How to Make Mini Aquarium For Beginners

in #homesteading7 years ago (edited)

 Welcome my favorite friends, today I will discuss about how to make aquarium, aquarium materials, how to make aquarium minimalis, mini aquarium filters, a variety of aquarium filters. 

 Aquarium sea water or freshwater aquarium is one of the ornaments inside the house to attract views to others who want to want to visit or hospitality to our homes. And this is very useful once to eliminate saturation for the family when in the house. 

 So we feel comfortable and feel at home when gathered with family in one house. It would be nice when we have a home aquarium can make memories and story experiences when we struggle to create a unique homemade minimalist aquarium design.
Now I ask? Who does not know the way to create a unique aquarium, certainly among the people are already familiar with how to create a mini aquarium. Because one to maintainaquarium aquarium fish is to use a mini aquarium.
Before entering the discussion, in this article also discusses how to make aquarium freshwater ornamental fish, how to make aquarium, simple aquarium, how to make a freshwater aquarium, 

 How to create a simple aquarium is just easy enough for those who want to try it properly and correctly, so it can make ornaments to beautify the room you live with all of you.
 

Aquarium Material

And what do we need for how to decorate a freshwater aquarium. Here's what you need, among others.
 

  • The first thing you prepare is glass as the main ingredient for making aquarium walls. And the required aquarium size with thick glass, proposed is 5 mm in size, and for mini aquarium glass glasses measuring 40 in length, 25 cm wide and 30 cm high can you buy at the nearest store.
  • Both decorative sand, decorative sand is used to beautify the look inside the mini aquarium
  • Third do not forget to prepare silicon glue glass as an adhesive to stick the glass, on the side.

 How To Make Mini Aquarium For Preparation

 1. First Preparation 

 To basically is put the size of glass glass on the underside with size 40 × 25 cm on a flat table. 

 Do it by using a silicon glue on each side in the plane of the meeting between pieces of glass. After that plug the glass one way at a time by staying and always pay attention to the glass meeting that must be in the silicon glue.After all the glass has been installed all then use duct tape to keep the glass joints still dry, and give a circular tape on each side of the glass in order to make a series of small aquarium walls become strong. 

 After the glue dries then apply glue once more to the spot every corner of the glass meeting to avoid leakage, try to use as neatly as possible. tips on how to make your own mini aquarium the second step. 

 2. Preparation Two 

 give the decoration in the mini aquarium by using decorative sand. Can also to add on the back side for a picture of the painting, try an interesting picture.To be advised do not scratch the stone in the aquarium because later on it will cause will grow the fungus on the stone and later will not be filtered perfectly. 

 Give the decorative sand on the mini aquarium black so that later the dirt will be disguised. You can also give a beautiful ornament of coral, or aquarium led light for lighting that is placed outside the water and plug the aerator with filter to filter out dirt and add oxygen to the mini aquarium. 

 How to Make a Minimalist Aquarium

 Usually this freshwater aquarium minimalist model is placed in the living room, even most people put in an interesting place in the house . In addition to decorating the decor of the house, this decorative fish aquarium lamp is believed to many people to eliminate the feeling of all and many thoughts he did. 

 Tools and materials

 

  • You can use glass as a material in aquarium making.
  • Can wear paper clip, serves to clamp between small pieces of glass.
  • Glue glass use silicone glue that serves to glue the glass so as not to leak.
  • Use this silicon shell glue, as a tool to simplify the process of aquarium assembly.
  • Prepare duct tape, used to help stand glass, with other glass. In order not to be shifted so as to facilitate the application of glass glue. Use black or brown plastic duct tape.

 

Cutting Glass

 

  • Place the glass on the table, and the table should be flat and clean.
  • Adjust the size of glass that will want to cut with a minimalist aquarium shape will be made.
  • You should first create a pattern with markers and ruler before making a piece of glass.When the pattern is formed then cut the glass as best you can.
  • Must adjust the cut glass, and puree on the edges.
  • Adjust the glass that will be made with a minimalist aquarium yamg will be made.
  • Work the back rubbing on the edges, before the glass will be made by using the grinder can also with asahan karborundum.

 

5. Step How to Make a Minimalist Aquarium

1. Stick the glue of glass, on the exact plane of the meeting between pieces of glass.
2. If the glue is applied to the part properly, then the small side-side glass can be installed properly.
3. After that the other side can be installed.
4. After all the glass has been attached to the part, set their position with duct tape, and to wait until it dries.
5. Once the glass has been connected, seal the section with glue, to prevent leakage caused by less than perfect attachment. 

 Mini Aquarium Filter

 Creating an aquarium filter can be interpreted as a tool to keep the water aquarium remain clean and good from both solid and dissolved feces. And the function of a filter placed in the aquarium is. 

 

  • Keeps the water clean from both solid and dissolved sewage.
  • Reduce the intensity or frequency of changing water.
  • And can keep the fish to stay healthy.

 Miscellaneous Filter Aquarium

 

1. Internal Filter

This type of aquarium filter is placed in aquarium water directly, and the way this filter generally applies mechanical and biological filtration methods, that is by using the foam in it, and this is the internal flaw of the filter: 

 

  • Not suitable for small fish and for seeding because it will occur in small fish will be sucked into the filter.
  • The dirt will fill up quickly inside the filter, so it should be cleaned frequently
  • The water still quickly changes color.

 

2. Hang On Filter

This type of filter is usually placed on the back side of the aquarium, arguably this filter is a portable filter , and very easy to remove or install again. generally used a small aquarium and mini aquascape because this filter has a low burst power. 

 

3. Sponge Filter

 

 This filter is done by using a sponge only as a filter, because it is used as a sponge only filtration method, this type of filter uses a mechanical and biological method of decomposition by bacteria in the sponge cavity. 

   The top filter is the most popular filter in the country of Indonesia, using a water pump placed in a very functioning aquarium to drain water into the filter box , which is placed on top of the aquarium. 

 From the results of this type of filter is very good, because it generally uses filtration system is by using rough foam, smooth biological. 

 Yes, this is what I can tell you about how to create a mini aquarium, and in this article also discusses about making aquarium, aquarium materials, how to create your own aquarium, mini aquarium filters, a variety of aquarium filters. For those of you who want to try it in please, hopefully can be useful for us all. 

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