As we have mentioned before, one of the obligatory questions of those people who have the soul of an aquarist, is:how to start a reef aquarium? The important thing is not to ask yourself how to start it, since that is the least complicated, but really if you are going to have the necessary patience to be able to wait for the tank to mature. Many people who set out on this project, get carried away by their experiences with freshwater ponds, and introduce several fish from the first week, which is a mistake in the case of a reef aquarium. But don't worry, today we will teach you step by step how to make your own reef tank, pay close attention
The first thing you need to start your saltwater aquarium It is: Silicone without fungicide, glass, acetone, special sandpaper for glass, and as an option if you want to use aluminum profiles. As a first step, it is important that you determine what type of glass you are going to use, since the thickness of the glass depends on the height and length of the aquarium you are going to build. Remember that a thickness higher than recommended will only make the aquarium more expensive, increase its weight and create an optical distortion. On the other hand, the lower thickness can increase the risk of breaking the glass.
Before stick the crystalsIt is important that you use the glass sandpaper to polish the edges of the crystals, in this way we will avoid cuts that would lose the adherent surface. Remember that before applying the silicone, it is important that we clean each of the contact surfaces with acetone, making sure to dry it very carefully. If you don't clean the windows well, they may not stick well and stick badly, so I recommend that you make sure to clean the dust and grease since you don't want to see 100 liters of water in your whole house.
hello, I have a telescope and a dorado I think, in a 10-liter aquarium but for more than a year and they have grown a lot, I want to make them a big massss myself since we want to have more. at the beginning there were 5 but they were dying. I want to know what you recommend, what plants I can put in it, where I live the temperature drops to 10 or 8 degrees, sometimes the water feels very cold. Every 15 days I take them to a bucket with new water with their treatment to wash the aquarium since it gets very dirty. What vegetables can I give you?
what a shame so many questions. I really liked your page!