Make sure there are enough hiding places for everyone so the fish don’t have to complete over the best one. Adding adequate and size-appropriate hiding places is one of the easiest options to decrease stress in fish and increasing their health overall. The biggest issue she sees in practice is owners who select items that are not correctly sized for their fish. Jessie Sanders DVM, CertAqV has seen firsthand the wide variety of decorations available to fish owners. In her 10 years as a private practice fish veterinarian and previous owner of a fish store, Dr. Any suspected Mycobacterial infections should be treated with Lysol, instead of bleach, since this will penetrate the cell wall better. If you are using old decorations in a new system, they can be soaked in 10% bleach solution for 10 minutes and then thoroughly rinsed in tap water and then treated water before adding them to the tank. It is not recommended to clean your aquarium decorations with any cleaning agents if they are being returned to the same system. Even after aggressive soaking, some of these elements are not suitable for your fish’s health. It is not recommended to take any materials, such as rocks and sticks, from the environment and add them to your aquarium.
Typically, this will be plastics that do not degrade in water or natural rock elements. Whenever you add something new to your aquarium, you MUST make certain it is made of fish-safe materials. Never glue any items to the bottom of your tank. If you do not have enough substrate in the bottom of your tank, you may need to add a little more around décor items. Some will have larger bases that do not make this necessary. In order to successfully install most décor items, you may need to bury them in your substrate. If your décor item has any small metallic components, which are not ideal in fish tanks, they will corrode faster in saltwater than freshwater. It does not make a difference which you use.
FreshwaterĪll commercially made aquarium décor items are safe for both freshwater and saltwater setups.
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