Making an aquarium with your own hands: photo and video examples of aquarium design
Most novice aquarists, acquiring an aquarium, want it to have a lot of different bright plants and, of course, fish.
However, for the first aquarium it is recommended to purchase not very bright plants, because, often, the equipment of the initial level does not provide sufficient illumination, which leads to their death.
In addition, when designing an aquarium with your own hands, it is recommended first of all to start from what fish in it will live.
How to decorate an aquarium with your own hands
After you have purchased the aquarium with everythingnecessary equipment and fish, it is best to make a sketch of the bottom and determine which materials and decorations are best for a particular type of fish.
Naturally, here, there are not any seriousstandards, because everyone creates a design according to their preferences, taste and imagination. However, there are various examples of aquarium design with the help of plants and stones, from which you can already start. So, the simplest option is the design of the bottom with the help of sea sand and lava stone.
For this, it is necessary to pour a layer of sandtwo to three centimeters thick, and put stones on top. After that, the sand is poured with water until it ceases to absorb it. Then you can start planting plants, they must also be constantly sprayed, so they do not wither. After all these manipulations, you can already pour water and move the fish into it.
Examples of aquarium plants
When you first acquire an aquarium, it is best to plant it in the slow-growing and shade tolerance. After the bottom of the aquarium prepared, starting actually planting.
In the far corners, where will penetrate lessof the whole world, it is best to plant, for example, Yarrow (Echinodorus Blecher) and Valisneria American. The advantage of such planting is that these two plants, firstly, perfectly tolerate lack of light, and, secondly, they are quite high, and they will be visible even after others.
In the center, at the far wall, you can also landLimnophilia is sedentary. But on the sides, at the front wall, it is better to plant small, but very beautiful Cryptocoryn Wendt "Tropika" and the Thai fern. Despite the fact that all these plants are simple enough and, at first sight, not bright, their use in decor is the ideal solution for a beginner aquarist.
This is due to the fact that such plants require little maintenance (it is enough only to fertilize and cut them in time), perfectly take root and harmoniously look.
Naturally, there are different stylesaquarium design, some are simpler, some are more complicated, but for those who make the first steps in this matter, it is recommended to start, it is with simple plant combinations.
Video: an example of decorating a rectangular aquarium with stones
It is possible to describe the process with infinite length of wordsaquarium design, but without examples it is quite difficult to imagine. This is just the case when it is better to see once than to hear or read a hundred times. An example of aquarium decoration with stones you can look at the video.
At the same time, you can always decorate your aquarium in the way imagination tells you, without looking at some examples, schemes and standards.
Author: Katerina Sergeenko
