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Learn To Set Up Your Nature Aquarium

Making your very first nature aquarium isn't too hard to carry out. All you need to accomplish would be to collect your components and place it up as a whole.

Listed here are the things that you should have:

Aquarium
Aquatic plants
Aquarium substrate
Drift wood
Aquarium Fertilizer
Lighting system
Filtration system
CO2 Injector



How to set it up step-by-step:

1. Decide on how big is the fish tank that you simply want to setup. You could find all kinds of dimensions when we discuss fish tank. There is 10 gallons, 20 gallons, 30 gallons, even 60 gallons. However for a starter, I recommend that you pick the intermediate size, 15-20 gallons can be a good start.

2. Position the aquarium on the desirable area. Be sure that there isn't a direct sunlight. Algae will typically develop when you have direct sunlight. Furthermore, put it where by it will not be a roadblock, but where people could see it and increase beauty to your house. Nature aquariums are incredibly stunning when aquatic plants began to develop very well in it.

3. As soon as the tank is in place, begin putting the substrate. This can be an activated soil, pebbles, river sand or any commercial substrate great for aquatic plants. Basically, it will likely be the base of your fish tank.

4. You can add fertilizer before or whenever you put the aquarium substrate as long as it doesn't make the water cloudy. So this means that you put the substrate before you decide to put the water. It might be better if you put the fertilizer under the soil so that it will not be floating around when you put water, instead it'll be combined thoroughly with your soil.

5. Setup your stones or driftwood. If you will have to tie your driftwood to some rocks inside your fish tank, do it. But do it in a way that it will not be too noticeable to see. Don't forget, you want it to appear natural as much as possible.

6. Put a bit of water enough to submerge the front part and start planting. It must be tiny amount of water so that the plants won't be floating, instead you will have the opportunity of fastening them properly to your substrate so that it won't float when you add the water in full.

7. The more aquatic plants you have the better. Think garden. This is what you're going to create, only that it's within the aquarium and is also underwater. Absolutely no garden has only one type of plant. A combination of plants along with a good arrangement can make a marvelous elegance when it is all set.

8. Now you can put the filter, and light. Put the perfect filter. Usually there are some excellent filters for fish tanks. It is best to choose the better ones than the low cost ones. And since we're working with real live plants, your lighting system must be excellent. It should certainly be a good one since your plants will need to process photosynthesis to allow them to grow well.

9. CO2 fertilization is definitely suggested in planted fish tanks. Carbon dioxide together sunlight produces food for the plants, that is part of the photosynthesis. So it is not just recommended, but really necessary. Your CO2 injector system may be DIY or you can have professional Carbon dioxide injector which is often a little pricey.

10. Wait for about 2 to 3 months to enjoy the fruits of your work. It takes time to grow plants. Don't add the fishes yet. Let your plants to develop first before you decide to put any fish.

Remember that there are some other things that you need to do for you to be successful in nature planted aquariums. The main element to success is adequate maintenance which is to be discussed thoroughly on my other article. The method previously mentioned is just to provide you with an example how things can be performed in a very simple way.

this text is taken from " http://natureaquariumcenter.blogspot.com/2011/04/learn-to-set-up-your-nature-aquarium.html "
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Takashi Amano's setup way

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