Thursday, December 31, 2015

Filling the aquarium with water

MOST aquariums may be safely filled with tap-
water,  provided  it  has  not  been  drawn  from  a  copper
cylinder or through a copper piping, this can be poisonous. The need for 'safe' water is described fully under the chapter of that heading.

Since the sand and rock work has been set, there is the need to pour in water carefully so as not to disrupts the artistic setting built up. There are three good ways to fill the aquarium. The first is by placing a saucer on the sand or gravel near the front. Place a clean jar on the saucer. Then, aiming carefully, slowly pour water from the jug into the jar which falls rapidly and spills into the saucer (which breaks the fall), and trickles over the edge.  You can then pour the water more rapidly as the curved lip of the saucer directs the stream of water upwards and not a grain of sand needs be disturbed. An alternative way to fill the tank is to put a bucket of water on a board supported by the edges of tank -these) and to let the water run into the tank through a rubber siphon tube about 1cm (1/8 inch) in diameter.
In order to avoid stirring up the bottom soil and sand, place the outflow end of the hosepipe against the side of the glass to help the first depth of water to run in without turning the whole tank into a mud puddle. The more quietly this is done, the better.

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When the depth of water is up to 5-cm (2-inch) in the tank, the outflow end of the tube can then be unturned so as to direct the stream of water up(see wards. The fastest way to fill a tank, especially the large ones, is to spread a double sheet of newspaper on the sand pour directly on to the paper. The paper  rises  continuously  with  the  level  of  water,  thus absorbing the impact that would otherwise have stirred up the bottom soil



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