What devices are needed for the aquarium?
The content of aquarium fish is useful for anyrights. For each of us, this corner of wildlife becomes an excellent means of combating stress, fatigue and irritation. When you observe a calm, measured life in an aquarium - you forget about everything. To ensure that this living place is happy with you and does not create daily problems, try to create the maximum convenience for its inhabitants. To do this, you, except for the glass house, will need some more devices.
So, Aquarium illumination. Without light in the aquarium it will not work. Direct sunlight for the aquarium is not good - it is harmful to plants, and also leads to overgrowth of algae walls. To control the illumination of the aquarium and ensure the normal flow of biological processes in it, artificial illumination is necessary. As a rule, incandescent and luminescent lamps are used. But since incandescent lamps are heated themselves and warm the environment, they must be located at a distance from the aquarium so that they do not change the temperature of the water.
Usually incandescent lamps are used asside lighting. Fluorescent lamps are not heated and are more economical than incandescent lamps. They are convenient to use as the upper backlight. The power of the lamps is selected from the calculation of 1 W per 2-4 L of water.
Heater - also a very necessary thing, especially inautumn-winter period. Fish are contraindicated in temperature changes, so it should be regulated. Most aquarium fish are guests from the tropics, so you are used to a temperature of 22-28 ° C, which you must provide. Heaters are designed for a certain volume of water and differ in the device, as well as the principle of operation.
Heaters with temperature controllers thatautomatically maintain the set temperature - the most convenient. You just set the desired value on the device (in accordance with the "requirements" of the animals), and then he will start work when the temperature drops below the preset value, and he will switch off when the required value is reached.
Clean the water in the aquarium is best with the help of filter. This device is used for water purification fromremnants of food, fish excrement and other undigested garbage; neutralization of harmful molecules and toxic substances. Filters are rotating and stationary, they can be located on the bottom, on the walls of the aquarium and outside. The filter is selected depending on the volume of the aquarium. A properly installed filter constantly mixes the upper and lower layers of water, helping the active gas exchange of the aquarium water with the air of the room in which it is located.
Often in decorative aquariums, additional aeration of water is necessary. For these purposes, it serves aquarium compressor. Thanks to the aquarium compressor yourpets will not lack in the dissolved oxygen in the water, the aquarium will have a permanent aeration, which occurs due to artificial air injection. Aeration increases the concentration of oxygen in the water, helps to equalize the temperature and other physical and chemical characteristics of water in the aquarium, strengthens the flow of soil, thereby helping the normal development of the root system of plants and bacteria.
A compressor that supplies air to the aquarium, andtubes with sprayers, through which air is dispersed in the water column, create the required level of aeration. The smaller the air bubbles that emerge from the nebulizer, the more oxygen dissolves in the water. Compressors, like other devices, come in different capacities and are selected depending on the volume of the aquarium.
