Showing posts with label Tips and Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tips and Tricks. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Tips for Arowana Fish in Aquarium

Negligence is the source of disaster for fans. Once the aquarium aerator remiss not control, can-can arowana dead. Moreover, careless, certainly more fatal consequences. So for fans who truly love Arowana, must pay attention to the intricacies surrounding the treatment. The hope, for arowana in the aquarium can appear graceful and beautiful. So what to do?

1. Notice aquarium equipment
Success of the aquarium into a comfortable place for arowana fish, really influenced by the completeness of supporting facilities.

Aerator
Function aerator or air pump is supplying air into the aquarium water, and simultaneously vaporize or push the remnants of burning out from the aquarium. Aerator is quite good, if a small electrical current that moves him, but a relatively large air ditiupkannya.

Heater & Thermometer
Heater (heater) is necessary especially when the aquarium water temperature dropped dramatically. While the water temperature control equipment or thermometer was also installed in the aquarium. In cold areas, heater and thermometer is very necessary.

Filter
Filter or filter function to filter the water in the aquarium. Work includes this filter to suck up water aquarium, filter, and back again into the tank in a clean condition.

TL Lamp
The presence of fluorescent lights, in addition to emit light, also can enhance your appearance aquarium. But, do not let light fluorescent lamp was a cause heat in excess of needs. Ideally for the aquarium of 80 × 40 cm fluorescent lamp requiring 20 watts power.

2. Diligent aquarium maintenance
I can not help if you already love Arowana fish in the aquarium, diligent enough to care. Because then that, the appearance of arowana in the aquarium look healthy, fresh, and fun.

Feeding
The main menu is a centipede arowana in the aquarium. But do not constantly be centipedes, should be varied with other foods. For example: shrimp, cockroaches, frogs, centipedes, lizards, and crickets.

Control & running water
Every day is required to control the temperature and pH of the water. The ideal water temperature for arowana fish around 25-27 degrees Celsius. If the temperature of cold water, immediately turn on the heater until the water temperature as needed. While the desired pH of about 6 to 8.5. If the pH is too low, then add the lime into the tank. In addition, water sanitation should be noted also, please treat the aquarium water with Malachite green, with a frequency of 3 weeks.

And do not forget, aquarium water was also replaced. However, water turnover dipilahkan into two, namely: (a) regular water changes every 2 days with a volume of 10% of the total volume of aquarium water, and (b) total water changes done every 3 months. If you are using piped water, should be allowed 24 hours in advance for the content of chlorine to settle, and after that can be inserted into the aquarium.

3. Interior aquarium
Life in the aquarium is a replica of the environment in the wild. Therefore, it is necessary in the aquarium interior. This means that demands an appreciation of aesthetics, so the combination of graceful beauty of the aquarium with Arowana fish can show a harmonious shades of coolness.

Water Plants
Given the origin of arowana fish who like to hide under water plants, then we are ready to provide the plant in question. There are several types of water plants to choose from, among others: Vallisneria spiralis, Hidrilla VERTICILLATA, Riccia fluiutana, Higrophila polisperma, Pistia stratiotes, Najas indica, and so forth.

Sand rock
Sand is used as the foundation stone laying. We recommend that you use river sand, which was mixed with humus. In addition, given also includes coral-rock and essays. Ideal stone size berdia meter 3 mm. These rocks have a variety of patterns and colors that range but still beautiful.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Betta Fish Farming

Here are the ways betta fish farming:

betta fish marriage
Gonadal maturation
Gonad maturation is done in a small aquarium or jar. The trick, prepare two aquarium size 20 cm long, 20 cm width and height of 20 cm or jar with a volume of 2-3 liters (one for males and one for females); dry for 2 days; water content as high as 15 cm, the input of the tail stem male or female; news feed in the form of worms taste hair worms or silk worms.

Spawning
Spawning done in aqurium or jar. The trick, prepare two aquarium size 20 cm long, 20 cm width and height of 20 cm or jar with a volume of 2-3 liters (one for males and one for females); dry for 2 days; water content as high as 15 cm; inputs allied eceng goduk as a protector; input single breeding male, female parent input; let it spawn.

Note: The process begins with the creation of spawning nest by the male parent in the form of foam on the surface of the water. Next invite females to spawn. Spawning can occur at any time, can be morning, afternoon, evening or night. When you are spawning is characterized by the existence of eggs in the foam and the male is on the surface, waiting for eggs while wagging his fins. Eggs will hatch within 24-36 hours and began to swim after the age of 5-6 days. A breeding female can produce as many larvae 500-1500 tail.

Separating
Separating done in the same aquarium or jar. Way, catching the male parent and input back to the maturation of the gonads; female parent was also arrested and input into the gonadal ridge, larvae that have been aged for 6 days were given a feed infusoria, or rotifers, or naupli artemia; harvested after a month.

Separating II and III
Separating II, conducted in an aquarium or other jars. How, to prepare an aquarium size 20 cm long, 20 cm width and height of 20 cm or jar with a volume of 2-3 liters; dry for 2 days; contents as high as 15 cm of water, add 30 individuals originating from seeds nursery places; form of news feed hair worms or silk worms appropriate dosage; harvested after a month. Separating II is like separating II, but with a density of 20 fish.

Enlargement
Enlargement done at the aquarium or other jars. How, to prepare an aquarium size 20 cm long, 20 cm width and height of 20 cm or jar with a volume of 2-3 liters; dry for 2 days; water content as high as 15 cm, 10 fish seed inputs originating from the nursery; form of news feed hair worms or silk worms appropriate dosage; harvested after two months. Fish is ready for sale.

Good luck and good luck

Simple Ways to Make CO2

First prepare a bottle coca - cola, the magnitude of approximately one-half liter, then the lid on until the hose lubagi can enter later in the glue with glass glue. Use a better connection between the hose with which many in sell airStone free, easy to pull the hose to put it back. Yes for the protagonist might be more ideas to make that better.

Once ready, just insert one tablespoon of sugar, then 3 / 4 yeast bread into the bottle before, then at the shake, approximately one to two minutes. Do not shake when the bottle cap that has been in the holes in pairs, but spend about two bottles of a lid on the holes that one could not be berganti2. Once the bottle lid is not in the holes and which contains a mixture of CO2 was in the shake, the new bottle caps are in holes and connect to the hose before we attach it in a bottle that has us beat. After a few minutes will come out deh beautiful bubbles of CO2.

I use a lot of yeast bread sold in supermarkets, too cheap sugar yes Rp1, 500 .- already get a lot, probably yeast bread that approximately Rp. 7.000 .-

Yes if you do not want capital emang pake bottle aqua bottle is fine, find a neighbor who has a stock of bottled mineral water ... he he he ....

I recommend the other end of the hose that will be put into the tank at give AirStone, a kind of air stone (stone aerator) which we used to buy if we are using the aerator, for CO2nya easily dissolve in water tank.

But remember the tank must have plants, let the CO2 absorbed during the photosynthesis of plants, then plant out Oxygen for ikan2 ....... CO2 Plants can be balanced fish get oxygen from plants. Its beautiful ....