1. We buy an aquarium
No need to be surprised, but care of aquarium fish begins with the acquisition of an aquarium. After all, the shape and size of the aquarium explain its comfort, and hence the quality and life expectancy of fish.
When choosing the shape and size of the aquarium, know:
- in large aquariums, water is less often contaminated than in small aquariums,
- its size must correspond to the size of the fish and their number. The larger the fish it will inhabit, the larger the aquarium should be, so you need to think in advance what fish it will be living in,
- the shape of the aquarium must match the landscape design, which is suitable for them. One fish needs stones and algae, others can live in an empty aquarium, and the third fish need a primer on the bottom,
- the shape of the aquarium should be such that it can be convenient and easy to maintain it (change the water, clean), and from the bizarre size is best to give up.
2. We decorate the aquarium
Stones, mini-rocks, driftwood, algae - for people this is all an ornament of the aquarium, for fish - a necessary condition for existence. Ideally, in an aquarium, it is necessary to create such conditions that would correspond to all that fish are used to in nature. This requires time and effort, but then everything is fully justified. You want your fish to be good in the aquarium?
At the bottom of the aquarium should pour sand, decorate with sea gravel, glass, moss, seaweed, shells, driftwood, stones of different colors and shapes. But this does not mean that all of the above should be in the same tank, not at all. Otherwise, aquarium fish hide from you in an abundance of snags and algae, and the aquarium itself will acquire a ridiculous appearance
As if you did not want to decorate the aquarium to the maximum, you need to choose such decorations that are necessary for its inhabitants. You, probably, have already decided what fish will live in your aquarium, studied their habitat conditions and peculiarities of habits.
In addition, when you choose any decorations for an aquarium, do not buy objects with sharp edges, because aquarium fish can be injured. Before decorating the aquarium with stones, glass, shells, well disinfect and rinse these ornaments, and then douse with boiling water. Do not use unnatural jewelry and artificial algae. When the aquarium is finally decorated, it needs to be filled with water, let it stand for a week before it can be populated with fish.
3. Choose fish
The house for fish is ready, now you need to buy the inhabitants of the aquarium. Probably, you followed our advice, and decided which species of fish will live in the aquarium. Recall a few simple rules, how to choose a fish. We hope in the future these rules will facilitate the care of fish.
- select fish in accordance with the conditions of detention, they are heat-loving or cold-resistant and the features of their feeding,
- fish with each other should get along well, and therefore do not need to "settle" with fish predators and small fishes, otherwise in the very near future, they may not be in the aquarium,
- do not need to buy fish that require special conditions, do not need to risk their time to satisfy their whims,
- healthy fish are mobile, energetic, they have transparent fins, characteristic for their color, elastic abdomen and dense scales.
4. Feeding fish
For fish, perhaps, fully take care of only when the diet is correct. Now on sale there is a diverse choice of various forages, it considerably facilitates a life of owners of small fishes. Do not dwell on one dry food, than the fish will be more diverse, so they will be more active and healthier. And in addition to the main food, aquarium fish should eat chopped lettuce leaves, oat flakes, meat.
To fish are not obese, do not overfeed, this is considered one of the main problems in feeding fish. All this is fraught with a reduction in life and a violation of their reproduction. What should be the norm for eating fish? They should eat food for 5 to 7 minutes, the rest of the food will be superfluous. It is enough to feed the fish once a day, the fry should be fed twice.
5. Caring for an aquarium
Proper care for fish, is to keep them clean. This is a replacement of water, it needs to be produced once a week, but in a large aquarium, it needs to be changed once a month. The water poured should be of the same rigidity and temperature as in the aquarium itself. In addition, it must be pre-settled and filtered.
The glass in the aquarium should be cleaned with a special scraper, and decorative ornaments will be cleaned with the help of fish that feed on algae. Populate in the aquarium a few ancistrus, they are also called "sanitari aquarium", and all the stones, driftwood will sparkle.
Still need to monitor the state of the soil, it is very necessary for plants and fish, and also maintains the required biological balance in the aquarium.
Aquarium fish care for them, now we know what care should be done for aquarium fish. Let the care of the fish bring you pleasant emotions, and let the aquarium please you with its beauty.