Aquarium - decoration of any house. But behind it thorough leaving is required. It is periodically necessary to make purification of the soil covering aquarium bottom. Methods of cleaning are different, everything depends on extent of pollution.
It is required to you
- - aquarium;
- - soil;
- - hose.
Instruction
1. Povoroshite soil. If you catch unpleasant smell - it is time to clean its. For this purpose attach draining hose to aquarium, and lower its free end in empty bucket. Then take siphon - adaptation which pump out air by means of formation of vacuum in rubber funnel tip. The siphon has to be clean, it is desirable to buy new which will be used only for soil cleaning. Water should not be drained from aquarium, too it is possible to leave fishes in it. Lower siphon in soil and press it. When you move away him - dirt will rise upward and will go to bucket through hose. Process so the site behind the site until all surface is passed. Add in aquarium of fresh water. Make this procedure monthly.
2. If soil was not purified very long time, then it is necessary to take it from aquarium. Move fishes to other container with water, completely drain water from aquarium, rake get soil from bottom and shift it in suitable capacity. Then portions put soil in sieve and carefully wash out under flowing water. No chemical elements in aquarium should be, and therefore cleaning agents should not use. The cleaned portion of soil can be shifted back in aquarium. After completion of the procedure pour fresh water into aquarium and move pets back. It is necessary to carry out the procedure time in half a year, even at regular cleaning by means of siphon.
3. The area of aquarium in which plants are concentrated should be touched with care. In such places it is possible to make cleaning by means of devices of small diameter. If plants cover all bottom - cleaning with siphon is not made in general. In parallel with purification of soil it is necessary to wash aquarium glass carefully. Water in the course of cleaning is replaced with 20-50 percent.