An aquarium not only enhances the beauty of a room, it has a lot of other benefits as well. For one, the medical fraternity acknowledges that underwater world acts as a medicine for patients with nerve disorders.
But maintaining an aquarium is not an easy task. Once you have decided what kind of you want to keep in your aquarium- freshwater, brakishwater, or marine water fish. You have to provide them with the right atmosphere. Common freshwater fish are guppy, platy, molly, goldfish etc. the experts in this hobby keep angel or discus in their aquarium. Here in this segment I discuss about how to maintain an aquarium:
TANK
But maintaining an aquarium is not an easy task. Once you have decided what kind of you want to keep in your aquarium- freshwater, brakishwater, or marine water fish. You have to provide them with the right atmosphere. Common freshwater fish are guppy, platy, molly, goldfish etc. the experts in this hobby keep angel or discus in their aquarium. Here in this segment I discuss about how to maintain an aquarium:
TANK
If you get the right tank then half of your job is done. Go for the aquarium sets available at most of the pet shops. These come with all necessary accessories- heating, filtering, lightning. The ideal aquarium size is 3-4 ft.
WATER
The water you provide in our aquarium should be clean and most importantly free from any kind of germs. If you are using chlorinated water, it should be aerated overnight and then added the aquarium. Every month, one fourth or partial water change should be done. Be careful that the water you provide in your aquarium will have zero ppm of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate level. When you do partial water change, take out the fish and put them in other tank with the old water. Pour clean water into the tank and wait for about an hour until the temperature will be same as the older water. Now transfer the fish from the other tank. You can add “rid all blue” or”rid all red”. If your water have iron then add “rid all blue” otherwise add “rid all red”.
If your water turns cloudy, the filter is either malfunctioning or there are too much food in your aquarium. Change 30% water change immediately and repeat this process after 2 days. If your water turns yellow, the cause could be the accumulation of waste and organic matter. If your water turns green, the cause is proliferation of planktonic algae. In both cases, the solution is to change 20% water change of water.
AERATION
An air pump should be used along with an air diffuser stone or air ball. The air bubbles diffuse oxygen into the water and drive out carbon dioxide.
TEMPERATURE
Use an automatic thermostat to maintain the temperature of the water and the aquarium. Optimum temperature of the water should be between 28 and 30 degree Celsius. Most fish die during winter and hot summer due to variation of water temperature. When introducing new fish in your aquarium, immense the plastic bag in your aquarium, keep it for 30 minutes so that it becomes the same temperature as the water outside, and release the fish.
WATER
The water you provide in our aquarium should be clean and most importantly free from any kind of germs. If you are using chlorinated water, it should be aerated overnight and then added the aquarium. Every month, one fourth or partial water change should be done. Be careful that the water you provide in your aquarium will have zero ppm of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate level. When you do partial water change, take out the fish and put them in other tank with the old water. Pour clean water into the tank and wait for about an hour until the temperature will be same as the older water. Now transfer the fish from the other tank. You can add “rid all blue” or”rid all red”. If your water have iron then add “rid all blue” otherwise add “rid all red”.
If your water turns cloudy, the filter is either malfunctioning or there are too much food in your aquarium. Change 30% water change immediately and repeat this process after 2 days. If your water turns yellow, the cause could be the accumulation of waste and organic matter. If your water turns green, the cause is proliferation of planktonic algae. In both cases, the solution is to change 20% water change of water.
AERATION
An air pump should be used along with an air diffuser stone or air ball. The air bubbles diffuse oxygen into the water and drive out carbon dioxide.
TEMPERATURE
Use an automatic thermostat to maintain the temperature of the water and the aquarium. Optimum temperature of the water should be between 28 and 30 degree Celsius. Most fish die during winter and hot summer due to variation of water temperature. When introducing new fish in your aquarium, immense the plastic bag in your aquarium, keep it for 30 minutes so that it becomes the same temperature as the water outside, and release the fish.
