Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Steps On How To Do An Aquarium Maintenance

By Young Lindsay


It would save you a lot of cost if the aquarium is maintained properly and regularly. If it is checked thoroughly enough at time intervals, it would be kept clean and the fishes would be healthy. Having this maintained will take a few simple steps and would only cost you about thirty minutes of your time every other week.

The stability of the tank is a factor for the maintenance of the whole aquarium. Everything must be working fine and nothing out of place or broken, to ensure the safety and healthy of the aquatic pets inside it. Aquarium maintenance Cincinnati is done by close observation and attention towards this.

The water must be replaced every two weeks. The water may change the environment in the tank depending on the compositions of it and would affect the fishes living inside it. Replacement is just around fifteen percent of the water and in cases where there is a sick fish, then around half of it would be fine to replace.

Make sure that the water you are going to replace with is fresh and clean from any other materials. There are water from the tap that contains hard metals, chlorine, and ammonia. Although some products may promise to condition the water, this does not remove the ammonia that is present in the water.

Be aware though that lukewarm water may be considered hot for most of the fishes. Get a thermometer and check the water you are pouring on the tank and see if it matches the comfortable temperature for these fishes in Cincinnati OH. For tropical fishes, the comfortable temperature is from seventy two up until eighty degrees Fahrenheit. As for goldfishes, it is sixty five up until sixty eight, while for fancy tailed goldfishes, it can be until seventy two degrees.

Make use of a siphon to suck out the water out of the tank and also with a water vacuum in order to filter out the tiny remains or other debris sticking to the gravel. For the vacuum, you can make use of a stocking that has not been used before as well as a bristle brush to clean the decorations. It is important to clean them as well so that the algae will not build up on the surfaces.

Observe the water if it is still cloudy or if it clears out after a while. There are water treatment agents sold in the market, but they would only mask the problem and would not actually solve it. Also, make sure to place a gap of air on top of the surface of the water so that they have enough exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen for them to breathe.

The equipment and walls outside should also be cleaned and this includes the light, the hood, and the top portion of the tank. Detergents should not be used since they have ammonia fumes in it and will be bad for the fishes. Other cleaning products are available that is specially made for cleaning aquariums.

The cartridge should be cleaned once a month. There is carbon buildup in it and it may cause the fishes to either die or be sick. There are also bacteria, but they are beneficial to the filtering system, and they may be sticking on the cartridge but it is still okay to clean it since they are most likely sticking on the gravel instead of the filter.




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