Starting an aquarium-step instructions for beginners aquarium

So if you're all set: Aquarium, reliable stand, soil, scenery items, water plants, heater, thermometer, filter, lighting and a bucket, you can start |

1. Bottom of the aquarium. Thoroughly rinse the soil under running water and spread an even layer on the bottom of the aquarium, so that the surface is slightly increased to the rear. As the use of fine-grained soil (2-4mm) aquarium gravel or river sand with grain size 1,5 mm. Be careful with sharp gravel, because the fish family peskarevyh and catfish can injure themselves on it. Gravel should be dark, in any case a pure white. light gravel causes fish anxiety and stess.

2. Equipment and decorations. Before decorating an aquarium, install a heater, filter and air compressor. Try to hide the equipment as possible. Now we can put in an aquarium rocks and snags. for the application of suitable granite and basalt, but rocks soderdaschie izvest.Takde nepodhodyat ore rocks and stones with metal deposits.

3. Water. Now fill the aquarium to about half of the tap water is warm enough. If you put a saucer on the bottom, then the soil will not erode stream instilled water.

4. Plants. Trim the tips of the roots and remove the damaged leaves before putting plants in the aquarium. Gently push the roots into the soil and covered them up to the point of growth. Now you can fill the aquarium with water and connect the equipment

5. Run. Prior to planting, fish aquarium should stand for 2 weeks. During this time he became "biologically active". It will settle and begin to multiply filter bacteria. Without sufficient quantities of these organisms to establish biological equilibrium in the aquarium is impossible.