How to care for aquarium fish?

The first thing you should pay attention to is how many different kinds of fish You plan to keep in one aquarium. Remember that some species of aquarium fish are predatory and can eat their smaller brethren. Therefore, before buying fish of different types, ask the seller how well they can get along together. You also need to know such important options environment for selected fish: water temperature, water hardness and acidity, illumination, aeration filtering, water change frequency, feed.

Daily care of aquarium fish should include such actions:

1. Support for the parameters of the habitat of fishes. This means that you need to check dailywater temperature and, if necessary, turn on the heater, make sure that the filter does not clog up, so that the compressor works, turn on the backlight if necessary. As necessary, it is necessary to add water to the aquarium, but only necessarily stand-by. In no case should you put objects in the aquarium that can make various substances in the water. Tobacco smoke is harmful to fish, so it is better not to smoke in a room with an aquarium.


2. Feeding. Feeding is best done 1-2 times inday for adult fish and more often 4 times for fry. Most often beginners aquarists are concerned with the question "How much to pour the feed?". To establish the exact amount of food needed for your fish can be experienced. Pour the feed as much as the fish can eat for 5-10 minutes. All surpluses must be removed immediately, they only in vain pollute the water. It is better not to overfeed the fish. As for the feed itself, it can be either dry, or "live", or frozen. Dry food is usually made on the basis of dry daphnia or dry mixes. As "live" feeds serve: bloodworm, tubule, duckweed. Frozen food before giving them to fish should be thawed.


3. Checking. Every day you need to check the statusfish and plants in the aquarium. If there are any signs of decomposition of plants, they must be immediately removed. If some fish show signs of disease (suspicious spots, growths, etc.), they should be immediately deposited in a quarantine aquarium, in order to avoid infecting the remaining inhabitants of the aquarium. Methods of treating affected fishes will only be prompted by a specialist, it is difficult to determine on their own why fish are sick.

"General" cleaning of the aquarium experts advise to conduct, depending on thethe type of your fish, once a week or once every 1-2 months. For the time of such harvesting fish are transplanted into another aquarium and proceed to cleaning. Drain the water, clean the walls and the bottom of the aquarium from accumulated contaminants, rinse the filter. Experts recommend to disturb fish as little as possible, so the fanatical passion for frequent cleaning of the aquarium is also harmful, like a neglected-dirty aquarium.