Watch the fish
We will change the water for the fish every once in a while and understand the fish feces in the fish tank. The fish eat leftover food residues and turn the turbid water into clean water. Such a fresh environment will be better for the growth of the fish. So, what should we pay attention to when changing the water for the fish?
Before changing the water in the fish tank, prepare new water in advance. At home, you can use a washbasin or bucket to fill tap water and expose it to the sun for about 3-4 days to remove the chlorine in the water. Then change the water in the fish tank. It is best to change the water for fish in clear weather. The time for water change is generally around 7-10 o'clock in the morning after the sun just comes out, or around 3-4 o'clock in the afternoon. When changing water, the temperature of the old and new water should also be kept stable and the water quality environment close to prevent the fish from not adapting to the new water quality environment and getting sick.
Since it is said that we need to change the water, it is natural to change it if it is beneficial to our tank. Otherwise, the result of changing the water will be bad for the tank! Then why should we go to all the trouble! The purpose of changing the water is to compensate and stabilize the water quality of the tank. Since the tank is a closed system, some elements in the tank will inevitably be consumed by the organisms in the tank, such as flow-connecting filter materials and adsorbent filter materials. Filter materials, activated carbon, protein machines, and ozone machines may also consume trace elements in our tanks. Although there are a lot of trace elements or supplementary additives for certain elements on the market, but for us The balance or content of the actual trace elements in the tank is very difficult to measure. That is to say, the element content may have passed too much and we poured in the additives. It may also be that some elements have been consumed, but we still don’t know. There is no need to add more when it is enough, so effective water changes can naturally replenish and stabilize the elements in our tank. In particular, some of the more desolate elements or unknown substances need to be compensated through water changes. In addition, our closed tanks are prone to accumulation of harmful substances such as nitrates, phosphates, silicates and other salts. Changing the water is the most direct way to remove these salts or harmful substances. So why should we change the water? This is how we prevent our seawater from aging.
But can changing the water definitely help activate the water quality of our tank and benefit the tank? That is not necessarily the case. It is actually very simple, but not many aquarists have actually done it. Mind is naturally the essence of changing water. Just imagine what the water evaporated from our tank is - isn't it distilled water? Distilled water is actually quite pure! So only pure water flows out of our tank, while all other substances remain in our tank. In order toStable specific gravity The supplementary water we add in the tank must naturally be pure water. If the water you add in the tank is not pure enough and contains too much organic matter, it will be absolutely harmful to our tank over time!
As for changing the water, it is also common. The fresh water you plan to replace is not pure enough, and the seawater with poor quality is used to brew the required seawater. Naturally, it will only increase the burden on the tank. , perhaps more recently, the nitrates in the water have significantly reduced, but other unknown substances will still damage our tanks over time. Therefore, learning how to control the nature of water changes also directly affects the control of the safety of the tank.
I think maybe you have a better set of water changing principles, maybe you also have a set of water maintenance or monitoring water changing, because I am not a professional, so I dare not talk about my water changing. The methods are precise and superb, but what I suggest is what every aquarist should at least pay attention to or do when changing the water! I suggest that when you change the water or replenish volatile water, you should use RO water quality. Natural distilled water or connected ionized water are both good choices. However, due to cost issues, I think RO or connected water are good choices. Ionized water should be a more cost-effective choice, and it is also the water that is closest to the bottom line of the standard. When using this water, you can add some more tranquilizer before adding it to the tank or making sea salt, for example, it can remove undesirable heavy metals or intermediates in the water. Organic substances, or chlorine-removing tranquilizer, etc., and the temperature, pH value, etc. of the water quality are naturally close to the water temperature of the tank and close to the neutrality of pure water.
Because the pH value of ordinary sea salt will naturally be close to the standard pH value after being added to pure water, some aquarists have problems with the pH value after changing to their own seawater, and sometimes they just soak it. The pH value of the water used to make seawater is too far from neutral, and the quality of the seawater used for brewing is naturally not too bad. Excellent seawater already contains various required elements. After soaking, there is no need to add trace elements. After soaking, just leave it for a while and wait for it to clear out. Then you can slowly add it to the tank after removing the undissolved sea salt or slight impurities. If you don’t have purer water and can only use tap water, I hope you can use it. Before joining the tank, you can filter it through an ordinary water filter, such as drinking water filter cotton or activated carbon. However, because the original water contains a large amount of chlorine, the water is less likely to grow bacteria, but it can be removed by your activated carbon. It is easier for bacteria to grow after chlorine is added, so try not to store water behind the activated carbon. It is recommended that you add some safety fluid before adding to the tank to ensure that there is no residual chlorine or other toxins in the water. All these preparations are based on the hope that the water we replace can be close to pure water, and only water that does not contain special substances can effectively stabilize the water quality in our tank without making the tank more burdensome.
There is another point when changing the water. If you are not worried, you can reduce the frequency of water changes and reduce the amount of frequent water changes. If you have corals, the best situation is to change the water. At this time, the corals will not be exposed on the water surface, that is, the organisms will settle in the position where you can change them at most once.Below the waterline, or when changing the water, first pump out part of the water and then add another part of the water. Naturally, this will actually result in the water being replaced being less than the new seawater you originally prepared. Otherwise, please do it. Slowly replace the old water in the tank, allowing it time to adapt to the warm atmosphere and gradually eliminate the living water. Just like the coral reefs on the seashore are exposed due to low tide, be sure not to let them all be exposed at once, because their bodies are so strong. The seawater contained in the coral has not yet been eliminated. If it is exposed to the water surface all of a sudden, its body cannot withstand the weight of such a large amount of water. The skeleton of some corals is pointed, so it is particularly easy to cause damage to the coral.
Naturally, excessive and excessive water changes are quite bad. Although they are replaced with new seawater, for small tanks, it will cause instability in the water quality and reduce the need for maintenance. The compulsive feeling of the creatures in the tank, in severe cases, also affects the nitrification cycle of the entire system. If the safety of your tank has always been poor or you are often troubled by algae, I suggest you check the way you change the water. Maybe this is the key to your poor maintenance.
Regularly changing the water for fish is one of the most basic conditions for keeping fish healthy. When changing the water for fish, it is also a good time for us to clean the bathtub. While changing the water, clean the bathtub. Remove the pollution and inject new water sources into the fish, which will be beneficial to the healthy growth of the fish.
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