Monday, October 27, 2014

Steps On How To Do An Aquarium Maintenance

By Young Lindsay


The aquarium is easy to maintain on a regular basis and if done so, it would save the costs for any possible damages or deaths of the fishes or any other aquatic pets. Successfully maintaining this in intervals of weeks or days would let it be sure that the pets are alive and kicking as well as the tank to be clean. It only takes about thirty minutes or so to have this done in just every three or two weeks.

The tank stability is a huge deciding factor for the maintenance on the aquarium. The fishes should be healthy and well, and everything else inside it should be working fine. In an aquarium maintenance Cincinnati, there should be care and attention as well as close observation for 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.

Take note, lukewarm water is still too warm for the fishes. Use a thermometer to take the temperature and see if it is already good enough before pouring it in. In Cincinnati OH, the ideal temperature for tropical fishes is about seventy two to eighty degrees Fahrenheit with an optimal temperature of seventy eight degrees. As for common goldfishes, it would be from sixty five to sixty eight Fahrenheit, and for fancy tailed ones, it could be up to seventy two degrees.

With the use of a siphon, take out the previous water from the tank and with a vacuum for the water, clean the gravels from any debris like waste or build up. Utilize an unused stocking for the vacuum in order to filter the gravels. Then use a brush made of bristle to clean the decorations, too. This is important so that algae would not form on the surface and cause risks to the health of the fishes.

The water may turn cloudy during the replacement of the water, observe it for a while if it is still cloudy or not. There are some agents that promise to solve this but they actually do not and only cover up the real issue in the water. Also, there should be a gap of air at the top so that it leaves room for the fishes to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen.

What you also need to clean are the outer walls and other equipment there which are the hood, the light, and top of the tank. Never use detergent since it contains ammonia fumes and could hurt the fishes. There are other cleaning solutions meant for aquariums, so you can use those instead.

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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