Tips for cleaning fish tank feces

Many people like to raise fish. For those who raise fish, it is a headache to clean the fish tank, especially when the fish tank is large. It is really difficult to clean. If you want to thoroughly clean the feces in the fish tank, you can use some tips. These tips can quickly clean the feces in the fish tank. Let us learn about the tips for cleaning feces in the fish tank.

How to make fish tank water clear?

1 The most important thing is to have an effectively functioning ecological filtration system, which includes mechanical filtration and biological filtration. Conventional mechanical filtration can only remove solid dirt, but there are still a large amount of organic matter dissolved in the water, such as protein, which cannot be filtered out and can only be accomplished by a biological filtration system.

The water in the fish tank can be contaminated by fish feces, food residues, and rotten leaves of aquatic plants. People imagine that filtering out visible suspended matter in the water to keep the water clear and transparent is the goal. In fact, this is only the primary function of filtration, which we usually call mechanical filtration. Modern ornamental fish tank filtration should have both mechanical filtration and biological filtration, and sometimes physical filtration is also required. Among them, biological filtration is particularly important. The so-called biological filtration is to decompose or convert harmful substances dissolved in water into harmless substances through bacteria attached to the filter material. Physical filtration uses the unique adsorption function of certain materials to purify water. Physical filtration is only used for a short period of time in special circumstances, such as to remove residual chemicals in the water.

2 The filtering capacity of the filter should be large enough. The filtering capacity of the filter is expressed in liters per hour. To filter the water, the filtration volume is generally required to reach 4-7 filtration cycles. Specifically, if the water in the fish tank is 200 liters, a filter with a capacity of 800-1500 liters/hour must be installed.

3 The number of fish and the amount of bait should be moderate. If the fish are too honey-rich and fed too much bait, the amount of pollution will be increased.

4 Some inferior baits on the market have pigments added to improve their appearance. When feeding, the pigments in the bait dissolve into the water, making the water color. If this happens, the bait should be replaced to solve the problem.

5 Aquatic plants are also good helpers in purifying water. You should grow as many aquatic plants as possible to turn the entire aquarium into a small ecological paradise, and the water will naturally become very clear.

6 Place scavengers and moss-eating shrimps in the tank. They can remove dirt and algae attached to the tank wall, making the tank wall clear.

With the above conditions, the water in your aquarium will naturally be very clean. Although solid debris can still be seen in the bottom sand, it will not affect the clarity of the water and is harmless. If you plant aquatic plants or fertilizers, you can reduce the amount of aquatic plant fertilizer used.

Tips for cleaning fish tank feces

1. Purchase a fine-mesh fishing net of appropriate length.

Especially if you keep hybrid fish such as parrot fish in the fish tank, you should also pay attention to the spawning problem. The spawning fish are aggressive and will not let other fish approach, but the eggs have no fertilization conditions and cannot reproduce. If left for a long time, it will easily breed bacteria and pollute the water. Scavengers will not dare to approach and eat the eggs. At this time, you can only salvage it manually and clean up some feces at the same time.

2. Nitrifying bacteria are also very powerful and can help dissolve feces and improve water quality.

Every time you change the water, add some nitrifying bacteria to cultivate according to the size of the water body. It is recommended not to pour it directly into the fish tank as shown in the picture, but pour it into the filter cotton water tank under the fish tank. This way the cultivation effect will be better and the amount used can be saved a lot.

3. Clean and replace the filter materials of the filtration system in time, such as coral sand, ammonia absorbing zeolite, activated carbon, etc. Of course, there is also the choice of filter cotton. It is best to choose about 3 cm, which has a good filtering effect. You can buy the kind that comes in rolls and cut them yourself according to the length of the fish tank.