setting up and maintaining a saltwater aquarium. setting up aquarium step 1: prepare the aquarium...
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Setting Up the Aquarium Step 3: Prepare water – Fill bucket, add salt until you have a salinity of – (32-38ppt) then pour into tank; repeat until tank is filledTRANSCRIPT
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Setting up and Maintaining a Saltwater Aquarium
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Setting Up Aquarium
• Step 1: Prepare the aquarium– Clean tank and all equipment with
sponge; no detergent
• Step 2: Aquascape the Aquarium
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Setting Up the Aquarium
• Step 3: Prepare water– Fill bucket, add salt until you have a
salinity of 1.021 – 1.025 (32-38ppt) then pour into tank; repeat until tank is filled
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Setting Up the Aquarium
• Step 4: Test the System– Fill filter with water, plug in filter,
plug in thermometer and set (76-82F), and circulation pump
– Balance salinity if needed– Check for leaks
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Cycling the Tank and pH
• Step 5: Cycling the Tank– Phase 1: Ammonia (NH3 or NH3
+4)• Ammonia is the first too accumulate in the tank. This
starts the nitrogen cycle• Ammonia comes from decaying organic materials
present on the coral rock substrate.
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Cycling the Tank and pH
• Step 5: Cycling the Tank– Phase 2: Nitrite (NO2)• About 10 days into the cycle, nitrifying bacteria convert
ammonia into nitrite.• Nitrites will continue to rise to a high level of about
15ppm, the most critical stage, and should eventually drop to zero.
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Cycling the Tank and pH
• Step 5: Cycling the Tank– Phase 3: Nitrate (NO3)
• The ammonia has been converted to nitrite, the nitrite will now be converted to nitrate
• Nitrobacters are bacteria living in the tank which require oxygen and food (ammonia source) to survive. Waste from nitrobacter are in the form of nitrate.
• When nitrate readings begin to increase, nitrobacters are becoming established in your tank. SUCCESS!!! This is what you want!!!
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pH of the Aquarium
• pH measures the amount of alkalinity in the water.
• All marine organisms like a pH near 8.2 ranging from 8.0 to 8.4.
• The pH should never drop below 8.0
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Perform a Water Change
• Step 6: Perform a Water Change– After ammonia and nitrite levels drop to zero, you
will perform a complete water change. Plan on doing this on Monday, 9/17 or Tuesday, 9/18.
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Tidy Things Up
• Step 7: Tidy Things Up– After water change, you will replace mechanical
filtering cartridge and rinse black mesh pads. – Lightly clean the sides of tank.
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Aquarium Filtration
• Stage 1: Biological Filter
A good biological filter is one that involves the propagation and retention of billions of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
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Aquarium Filtration
• Stage 2: Chemical Filter– Removes phosphates, silicates, nitrates and
ammonia through use of chemicals– Activated carbon removes some of these
compounds.– Water changes is commonly used to get rid of
nitrates.
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Aquarium Filtration
• Stage 3: Mechanical Filter– Mechanical filter media is usually made from
synthetic fibers of various coarseness to remove debris from water.