Turtles magnificent

In previous work, we tell about the construction akvateraria, today in this topic will continue paying the interior fittings and decorations. High volume naturally equipped akvateraria of 200 liters or more are a strong decorative element in the interior.

With the right technical equipment and regular maintenance will keep the water clean for a long time. Caring for akvaterarium then is just feeding the turtles, regular sludge, water refills, and occasionally clean the filter. If a man Put yourself a system that included regular minor maintenance, can maintain good water very long. Great cleaning, when the whole tank launches and washed, cleaned and I put all the decorations, although it takes longer, but must be implemented. During regular maintenance not sufficient to only once every few years and Beauty akvateraria that time amply compensate.
The clean water is one prerequisite, and it - have a sufficiently powerful filter. Basically we use external filters, which are best placed in the cabinet under akvaterariem. There is a hidden filter and also easily accessible.External filter absorbs water from the aquarium, the filter cleans the water tank and then drain hose back into the tank. The filter tank is bigger, the water is better. Turtles create far more waste than necessary aquarium fish, so they need powerful filter. On filters is given power, for how much is an aquarium, but it is meant for an aquarium with fish. For turtles, it is necessary filtration predimenzovat, therefore akvaterarium of 250 liters with two or more turtles, use a filter designed for a volume of 400 liters of water easily. In the filter container is graduated filter, which is most of the biological. This means that the water cleans helpful bacteria, the more of these bacteria in the filter, the water will be cleaned better.Rise of bacteria supports appropriately chosen filter medium. Filters for turtles should be partially filled with coarse and fine foam, capture larger debris. The main part should consist of a substrate that will be supporting medium for bacteria. Our wide circles or balls of material based on ceramics, which are very porous, so they have a large surface area where bacteria can take hold. These substrates are durable, so no need to change, just rinsed. Other substrates, such as activated charcoal, the turtles do not usually use, quickly filled with dirt and need to be changed frequently, which is disproportionately expensive. Conversely filter can add a filter wool, it must also change over time, as well as foam filling. The filter must be switched on continuously,if the water stops flowing through the filter container, quickly leads to death and multiplication of beneficial bacteria of spoilage. After starting the filter flow is large (turtles water stream flowing from the discharge often likes to look), but a gradual clogging of the flow decreases. Did not matter, on the contrary, when the flow is slower, so the water longer refrain from the filter tank and cleaned it better. But we watch the flow does not drop too much. If the drain water flows just a small stream, it is necessary to check the suction cup, which is often clogged. If this procedure does not work, disconnect the hose from the filter and a filtration unit will be cleaned. Substrates used for washing with lukewarm water, to limit damage to colonies of beneficial bacteria.If the filter floss or foam much clogged, replace them with new ones. Every hit to destroy part of the filter bacteria, so the filter not cleaned too often. After cleaning the filter is good to use a special bacterial and enzymatic agents that promote growth of new colonies of bacteria. Filter by size, water volume and number of animals in the tank, the filter is cleaned in an interval of 2-10 months. Between this time it is necessary only to control the flow of water filters, suction cup occasionally cleaned and left in akvateraria water.
It is very important akvateraria lighting, heat and light provide. Over land must be suspended bulb, the size of land area and distance from it we choose the bulb with a capacity of about 40-100 W. find the correct level control by measuring the temperature under the lamp,temperature directly below the bulb can be up rounds from 1935 to 1938 C.

full article can be found in the June issue of Animal Planet, available on newsstands

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