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Blooming Of Water In An Aquarium By Expert Author: Sergio Smirnoff \| Article Abstract
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People have started to be interested in aquariums thousand years ago. The Egyptian Pharaons were forefathers present aquariums. During those ancient times maintenance special ponds or vessels with fishes was the luxury accessible not to everyone. However, today aquariums can be met in many houses and various establishments.

Care about fish business uneasy, in fact they demand the whole system with plants, clean water, correct temperature and illumination. Therefore, problems arising in an aquarium, unfortunately, concern not only fishes, but also plants, and water.

In the summer, at strong illumination and high temperature, water in an aquarium can become green. It - result of duplication of microscopic seaweed, more often Euglena. Blooming of water will not bring the big harm to fishes if only they have not got there suddenly. Nevertheless, to this problem it is necessary to consider seriously.

Usually green strike on glass, devices and seaweed is harmless. Sometimes it is enough to scrape greens by a scraper from a wall and to remove from seaweed and devices in water put some kinds of Mayfish which eat micro alga.

Frequently water in an aquarium can become green because of surplus of fossils at the bottom. Therefore, before to carry out any cleaning procedures be convinced, that the bottom is clean.

The first way of disposal of surplus of microscopic seaweed - to close an aquarium a fabric which does not pass light, or to shade otherwise. It is necessary to take an aquarium in such condition up to an clearing of water.

The second way of struggle against blooming water consists in the following. In an aquarium put much Daphnia, thus of them should be so much, how many the fish cannot quickly eat. These crawfishes will eat all Euglena for one day. Only be cautious - it is impossible to release much Daphnia in the overpopulated aquarium. The matter is that at lack of oxygen Daphnia will be lost, and it will increase defacement of water.

When on walls of an aquarium, devices and seaweed there is kelp are can testify to insufficient illumination of an aquarium. Usually such problem arises in the winter. kelp causes illness in plants, and in a consequence and their extinction. To cure plants it is possible having placed an aquarium on the covered place, or having established above them of a lamp.

One of versions of the organisms polluting an aquarium, are blue-green algae. They will unusually quickly be multiplied and suppress development of plants. To struggle with them it is necessary very cautiously. Walls should be cleaned a scraper, and a strike on devices and plants cautiously to remove by fingers. Besides it, it is necessary to loosen a ground and to put the fishes eating seaweed, to feed them it is necessary moderately.

The aquarium is closed ecosystem in which except for fishes and plants, billions alive essences live. That the aquarium always pleased with the paints, regular care of an aquarium and understanding of biological processes in this small world is necessary.

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