WATER PART 1 - HOW TO PREPARE WATER FOR OUR AQUARIUM ? - English version

HOW TO PREPARE WATER FOR OUR AQUARIUM ?

If we want to set up aquariums and breed fish, the important thing is that the water in the aquarium was good quality. For the beginner aquarist often the water is simply water in the aquarium poured straight from the tap. Does the water is the same? Unfortunately no, because in reality is very different in different parts of the world, and even within one city. Typically, ordinary tap water is not healthy for the fish due to the relatively high copper content, chlorine, fluorine content of various heavy metals and high hardness.

The sensitivity of fish, plants and invertebrates in the aquarium water quality varies depending on the environment in which they live. Some fish are very hardy and can cope with quite considerable water pollution. These may react less resistant to stress, illness or even death. Good water quality requires constant monitoring and adequate preparation.

Most frequent mistakes at the beginning

Do not rush yourself when setting up the aquarium. Never let the fish into fresh water poured in straight from the tap. Inexperienced aquarist without knowledge of water composition, biological value and life in the aquarium fish often involves an impulse in one day. This is a terrible mistake !!!! Unfortunately, this results in a lot of problems from the chemical quality of water, the emergence of protozoa - cloud point, the disappearance of plants and fish disease and death. 
Then she goes to the store and buys another fish, and home again pours fresh water into the aquarium and lets fish there - it gets vicious circle, because niedojżała still turbid water again and again is not suitable for fish to live. In such a tank is the lack of adequately educated flora conducting the nitrification process. Such a situation may discourage the beginner aquarist. Therefore, you should never hurry when setting up an aquarium and exactly should prepare him to retain adequate water chemical parameters and biological.

How to prepare the water to be suitable for an aquarium ?

►Before you pour water into the aquarium it must be uzdatnić. It would be good to prepare it in a separate container, eg. A plastic barrel, buckets, etc. And then pour into the aquarium, but if we do not have such a possibility is pour water into the aquarium. After pouring tap water into the tank, it should be discontinued for at least 24 hours.

►At this time, the chlorine should evaporate and heavy metals deposit on the bottom. You may also be used aquarium water conditioner to precipitate chlorine and heavy metals from the water. With uzdatniaczom can speed up the cleaning of tap water for a few days. Personally, I recommend to wait a few days longer and use as few chemicals.

►But more often tap water is treated chloroaminami - compounds containing chlorine and ammonia groups less neutralized. to get rid of these substances can be water filtered through activated carbon and using biological filtration using sodium thiosulfate or finished formulations aquarium.

►The water hardness may be neutralized by boiling water or mix it with distilled water. But you must remember that distilled water is devoid of any minerals. Hardness can also neutralize by using jonwych exchangers and chemical preparations dstępnych in aquarium shops.

When you prepare the water - what else ?

►Now we pour treated water to the aquarium, if uzdatnialiśmy in another container. When adding water, do not pour it simply a powerful jet because it will destroy our gravel and prepared earlier compositions in the aquarium and pour on the occasion of heavy metals that settled at the bottom of the tank where water uzdatnialiśmy. I personally purifies water directly in the target reservoir, since considering Displacement containers eg. 300 liters or 750 liters, I have no possibility of treatment that amount in a separate bowl.

►Do not pour water directly onto the bottom or because they destroy the glass composition prepared from the ground and decoration. Pour slowly, a small stream that trickled best. You can use this garden hose. The stream of water directed into a flat dish positioned in the tank so that water flowed gently.

► After filling the tank, add water to the filter and the first portion of the medium with the bacteria, or pour into active living aquarium water had brought from another aquarist. Now the aquarium cover with a lid, turn on the filter, aeration, heater, light, and leave to the aquarium matures.

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