Often inexperienced owners of aquariums hurry to replace all water in capacity if one small fish as they are afraid of pollution of an aquarium dies. Whether so really it is necessary to change completely aquarian water or there are other rules of the address with an aquarium in which one of his inhabitants died?
To change or not to change
If in an aquarium only one small fish dies, and water at the same time looks clear, it is optional to change it as after change of water it will be necessary to wait for restoration of an ecosystem and biological balance. Therefore rather just to add fresh water, having updated old. If the small fish died of an infectious disease or lay in an aquarium several days, water should be replaced, having washed up at the same time an aquarium.
At filling-up of fresh water in an aquarium has to remain not less than one third of old water – at the same time fresh water has to have similar indicators of rigidity and temperature.
If the aquarium nevertheless needs to be cleaned, it is necessary to remove from it all live small fishes and plants, to wash up, disinfect and dry up. After that in capacity new water is filled in. In the first few days in an aquarium the short-term bacterial flash with water turbidity can be observed – you should not worry, it will pass. After that as water will become transparent again, it is possible to return plants to an aquarium, and it is desirable to start small fishes approximately in a week. Water replacement most often is the most effective remedy for disposal of bacteria, however for small fishes it is a huge stress therefore you should not abuse it.
As it is correct to change water
The electric or vacuum pump perfectly is suitable for change of water in an aquarium. Also the siphon by means of which walls and a bottom of an aquarium are easily cleaned from the remains of a forage and raid will well cope with this task. That water did not turn green, the aquarium needs to be put far away from sunlight and to turn off artificial lighting for the night. Besides, it is necessary to delete periodically from it excess plants and to feed less small fishes that water did not become soiled the forage remains. Somiki-antsitrusa which slide on aquarian walls will help to purify water also and eat a raid on them. Partial change of water in an aquarium should be made every week, changing it is 1/5 fresher than water. In order that water always was clear and transparent, in an aquarium it is necessary to start mollusks and water fleas. Many owners of aquariums try to purify capacity glasses by means of snails, however they not really effectively do it and besides spoil very much. Problems with water are usually characteristic of "young" aquariums – subsequently in them the ecosystem arises, the situation is normalized independently. The main thing is to follow rules on care for an aquarium.