sera guide - How to set up an aquarium according to nature

45 Transfer into a new aquarium means a cli- mate change for the fish. Switch off the aquarium light. Avoid bright light. Put the fish bag into the aquarium (open- ing on top) and make sure the bag floats. Open the bag and turn up the edges several times. The bag then floats open in the water. Fill aquarium water (ap- prox. the two- or threefold original amount of the bag content) into the bag in portions within the course of half an hour. After thirty minutes you can transfer the fish using the sera fish net. Be sure to dispose the trans- port water into the sink! How to add the fish Now, finally, the aquarium is set up, decorated and planted; filter, heating and lighting work as they should. The sera tests reveal good water quality. Now the first fishes are introduced. Start the biological pollutant breakdown at the same time. • Fill the tank with water up to 2 cm (0.8 in.) below the edge. Then add sera aquatan (pH value 6.5 – 7.5). Put the filter into operation. • Add sera bio nitrivec one hour after you added sera aquatan. sera bio nitrivec accelerates activation of the filter bacteria. • The first fish can be added after 24 hours at the soonest (start with algae eaters and bottom-orientated fish). • Ammonium and nitrite should be checked at least every other day. sera toxivec quick- ly neutralizes too high values. • Dose sera bio nitrivec again after 7 days. From now on, you can use it weekly, after cleaning the filter or after car- rying out a partial water change. • The rest of the animals can be added after 8 days. • During the start-up phase feed only sparingly using the sera vipan product family: sera vipan flakes for fish in the upper and sera vipagran soft granules for fish in the middle water layers. sera vipachips for all bottom fish. 5

sera guide - How to set up an aquarium according to nature

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