Equipment for keeping fish, plants, and aquarium care.
Once you have chosen an aquarium, its design, and decided who will inhabit it: aquarium fish and other aquatic organisms, you need to determine the habitat and equipment that will monitor and maintain the microclimate for the well-being of your pets. Therefore, when purchasing aquarium equipment, adhere to the basic rules that will help you create ideal conditions for the life of the aquarium and its inhabitants in the future.
• Automatic feeder for aquarium fish; Review of several models of such feeders and their operating principle; Homemade automatic feeder.
• Using a household timer in aquarium keeping; Automatic fertilizer dosing systems.
• Filters are used for water purification; What should a filter do? Filter performance depends on; Properly installed filter.
• Classic filters are divided into internal and external; By the type of purification, they usually come in two types; Depending on the water flow speed, filters are divided into; Adsorption filter; Ozonizers; Protein skimmers; Adsorption filtration.
• Besides filtration, there are several other water purification methods: chemical, flotation, adsorption filtration, ozonation, and ultraviolet irradiation; Chemical filtration; Peat filters; Osmotic filtration.
• Internal filters powered by an air compressor; Main functions performed by an internal filter; Standard operating principle of an internal filter; Good internal pumps have a number of additional devices; The main characteristic of an internal filter is.
• Internal airlift filters; Internal pump filters; Internal biofilters; Pump filters; Undergravel filter.
• According to their mode of action, filters are divided into mechanical, biological, and physicochemical; Biofilters can be trickle or submersed; Filter selection depends on; External canister filters; External hang-on filters; Waterfall-type external filters; Trickle filter.
Features of the external filter.
• The quality of biofilters is determined by several parameters; The inner world of the external filter; Regarding the placement of the spray bar; The biosystem reaches its designed capacity in approximately.
• Rational filling of the biofilter; So how exactly should filter media be placed in the biofilter?
• Internal filters are quite suitable for; The highest performance is possessed by; Main criteria when purchasing any filter.
• External filters must meet the following requirements; When purchasing an internal filter; Performance losses of aquarium filters.
• Several typical mistakes of novice aquarists; Aquarium filter maintenance; Cleaning the aquarium filter.
• Mechanical filtering masses; Synthetic threads; Sintered glass; Calcium carbonate; Peat and activated carbon.
Effect of medications on biofilter operation.
• Virtually all medical preparations suppress the process in one way or another; Residues of therapeutic drugs often remain in the filter or its filter media; Medicine residues hinder recovery; Different chemical elements and substances affect this differently.
Problems with external filters.
• The power of the external filter has dropped, what to do? The external filter is leaking, what to do? The external filter is noisy, what to do?
• Temperature conditions for keeping fish and plants; If you keep fish that require a higher temperature; Temperature differences can negatively affect; Sudden and severe temperature changes cause a state of shock.
• What devices are available for heating water in an aquarium; Heaters are available in various capacities; Internal water heaters; Electromechanical thermostats; External electromechanical thermostats; Electronic thermostats; There are heaters located directly inside the filter; Heating mats are available.
Using a heater in the aquarium.
• Practical use of the heater; It is very important to choose the right heater wattage; Failure of the heater or control elements; The heater must have a temperature controller; Non-submersible heater installation.
• Heating cables and panels; There are several approaches to using heating cables; Why do you need to heat the substrate? Operating procedure.
Water temperature measurement.
• Mercury thermometers; Electronic thermometers; Liquid crystal thermometers; Alcohol thermometers; Thermometer placement; Safety precautions when working with a heater.
• What if the electricity is turned off for a long time? Feeding; Filtration; Aeration; Compressors; Water temperature; Lighting.
• Aquarium and water ozonation; The process of aquarium water ozonation performs; The bactericidal action of ozone begins; An excess of excessively ozonated water is harmful.
• Ozonizers for aquariums; DIY ozonizers; Aquarium water treatment with ozone is carried out; Positive effects of using ozone; Just like plants, living standards disinfect as well; Combining ozonation with other purification methods;
• Ultraviolet lamps – what are they needed for in aquarium keeping; Disinfecting effect of UV radiation; Treating water with ultraviolet rays allows; Device; Performance; Safety rules.
• UV sterilizer installation; Sources of ultraviolet radiation can be; Lamps come in two types; There are two primary types of ultraviolet light; What factors affect the operation of sterilizers? (Continued).
Capacity of the UV sterilizer.
• Surface and submersible UV sterilizers are used; The vast majority of modern models have; By adjusting the intensity of water flow into the chamber; Optimal water flow rate through the sterilizer; Lamp operating life depends on; Disadvantages of using UV sterilizers. (Continued).
• Aeration helps mix water faster; The compressor must be placed; To reduce compressor noise; Enriching water with oxygen using filters.
• Devices for water aeration in the aquarium; Modern micro-air pumps – rotary, centrifugal, vibrational, and piston; It is better to prefer piston movement; Minimum required pump capacity; Pumps can also be standalone, battery-powered.
Turbo compressor, Compressor repair.
• Submersible compressor with backlight; Oxidizers – submersible aerators; The operation of the oxidizer is based on; Repairing an aquarium compressor.
• Air diffusers; Air supply tubing; Splitters; Check valves.
• In aquarium practice, activated carbon is used; Using carbon allows achieving; The best adsorption properties are possessed by.
• How to choose good activated carbon? Particles must be hard and not shiny; How much carbon should be added? Cartridge filters; Carbon regeneration.
• Externally, an ion-exchange resin is; For established aquariums, a specific variety is of particular interest; For water softening as filter media; To reduce hardness in the aquarium; Water deionization; Service life and performance depend on.
• There are natural and artificially synthesized zeolites; What is zeolite? A large number of minerals belong to the zeolite group; Which zeolite do we deal with in aquarium keeping? Use of zeolite in aquarium keeping; Spent zeolite can be regenerated.
• Humic acids are formed; Fish in water with added tannins; Chemical structure of peat; Peat releases valuable humic acids into the water; General recommendations on quantity; Alder cone decoction; New driftwood releases tannin into the water.
Preparing the aquarium for your vacation.
• How to prepare the aquarium for a long absence; On the eve of a long trip; Aquarium filter; Fish feeding; After returning from vacation; Several typical mistakes of novice aquarists.
• Check the appearance; Check if the water is clear; Clean the aquarium substrate; Rinse the filter media; Check lighting equipment.
• Additional equipment for aquarium care.
• Safety precautions when servicing aquariums; To prevent accidents; Do not use when setting up the aquarium; Unplug electrical appliances; Residual-current device (RCD); The cord should droop.
• When using synthetic materials, you need; Silicone glue; Acrylic sealants; Acryloxide; Two-component epoxy glue; Hot glue gun with silicone.
• Polyurethane foam; Synthetic activated carbon; Synthetic driftwood; Synthetic plants; Synthetic dyed substrates; Synthetic diffusers; Synthetic sponges and scouring pads.
