In most cases, people, suddenly carried away by aquarium art and wanting to start this miracle at home, start with small volumes in order to learn everything and make sure that it really carries them so much that the next stage can become a large piece of the underwater world of liters for 200.
It must be said that a small aquarium for beginners can be quite full of beauty and very harmoniously fit into the situation. Putting a little imagination and providing underwater residents with everything you need, you can decorate such an aquarium with a coffee table, your own desk and a shelf in the living room or in the nursery.
Care for a small aquarium
If you choose the shape of such an aquarium, it is better to give preference to a traditional cube or parallelepiped, rather than a huge glass or bowl. The fact is that in such round-shaped aquariums it's more difficult to fix a filter and a compressor , and without them fish can not live long. In addition, the curved walls are more difficult to clean with a scraper.
Immediately it is worth saying that if you buy an aquarium of small volume with the thought that it is easier to take care of it - this is not true. It is more difficult to care for him than for a huge two-hundred-ton giant. The fact is that in a small amount of water fish products and uneaten food accumulate faster, its walls are quickly overgrown with green fringe, it is more difficult to control the temperature and more frequent replacement of water and cleaning of the bottom with walls is required.
In general, there are very, very many difficulties with a small aquarium. In addition, it is desirable to always have a reserve of standing water for an emergency replacement of a quarter of the total volume.
In order not to aggravate the situation, do not put the aquarium near the window and sunlight. It is also necessary to adjust the duration of daylight hours - from 6 hours at the beginning of the arrangement of the aquarium to 10 hours by the time of stabilization of the bioequilibrium.
Making a small aquarium
Continuing the theme of the complexity of caring for a small aquarium, it must be said that it is really difficult to find the optimal ratio of fish, plants, decor to create biological balance and harmony. So, who to run into your mini aquarium?
Fish should be small in size to feel comfortable in a small amount of water. And the number of them should not be much. By nature they should be peaceful and calm.
You can combine several types of fish, if they have the same requirements for content. For example, it can be guppies, gouramis, golden and cherry barbs. They all get along well and look great together.
Looks great small pond with one goldfish or one cockerel. Stunning looks aquarium with a small school of neon or zebrafish.
Decorate a small aquarium can be small pieces of moss, plants Mikrosorum, Anublas and Vesicularia. Do not oversaturate the aquarium with vegetation and decorative elements, leave more space for free movement of its main inhabitants.
Small Marine Aquarium
A marine aquarium is considered small if its volume is less than 100 liters. To begin with, you can try to assemble a simple aquarium and make it viable.
From the main equipment you will need a fluorescent, fluorescent or metal halide lamp with a color temperature of 10,000 K, 12,000 K or 20,000 K. It must have an actinic lamp that gives a dark violet light, which allows some fish and corals to fluoresce. For a conventional aquarium, 12 watts per liter of water is enough, if corals are tougher, you can use 24 watts per liter of water.
To heat water, use a 50 or 75 Watt heater from EboJager. Although there is a possibility that you will not need to heat up in a small aquarium, but enough heat will be emitted from the illumination.
Also you need a small pump Powerhead with a speed of 20 times and a filter - an external, internal or wet-dry filter. And it is best to have a system of filters with a settler for removal of organic matter, a mechanical filter, a chemical and calcium reactor for stony coral reefs.
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