Pleasure the eye and fascinate their beauty scenery of snags in the aquarium. They are natural, have a unique shape, besides they can grow ferns and mosses. With such a natural decoration your underwater world will seem more natural. Where can I get a natural snag for an aquarium? The best option is to find a dried and preferably soaked in some water body a root or a root. It is very important that the koryak be dried, dead, that is, it did not contain any substances, pitches, harmful to the underwater environment. If you are lucky enough to find a beautiful snag of an intricate shape, it must be prepared for decoration.
How to process a snag for an aquarium?
First you need to clean it of dirt and bark, remove all rotten places. Determine whether a driftwood fit the aquarium in size, superfluous cut. Then you need to take the biggest pot and put a snag in it, pour it all over with water and put it on the fire. Add salt with the calculation of 1 kg per 10 liters of water. Cook the snag about 10-12 hours, adding water as it evaporates. After processing driftwood for the aquarium by boiling in salt, it should be placed under running water or in a pot of water. In this case, water should be changed every 10-12 hours. After such treatment, the driftwood will not rot, mold, and it is easy to sink to the bottom.
Mangrove snags in the aquarium
Such decorations, as a rule, are purchased in the store. Red, black and white mangroves are known. Used in freshwater and marine aquaria . These snags are very heavy, so do not require soaking. It is best to put them as they grew in nature - a rhizome to the bottom. Mangrove snags in the aquarium saturate the water with humic acids, mildly acidifying it and creating a pleasant "dark water effect" in the pond.
Design of an aquarium with a snag
When you have decided on the decorative material: you can proceed with the design. The design of an aquarium with driftwood can be made in two versions:
- snag is submerged in water completely;
- the tip of the driftwood peeps out of the water.
To create a complete composition in the design of the aquarium with snag used also sand, stones, artificial or living plants , mosses. Secure the snag in the aquarium can be centered, in the form of a hill, overlaid with various stones for stability. The second option is more suitable for long aquariums, laying the cows on the bottom of the entire aquarium.
I want to note, when we decorate the aquarium with a driftwood, we do not just a decorative object, but create a shelter and a source of natural food for the inhabitants of the underwater world.
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