Tank Pad

Sometimes, despite your best efforts, life gets in the way and your tank gets out of control. You start to think it would be best to empty everything, throw everything away and start over. It happened to me before, believe me. But stop! Before yielding to the temptation ... If you pull down you lose all the beneficial bacteria that have colonized the reservoir. Only if your tank is in poor condition serious, it may be useful to have to start over.

Now, if you're left with the need to clean a fish tank is very dirty, you'll need some tools. Believe it or not, you can make a great cleaning a dirty tank, without losing your good bacteria colonies. It may take a little effort and time, but you'll be rewarded with a fish aquarium sparkling and happy. So, Let's Get Ready for battle.

These are your weapons:

aec algae scraper or pad treatment

aec razor blade, plastic (for use only on acrylic plastic tanks)

aec Water Siphon

aec Bucket

aec Bleach

aec aquarium glass cleaner

aec Filters

aec Filter Brush

aec Paper towels

aec Old Towels

It works great for cleaning your aquarium in the following order:

1. Inside the glass

2. Decorations

3. Gravel

4. Outside glass and hood

5. Filter

First, remove your fish and other creatures that live in your aquarium. Place in a container that is reserved for fish only water with the tank removed. Be careful when you put them. It is always good to have a bucket is dedicated exclusively to your aquarium to transport water when you change it, and in cases like this, put your fish. Make sure you use a brand new bucket. Old buckets may have residues of chemicals or detergents that can be transferred into your aquarium.

The inside of the glass

Take one of your scouring algae and clean the inside of the glass. You can find many types of scrubbers at the fish. Some have handles, some are just bearings. Some have magnets so you do not even need to put your hands in the water because they work through the glass, but they are better for maintenance than do a thorough cleaning. Although you can see the fish store scrubbers that resemble those you can find in supermarkets or in your kitchen, you fish from the bank, NEVER use another type of washing. Regular cleaners may contain soap or chemicals that kill fish.

If you have any residue on the surface that resists the scrubber, you can use a razor blade. If your tank is acrylic, be sure to get a plastic razor blade, because a single standard scratch the acrylic.

Decorations

Remove rocks, decorations and artificial plants are covered with algae or dirt.

Again, use soap or detergents NEVER on these! It can be deadly for your fish. rub them with your algae scrubber. This will eliminate most of the algae and dirt. If you have any particularly difficult to spot clean, you can soak in a bucket with a bleach solution to 10%. What items soak for 15 minutes, then rub off the stains. Rinse the decorations really, really well with running water and let it air dry.

You may be surprised to learn that living plants can also be bleached, if necessary, with the exception of stem plants. Live plants should have a bleach to 5% in your bucket. Soak the plants for a few minutes 2 or 3. rinse well under running water.

Gravel

Vacuum the gravel in the aquarium siphon your aquarium. You can get whatever you can connect directly to the faucet in the kitchen, the siphon with water, and use the same hose to fill the tank again. Vacuum the gravel at the bottom until the debris and dust has disappeared. I.