It was even recently difficult to imagine an aquarium without a plastic or stone lock inside, as well as various imitation of possible submarine treasures. Modern design concepts prefer naturalness, naturalness and refuse to unnecessary decoration of underwater space. Instead of plastic wreckage of the ship in the aquarium, squigs began to appear.
What is needed for?
Natural wood and natural stone are sought-after materials used as decorative strokes for aquarium. Natural beauty is considered the best condition for the life of underwater inhabitants. True, there are a lot of fears regarding the "behavior" of Koragia in water: there is a lot of opinion that water "blooms" water, and even get fish. Do not believe the first panic rumors, but this question requires detailed proceedings.
The aesthetic function prevails in determining the need to corride for aquarium. But not only the beauty and element of the element make it necessary in the aquarium.
Koryaga may well serve as a means of supporting the inner ecosystem.
It is comparable to the filter and soil, since those bacteria that they live for aquabalance are really significant. They contribute to the decomposition of organic waste on particles that can already be considered safe.
Advantages and disadvantages
Let's start with a positive. So, the snags adorn the aquarium, they have a beneficial effect on the aquabalance and besides today they are considered a fashionable element of aquarium.
But there is Cragon and other advantages.
- They strengthen the immunity and health of underwater inhabitants. A tree, which is in water, highlights tubyl substances, slightly oxidizing water. And this is enough that the pathogenic bacteria cease to multiply. This process can be compared with the action of fallen leaves.
- If a regular increase in water alkalinity is fixed in the aquarium, That in the capacitance of the Koryaga will well affect the pH balance.
- Some species of fish are not solved on spawning, if there are no sunken corping in the water. They postpone the caviar just there, into the tree, and when the fry grow, squigs are becoming for kids shelter from potential enemies.
Finally, wood becomes an additional attraction for the inhabitants of the home underwater kingdom. The aquarium design becomes concise, completed. You can grow beautiful plants and moss on wood.
Cons are very conditional - The wrong choice really negatively affects the state of water and, therefore, on the health of the fish.
Not every snag is suitable in the aquarium and, especially since anyone can get there without prior processing.
But for a passionate aquarist, all this is not too much trouble, but pleasant things for the benefit of a cozy and beautiful underwater world.
What can be used?
A sensible person, of course, will not be enough for any opposite stick so that she immediately became aquarium decor. If so someone really makes under the influence of the fashion, then the entire contents of the water tank can be ruined.
Choosing a suitable squash is a serious matter. It's easier to buy it in the pet store, because there are only those tree samples, which are unequivocally suitable aquarium. It is easier, albeit more expensive. Survicious trees are sold in pet stores: Mangrove, Mopan, Sakura.
But if you say tricky, then, of course, not the entire range of pet stores can be bought. The unscrupulous seller under the guise of overseas wood can get something much simpler, less valuable, and most importantly – A completely unacceptable in the aquarium. So, the same mangrove tree (even if it is present) strongly paint water. She begins to remind the welding that scares the owner of the aquarium.
As well as a significant minus of such Korhog - transportation . During the time, while the Koryaga gets to the consumer, it clings certain elements harmful to fish.
Therefore, even a snag acquired in a special store will have to thoroughly process and soak.
There is a lawsager question - why so much come with a regular wood? Is it really impossible to take an oak snag yourself, bring it into the proper look and "extract" to the aquarium? It can be done so and it will even be safer than to pull the exotic. But here it is necessary to clearly follow the rules.
- As drowning in the aquarium, recessed, long spent twigs and roots of Willow, as well as pears, apple trees. These are solid deciduous rocks that, falling into an aquarium ecosystem, do not violate it.
- It is categorically impossible to put coniferous breeds in the artificial reservoir - Pine, juniper and spruce. You just destroy all your underwater "hostel."
- Be sure to carefully examine the tree. If the snag is very drumming and rotten, the slightest pressure in the water will lead to the fact that it is in the same place. And it is impossible to be allowed. Wood must be solid, well, if there are grooves from worms and bugs.
- Live branches are not used. Koryag must be dry. It needs to be pretty dry on the battery or (which is better) in the sun, if you want to speed up the process.
Recommendations for choosing
Fans of aquarium design prefer artificial elements natural. Wood parts that will be suitable for underwater introduction, can be found anywhere: in the courtyard, in the park, at the bottom of the natural reservoir.
To properly choose the first time and not destroy the aquarium, narrow the choice to the category of deciduous trees. Pear, maple, Iva, beech, apple tree, oak, grapes are considered the best options.
They, by the way, and the most accessible options. Decor from willow and oak, as practice shows, meets in the aquarium most often. If you take up the soft breeds of trees to design, they quickly fall into the water and serve you for a maximum of 2 years (and no matter – Little was snag or big).
It is impossible to use live branches.
