Relocating The Fish Tank Decorations To An Alternative Fish Tank

There will come a point in time when you may need to relocate some fish tank decor to a different aquarium. This might be for a number of factors, such as because the number of fish that you possess has outgrown your present tank, or it could be that someone had given you a couple of previously owned aquarium accessories that you want to use. For whatever reason it really is, you absolutely need to keep to a couple of tips to ensure that the fish tank accessories is safe to be utilized in your new tank.

Why All The Fuss About Shifting Aquarium Decor

Can't we just remove the aquarium ornaments from one tank and merely dump it into the other? Why is there such a worry or need to have adequate prep work? The major reason is bacteria.

The truth is, your aquarium decor has been soaking in the aquarium water for a very long time. Despite the perfect cleaning strategy, these decorations are perfect areas for breeding germ and fungi. This is especially true for fish tank decors having detailed carvings and rough parts. The cracks and gaps between the features make it difficult to effectively clean and will allow the best hideaway for these microorganisms.

Taking out the decorations from the old fish tank and placing it into the new one free of preparation causes these microorganisms to be moved into the new tank. With the conditions in the new fish tank being ideal, it will lead to a bacterial bloom which is rather harmful for the fish.

Moreover, should you have new fish in the new aquarium which has not been adapted to the germs from the former tank, they might surely fall ill and die. Therefore preparing is essential when relocating the aquarium accessories.

Nevertheless bacteria isn't the only concern here. You will also have snails. Although it is fairly simple to see a snail resting on one of the ornaments if you remove it from the water, their eggs are almost unseen to the naked eye. Without sufficient preparation, you could possibly be adding these snail eggs to the new tank and once they take hold of the aquarium, they are really difficult to eradicate.

Tips To Correctly Transfer Aquarium Decorations

It actually isn't that difficult to transfer fish tank decorations the ideal way. The underpinning concept here is to correctly sanitize the decors and make sure there are no microbial transference. Here's what you need to complete is steps:

Take out the item from the old fish tank and provide it with a decent cleanse. You do this to dislodge any larger debris from it so that you can adequately clean it shortly.

Using a soft tooth brush, give the decorations a good scrub. Keep in mind the cracks and features of the decoration are excellent places for microbe colonies so give them a good scrub. Dip the accessories in plain water once in a while to get rid of the stuff you scrubbed off. Never use any type of soap or cleaning agent for this, plain water is good enough. Soap and detergent definitely will leave a chemical residue regardless how efficiently you rinse the object and this could poison the water afterwards.

After you have thoroughly scrubbed the item, give it a last good rinse in plain water. And then dry up the accessories in bright sunshine. This is a technique I have constantly employed anytime I clean my aquarium decorations. Sunshine has Ultra violet rays that will kill off any germs that could still be on the ornament. Keep the in the sunlight for an hour or two.
Your aquarium ornaments are now able to be replaced into the new aquarium.