water creature at home

Keeping ornamental fish water sea actually quite easy.
Mostly only requiring a little knowledge and learning to be able to truly enjoy the world under the sea and the beautiful colors of this. Here are some simple tips so that your aquarium water can remain beautiful for a long period of time.



1. Do not ever, put marine fish to enter the new aquarium during setup process.To ensure aquarium conditions near its original circumstances, we should create a "Nitrogen Cycle". the circulated aquarium water will generate bacteria that support marine life (aerob and anaerob). This new bacterium will appears about 4 weeks.
Tips: For the beginning you can put some Damsel fish who had stronger in durability to be lived in the water that has not been perfectly circulated.choose yellow damsel because this is less aggressive (another damsel more aggressive). Select the small one for consideration.

2. Make sure to put limited fish inside, and consider the room of the aquarium.
Too many fish can make fish stress and die easily. Providing food also must be considering the environment inside, for example if we have less fish we have to pay attention to the fish about its behavior, what time usually the fish can finish its meal daily average. This can prevent dirt will accumulate and water quality will decrease, and the fish could be dead easily. for more fish, aquarium needs to be looked after by professional and experienced aquarist.
Tips: Choose only the few most beautiful fish that you like most.

3. New fish must be acclimatized
New Fish has to put in a new plastic bag first, temperature should be adjusted with the aquarium temperature,put plastic fish in the aquarium for 20 minutes. After the plastic open, enter the aquarium water a little bit in plastic , settle it for 10 minutes. After that, the fish can be added to aquarium. Turn off the lamp first in order not to make the fish get stressed.


4. Put the food 1 time a day only.
For fish, better less than more. 1 time only is sufficient. The excess food will reduce the quality of sea water.

5. Reefing
This is the main weapon of the world experienced aquaris. Use the "Living Reef" as much as possible to maintain water quality naturally. Living coral reefs identified by the many purple partse. Use at least 1 / 3 of the akuarium volume . The price is only Rp 20,000 (USD 2) per stone.

6. Plants, is also very good for maintaining water quality.
Mainly acid grass (Caulerpa Sertularioides), Needle Grass (Chaetomorpha) Green or Wine. Vegetation will help reduce the Nitrate degree.

7. Water change every 2 weeks. Half, 1 months.Water price is not expensive, only Rp 5,000 (50 C) per gallon. Please take 1-2 minutes per 2 weeks to treat your aquarium.


8. Check Ph and salt content.
If Ph is low,use Kalkwasser (you can find it in marine aquarium store).Ph is easy to check, only put the akuarium water a little bit to test, and drops the liquid tester. Then compare the color of water with a PH colored paper (litmus paper) . The price test tool Ph its moderately expensive (Rp 80,000 - 85,000) (USD 8-8.5), but can be reused.
Check salinity Hydrometer. The price is Rp 20,000 (USD 2). Salinity that is normal can be checked in the device .

9. If you have more funds, the first tool that should be purchased is a Protein Skimmer.
This is a significant tool for maintaining the quality of sea water. It costs about Rp 300,000 (USD 30).

10. Buy 5 shrimp tails (Lysmata amboinensis). Shrimp is very useful because they like to eat Whitespot bacteria that sometimes appear on the fish. Keeping fish a little more difficult from the normal water. Fish are very sensitive to the environment. Particularly water quality, and a fellow of the aquarium. But if knowledge is good enough, then you will be able to enjoy the beauty of the sea and pits living creature in your home.