Outdoor Aquarium

Outdoor Aquarium - non-top-glass lamps, hanging from the top provides a new dimension to the traditional aquarium, and a space for plants that produce inflorescence at the stage of flowering. Are there any problems with moisture in our homes? Will the leaves of plants at the exit from the water to dry out? What happens to the fish? |

Outdoor Aquarium - my favorite aquarium! This provides a new dimension to the aquarium and the living room. We can see the leaves of floating plants, flowering plants aquarium, such as Nymphaea (water lily), and many plants aquarium are amphibians, and grows out of the water, where they provide a great decorative effects. In addition, the open, the aquarium offers more opportunities for more exciting light. But the beautiful aquarium can affect the internal climate is much more than the traditional aquarium.

Relative humidity of air chilling example of aquarists staged an open aquarium 800 liters per room 16 m2. He had the discus in the aquarium, and water temperature was 28oC (82oF). Problems cropped up because of the large aquarium and a huge evaporation caused by the relatively large differences in temperature between the room and the aquarium. Desktop become moldy, and the glass on the window was always vague. Normally open aquariums do not cause problems with moisture, if the following. The surface of the aquarium should not exceed 2% of the room. Thus, in a room 40m2 aquarium should not exceed 500 liters. The difference in temperature between air and water should not exceed 5oC (9oF), so that evaporation was minimal. We have seen problems in the cold room during the winter because the evaporation increases extremely with the difference in temperature. In addition, make sure that the room is often aired - this is desirable anyway, and it ensures a healthy indoor climate. Finally, floating plants or plants with floating leaves will help reduce evaporation, because they create a boundary layer relatively stagnant air! If these measures are taken, then the relative humidity will rise to about 5%.

I asked scientists working with health and air humidity, and a recent study showed that people can not feel the changes within the 30-70% relative humidity. When the air is recognized as dry or wet within this range, it is caused by other factors, such as high temperature, dust or gases released from materials in the room, such as building materials, carpets, paint and so on. Thus, people usually do not feel the increase in relative humidity, which causes an open aquarium. For comparison, one person emits 2.5 - 3 liters of water per day (breath, sweat, etc.), and if the open aquarium evaporates, about 15 - 20 liters per week (Aquarium 800 - 1000 liters) correspond to an additional person living their own. Some doctors - Allergists are very sensitive to micro-organisms and substances that they can emit. But a recent study showed that the growth of microorganisms is independent of the actual relative humidity. Organisms rely on the microclimate, which was created in fabrics, on which they live and not the actual relative humidity. Aquariums in general - traditional as well as open - have been investigated regarding allergies, and several cases have shown some negative effects, but not because of the increased relative humidity. They were all assigned to the rejected and indirect problems created by leaking tanks, which caused such increase soil the carpet. In really rare cases, people have developed an allergy to red dwarfs (chironomids) - allergy caused by red hemoglobin protein. From research on the indoor climate can be safely concluded that the effect of public aquaria may simply be sure - relaxing effect, psychologically in nature.

Lighting

Different types of lamps can be used to open the aquarium. There is some discomfort from a few bulbs on the market that distribute most of the light in the room and not down in the aquarium, where it is necessary for plant growth. It can blind people in a dark room, and this may cause a cool light in the room. Such problems are often caused by hanging lamp is too high, but it can also be caused by a reflector, which is too inefficient in the concentration of the beam. Lamps should be lowered to the point where all the rays falling on the water surface. In Germany, producing metal tubes that are made so that only very little light escapes the open aquarium. Small low-voltage halogen lamps (very popular at present) can provide a fantastic lighting project at the individual plants. In particular, they are ideal for lighting the slope of the front screen and the inside - it often gives new flaming colors, to observe the fish and plants in a new form. However, these lamps are usually too little as the light for aquariums, more than 100 liters.

Amphibians Plants

Leaves of plants growing out of the water may have a tendency to dry if the relative humidity is too low, or a lamp placed too low to the water surface. Sprinkling of water a couple of times every day solves this problem. Some plants, however, never adapted to the dry indoor air. The greater the number of all plants are sold for aquarium - approximately 50% - is particularly well suited for open aquariums. I only mention a few of my favorites: Echinodorus grandiflorus, E. cordifolius and Echinodorus 'Marble Queen Tropica'. 'Marble Queen Tropica' growing above the water and very resistant to drying. All varieties of Hygrophila and floating plants will show in all their glory only in the open aquarium. Even ratuschie at the bottom of plants, such as Vallisneria, are considered better than the top.

Pisces

Few fish can just jump out of the aquarium. This is partly avoided by using a large number of floating plants. They provide a great decorative effect, but they can also make the fish feel more secure. However, some fish are very prone to jump out and regardless of what you are doing this should certainly be avoided. Borthick 5 cm can prevent the majority of fish jumping from the landing on the floor. So, my answer would be, "You can safely build a public aquarium!"