10-gal aquarium thinking of getting platia-how many?
and also what other fish live well with platia? how to fish than I have in this tank size? ASO .– heater and light are the same thing? – Im new fish.thanks.
5.8 Plattier in a well-filtered aquarium. Or a mix of Tetras (as Glo-lite, Von Rio), zebra danios, white clouds, Plati. Plattier prefer a higher pH of 7.5 + and most importantly Plattier need a KH of 160 ppm (80 ppm minimum), Wonder shells help here, so does arogonite – Do not use baking soda (unfortunately, this is still popular among fans who have not made their duties) Here is more basic: Filters: I always recommend two filters minimum per aquarium for redundancy and to improve biological (denitrification) filtration. For a small aquarium, a combination of a wing in the back (power) and a sponge filter. Or a sponge filter and an internal power filter. You want to ensure and rinse the sponge or cartridge in the aquarium water used to maintain its beneficial bacteria for biological filtration. Another note on the filter head of the bed is that are much more efficient as biological filters when used with a pre-filter sponge filter as a maximum. There are four types of filtration: biological, elimination nitrogenous waste (ammonia, etc), which is the most important. Mechanics; the removal of larger debris (organic and inorganic) before it can pass through the nitrogen cycle (organic) of Chemicals; The removal of chemical contamination by carbon, zeolite or many other products. This becomes less important in a healthy aquarium set up. Germacidal; the use of UVC or ozone to kill disease pathogens and control the potential Redox. Heating: Most tropical fish do well at a temperature between 76 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. (Discus prefer warmer). I recommend 25 watts for each 10 degree temperature needed to raise the temperature of the aquarium. EX: If your house is 68 degrees and you have a 40 gallon aquarium, to a temperature of 78 degrees you need a 100 watt heater. A light does not pass through a heater, you can not leave your light on 24 / 7 (An exception would be an infrared lamp for reptiles, which are great for bettas) Cycling: Your aquarium will not be in the biological filtration than 6 weeks (or more). To start your biological filtration, there are many bike products available, for example, "Cycle" by Hagen. My success with these products is mixed at best, it is very difficult for aerobic bacteria that are required to cycle your tank to live in a sealed container stored at room temperature and die very quickly without oxygen. I prefer to add gravel and / or a sponge or cartridge filter that is used in another aquarium. This method of adding media is much faster (which have yet to take is slow), and offers all the necessary bacteria, the only negative is adding disease pathogens to your aquarium, but I have rarely encountered this problem. If added plants (hornwort as many of these nitrogenous waste elimination), you can store a little faster than the plants remove the ammonia too. We have used this method for keeping track our aquarium for years and never lost a fish to ammonia or nitrite poisoning. Another method arid in a cycle of pouring scented ammonia in the aquarium (3-5 drops per gallon of pure ammonia) so that the level of ammonia at 4.5 ppm. Then it takes about 3-8 weeks for the aquarium cycle. Although this method is growing in popularity, I would not recommend it, not because it does not work (it does), but because human nature is want to add the fish before the 3-8 weeks it takes for this method. The method of adding media is much faster (which still have to take it easy), and provides all the necessary bacteria, the only negative is adding disease pathogens to your aquarium, but I have rarely found with this problem. Cycling is what is known as the nitrogen cycle. Waste (nitrogenous) first decomposed fish from ammonia (NH3, the most toxic) to nitrite (NO2, less toxic) to nitrates (NO3, least toxic, but high amounts can fish growth and reduce disease resistance trick). At pH 6.5, NH3 (ammonia) is converted to NH4 (ammonia), which is essentially non-toxic to most fish (many of ammonia removing chemicals a similar ion exchange, as they do not actually remove the ammonia). If you have plants in your aquarium that ammonia directly consumed (especially hornwort) so the NO2 (nitrite) no part of the nitrogen cycle. The danger here is that if the pH rises above 6.5 the ammonia can change much more toxic NH3 and aerobic bacteria needed for the consumption of nitrite will be scarce. Live Plants: Live plants are desirable in my opinion, but many may seem rather artificial plants realistic when they are prepared or used in connection with live plants. For a beginner live plants are more difficult, but not much. The benefits of plants are alive are great at removing nitrates and maintain a natural balance to the aquarium, removing CO2 and adding oxygen (summer only). Hornwort is an excellent plant for the removal of nitrates (or even elimination of ammonia), and is relatively easy to grow. Banana plants (if available) are also a very easy plant. Acclimation of fish: Once you have removed your chlorine (if necessary) adjust the temperature, check the basic parameters water (KH, pH, ammonia), you can start with a few fish. It is best to wait at least 1-2 days for the first fish after initial configuration. Float the pocket of his new wine in the fish for 10 minutes, then open the bag and add a small amount of water. After 5 minutes, adding more water, and continue this process for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, gently remove the fish without adding water to the bag to your aquarium to prevent transfer of the disease. Food: I recommend feeding high quality fish foods and herbal. Quality ingredients include: spirulina fish meal, FD Brine Shrimp, shrimp meal, Vitamin C and E, lobster shell. Fish can not digest proteins from beef, well, getting most of the fish and their energy needs from fat. Some quality foods include: Omega, Spirulina 20, Ocean Nutrition, Hikari, Sanyu. Give eating fish two to three times day what they will eat in three minutes. Feeding high protein foods low quality can increase nitrate levels as an essential ingredient of proteins is nitrogen, and if it is unusable by the fish, which is excreted, entering the nitrogen cycle. I recommend feeding fish consume in 3 minutes, twice per day. But equally important, recommend with buckshot in particular, but even with flakes to absorb the food in water for 5 minutes before feeding. This softens the pellet, but more importantly prevents air from being released into the digestive tract and causing the gas and infections. Cleaning: You should try to have a schedule change of 20% (or more) of water each week. I recommend using gravel vacuum, you need not remove the fish while using a gravel vacuum. Make sure the water is added again at the same temperature and pH, and has no chlorine and chloramines. For established aquariums can go longer between changes, especially well-planted aquariums. Use nitrate levels as an indicator, if its higher nitrate at 30-40 ppm (depending on your tolerance of fish), water exchange. Chemistry: Keep your level of ammonia at 0, nitrite 0, your nitrates 20-30 below, and your KH above 80 ppm. PH 7.5 + for Plattier. Coral ground and / or deposits Wonder (Wonder Shells are much faster to dissolve the KH desired) can help maintain a high pH to the desire of an aquarium with a higher pH, KH, & GH, especially when tap or well water is very acidic.
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