Relocating Any Aquarium Decorations To A Different Aquarium

Relocating Any Aquarium Decorations To A Different Aquarium  

 by Timothy Kessler

There should come a point in time when we may have to transfer the tank decor to a totally different aquarium. This might be for a wide range of purposes, for instance because the quantity of fish that there is has outgrown your existing aquarium, or maybe it could be that someone had handed you some pre-owned aquarium decor that you would like to utilize. For whatever reason it is, you absolutely need to abide by some guidelines to be certain the aquarium accessories is not harmful to be used in your new tank.

Why All The Hassle About Transferring Aquarium Decor

Can't we just take out the tank ornaments from one fish tank and merely dump it into the other? Why is there such a worry or need to have suitable preparation? The major reason is microbes.

The thing is, your tank accessories had been soaking in the tank water for a very long time. Despite the finest cleaning program, these decors are perfect areas for reproducing bacteria and fungi. This is especially true for tank accessories having detailed carvings and rough areas. The cracks and gaps between the features make it really hard to effectively clean and will allow the perfect hideaway for these bacterias.

Taking out the ornament from the old aquarium and placing it into the new one without any preparation causes these bacteria to be transferred into the new tank. With the circumstances in the new fish tank being ideal, it will bring about a bacterial bloom which is extremely unhealthy for the fish.

Furthermore, if you have new fish in the new aquarium which has not been adapted to the germs from the former fish tank, they will surely fall sick and die.

Thus preparing is important when relocating the aquarium decor.

Still microbes isn't the only worry here. Then there are snails. While it is fairly simple to see a snail sitting on one of the decorations when you remove it from the water, their eggs are nearly undetectable to the naked eye. Without sufficient preparation, you might be adding these snail eggs to the new aquarium and once they take hold of the aquarium, they are really hard to abolish.

Methods To Successfully Move AquariumDecorations

It simply isn't that difficult to move fish tank accessories the proper way. The underpinning concept here is to correctly sanitize the accessories and guarantee there are zero microbial transference. Here's what you should complete is steps:

Take out the object from the used aquarium and give it a decent wash. You do this to dislodge any larger particles from it so that you can properly clean it later.

Making use of a soft tooth brush, give the accessories a good scrub. Bear in mind the gaps and details of the decoration are ideal places for microbe colonies so give them a good wash. Dip the decor in plain water from time to time to get rid of the stuff you scrubbed off. Please do not use any form of soap or cleaning agent for this, plain water is good enough. Soap and detergent would leave a chemical residue regardless of how properly you cleanse the item and this would poison the water later.

After you have completely scrubbed the item, give it one last good bath in plain water. And then dry up the objects in bright daylight. This is a task I have generally practiced anytime I clean my fish tank decorations. Sunlight has Ultraviolet rays that will destroy any microorganisms that may still be on the ornament. Keep the in the sunlight for an hour or two.

Your tank accessories are now prepared to be restored into the new aquarium.