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There are several hobbies one can have that turn in to real passion some day. One amongthem is maintaining an aquarium. This hobby though is a serious one as there is no room formistakes else you shall land up harming or killing a living creature.
The first and foremost thing you must understand before deciding to take care of an aquariumand its fishes is that prior to purchasing the fishes you must prepare the fish tank and make itapt for the fish to live in. This process needs lot of patience and knowledge else you might landup killing those beautiful creatures.
For preparing the fish tank you must first add the gravel and all other additives in the tank.Make sure that all these decorations are rinsed well so that the water is free of all harmfulbacteria. The process of preparing the tank can take anywhere between 24 hours and 4 weeks.
Make sure that you do not use any soap while washing these substrates. Next, fill in the tankwith dechlorinated water. Attach the filters & lighting. Now, allow the tank to cycle until at leastonce the water becomes clouded. Then allow the cloud to settle down. Make use of that testkit to check for the optimal temperature of water and for the sufficient P.H.Also, be sure that you do not add any new fish to the tank until and unless the water in there iscrystal clear.
Actually, when the aquarium is fully functional, some bacteria support the breakdown ofammonia in to nitrates. These bacteria are generated from the existing fish hence they are notthere in a non-active fish tank. So, the crux of this explanation is that without any existing fish,there would be no good bacteria in the tank water.
This is called as the nitrogen cycle. You must know that the nitrogen cycle would not initiateuntil & unless you add fish to the tank. Hence, running the empty tank for quite a lot of dayswould not do any help.The nitrogen cycle that takes place in the fish tank clears away the toxic chemicals beinggenerated in there in to beneficial ones. This cycle generates foam that makes the water cloudy for sometime. This is a natural process and you do not have to worry if this happens, rather it proves that the tank is healthy enough for the fish.
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