Aquarium decorations

The aquarium should be beautiful! Then he will deliver a more aesthetically pleasing to you and your guests. Of course, the concept of beauty each has own but nevertheless some general concepts aquarium decorations still have. This is variety of driftwood, stones, castles, fine natural and artificial plants and much more.

From what do aquarium decorations

Decorative elements are not only decorate the aquarium, but they are also a convenient place for spawning, shelter and protection for many species of fish are used for attachment of various plants, aquarium equipment concealed from eavesdroppers. For aquarium decorations is better to use medium-sized stones about the size of a fist, so they look more natural. Granite, porphyry, gneiss, quartz, flint and basalt are ideal for this purpose. The form of the stone depends on the terrain that you want to create in the aquarium. Thus, for the coastal landscape are suitable packed in length slightly angular stones. Do not forget that you cannot use stones with sharp edges, on which fish may get hurt. Look good in most aquariums flat stones and stone grottoes.

For aquarium decorations you can use the roots and branches of such trees as alder, willow, beech, ash, maple. Before you put a snag in the aquarium it must be processed. One of the ways is to boil it with the salt timber for several hours. The entire snag must be under water, so the air came out of it and it does not float to the surface. Driftwood is placed in an aquarium where it has already established a biological treatment: 7-10 days after filling with water. You can also make the aquarium decorations from cane and bamboo. They are usually fixed on the wooden board with holes and to the stems in water do not spoil, their ends are pre-dipped in a water glass.