabitants of an aquarium have to have enough place for free movement. Floating plants are useful to whitebaits - they will be able to take refuge in them from adult fishes. Besides the higher plants, in an aquarium there have to be seaweed. In order that seaweed did not expand too strongly and did not prevent normal breath and food of other plants, illumination of an aquarium should not be too bright. For example, on an aquarium of 200-300 liters the 40 W fluorescent lamp suffices. It is recommended to place such seaweed as a nitella in an aquarium, Chara also egagropit. They enrich water with oxygen. Besides, on them it is possible to judge wellbeing of all biological system of an aquarium since in case of strong pollution these seaweed quickly perish.
3. Pick up rybpr selection of new "residents" it is necessary to consider them "flavoring addictions" and vital needs. For example, predatory fishes will perceive small inhabitants as the victim. Also it is impossible to put small gregarious fishes one by one. To place inadmissibly in one aquarium of fishes with different requirements to the habitat. For utilization of surplus of a forage it is recommended "to settle" in an aquarium of snails of melaniye - they will perfectly cope with this problem.
4. Leaving for an aquariumomodn the most widespread mistakes of the beginning aquarians - full change of water in an aquarium. For the majority of fishes in an aquarium once in 8-10 days is enough to add water. For this purpose it is necessary to scavenge also the remains of a forage from an aquarium bottom by means of a special hose. Drain a little water from an aquarium, and then add the same amount of in advance otstoyanny water.
5. Feeding rybsledut to remember that in the conditions of an aquarium of fish movements have deficiency. Therefore it is necessary to feed fishes often, but in the small portions. It is necessary to know that healthy fishes can easily do without forage within 15-20 days. Besides, short-term starvation stimulates reproduction function at fishes.