Dry branches or tree trunks are the only permissible underwater decor. We like for the design of the bottom branch can be cut off and dried in a room that is well ventilated. And in the summer, the tree is more correct to dry under the sunny rays: so you definitely do not allow wood rotting, and ultraviolet will save a tree from all malicious microbes.
What kind of spitches to choose depends on personal taste. Large and textured elements look, of course, brighter. Aquadizainers try to take the bottom of the roots of the trees, because their form is interesting, volumetric, aesthetic and does not require special adjustment.
Preparation and processing
Water, as known to many aquarists, manifests sensitivity even to low changes. Therefore, all procedures for the preparation of wood should be as delicate as possible. Clear the tree from the bark, it is also needed to slaughter.
So it will be possible to get rid of all pathogenic organisms, which together with the wood can be in the aquarium. Small insects and bacteria kills hot water. So that dry design elements do not float Wood need to boil with salt - it becomes heavy and saming in such water itself. Cooking the snag is needed in the iron saucepan or bucket. To do this, 1 liters of water need to prepare 400 g of salt.
The main thing is cooking time. The full procedure takes about 10 hours, no less.
Water for such a time, of course, evaporates, so the cooking process must be controlled, to add water in a timely manner. Cooking you need both a tree that purchased in the pet store. You can not allow the appearance of branches in the aquarium, which are designed for the design of the reptile housing: these branches are already treated with fungicides, which is harmful to the fish.
Features of the training of squigs include several steps.
- After cooking, the tree acquired in the pet store should be shifted into a separate water tank, Where it will be two days. During this time you will understand whether the tree paints water. If the liquid is colored slightly - everything is fine. But if the water has become like a rich black tea, it is no longer worth using it for the decor.
- If you still decide to leave the painting snag, Take it over to soak after cooking in the water, and the water is changed every 5 hours. The process itself will take about two days. While the fluid does not steally light, continue soaking.
Not everyone is boyful, some aquarists simply hold them with boiling water. Of course, cook large elements is difficult. But the shower of boiling water is not a solution to the problem: insufficient processing of wood is able to lead to the fact that malicious creatures will remain on it and subsequently damage the inhabitants of the aquarium.
Placement in water
Special instructions deserves the process of indoor room in water. How to put it so that it does not pop up?
Never assume that the branches of the bulk closets are fixed due to the removal of the tank wall.
Wood, which stays in water for a long time, will swell up and changing in size. It is dangerous in that the walls of the aquarium are sold. Sometimes it is not possible to fix the roasting in the water, as the tree remains dry. Even if you pursue it well, it can remain dry inside. Therefore, without correct fixation of the snag pops up.
The easiest way to quickly install the decoration in the aquarium is fastening . Branches in principle Fix in a tank with something heavy, such as stone . Some aquarists use suction cups in order for sure to securely position the decor in the selected place. Oddly enough, it is easier to put a snag under the stone, as the suction cups in the water behave unpredictably.
Additional decor
Koryag, despite the fact that it is an independent decorative element, and herself may need to be design. Especially beautiful looks on the wood of moss or vegetation, close to the MSU. It looks very attractive, naturally.
It is very important to correctly fasten the moss on the crust.
- It is fixed with a simple sewing thread. With time it rotates, and the plant will already be crossed with wood.
- For greater strength, the thread is fixed with a fishing line. The fishing line does not rot and definitely secure Moss.
- There are so craftsmen that fasten the moss superclaim. But nevertheless, this option is impossible to be the most successful, since toxins fall into water with adhesive composition.
The design of the aquarium with coryats can be supplemented with beautiful stones and, of course, algae.
Possible problems
Often, even after a good wood coach, it starts to rot. This is due to the fact that live or faded sites could remain in the crust. To prevent this problem, specialists use two methods: firing and paraffin.
In the first case, the snag need a little burning soldering iron over the entire surface (or at least in the "suspicious" ends). Then the tree is immersed in the water for a couple of days, the charred areas are wiping with a napkin, and it is cleaned soot. In the case of paraffin, its thin layer is poured all the roasting.
Consider what else can happen to the tree in the aquarium.
- Do not sink - Therefore, the snag is not dry or cooked without salt. If the tree still pops up, press it with a stone or leaving.
- Pains water - It's time to soak until the water is transparent. As mentioned above, it will take several days.
- Shooting yellow Potted water, in the reservoir smells like a hydrogen sulfide - the wood is rotting. You need to get it and dry (you can in the oven).
- Raw green - Such a color is given algae. It is necessary to reduce the length of the daylight and lighting power.
Some residents of the Water World love to enjoy the fibers of the wood and it is correct - it helps the work of the gastrointestinal fish. For many fish, the tree is a natural part of the residential space, and this acquisition in the home reservoir will only benefit them. Adding squigs to the aquarium optimizes the condition of the biosrial, decorates the container with water, allows you to try on the role of an aquadizainer.
With an overview of Korgia for aquarium, you can get acquainted in the next video.