In the majority of books on aquarium husbandry it is said that capacity for keeping of fishes has to contain about 80 liters of water. However there is not always an opportunity to establish so big design at home. Acquisition of a mini-aquarium can become an exit in this situation, he will not take a lot of place and will allow you to enjoy favourite business – cultivation of decorative small fishes.
Choosing a mini-aquarium, pay attention to tselnolity tanks. Such details as fringings, seams, frameworks, are quite appropriate, but after all it is better to do without them. These elements will only emphasize the small size of your aquarium. Decide on material of which your mini-aquarium will be made. For example, from acrylic it is rather easy for capacity to scratch, but such aquariums often have an original bizzare shape. Besides it is more difficult to break them, than mini-reservoirs from glass.
Have a mini-aquarium in the safest place where it will be difficult to be overturned. Also you watch that where capacity with small fishes is established, there were no drafts.
Upon purchase of an aquarium you can choose an aquarian set. Lamps, a pomp, curbstones, filters, cooling systems and even salt and soil usually enter such sets. Usually acquisition of a set costs cheaper, than purchase of each accessory to a mini-aquarium separately.
Purchase of a mini-aquarium with the built-in systems of light, filtration and aeration can become the best option. Such models are available in volume from 5 liters. Purchase of an aquarium with the built-in systems will allow you to avoid purchase of the additional equipment and will save you from a heap of bulky hoses as all devices which are built in capacity differ in the tiny sizes. To find separately tiny filter or the small aerator it is very problematic.
If you decide to order production of a mini-aquarium in a workshop, then surely check a finished product for existence of vials of air and also pay attention to places of gluing together which should not have any defects.
Before making a purchase, think how any given form of an aquarium will fit into your interior. For example, if capacity has the extended form, then it is better to place it along a wall. It is the best of all to issue such aquarium by means of sheet backgrounds which subject has to correspond to contents of your mini-reservoir. Tanks which form of a bottom has the form of a square or an isosceles triangle it is possible to arrange in the center of a table. Need for registration of a background in that case disappears. The mini-aquariums having the cubic form are especially convenient that they do not take a lot of place. Besides such form will perfectly fit practically into any interior. Also important factor when choosing an aquarium is what small fishes you plan to breed in it. For example, if you dream to buy yellow zebrasy which grow to 20 cm in length over time, then acquisition of a mini-aquarium, in this case, is not the good idea. Therefore before going behind purchase, well think over what representatives of flora and fauna will occupy your aquarium. Getting a mini-aquarium, you remember that it demands permanent and careful care, do not cost it let by the principle "will buy". The main lack of such mini-reservoirs is that the slightest arisen problem can develop in only a few hours into accident. It happens because of the small volume of water. Untimely cleaning or bad filtration can lead of small fishes to death. If you are not ready to devote much time to such aquarium and its inhabitants, refuse purchase better.