The aquarium is liked not only by children, but also by adults. The water bowl with marine and river inhabitants fascinates from the first second. In addition, the surface of the water, the seething filter prisms and smoothly moving fish contribute to calming the nervous system. You can place an aquarium in any part of your house or apartment. This is a universal thing that fits into any style of the interior. The main thing is to equip it with all the rules and allocate a full place for it.
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Aquarium in the interior
The aquarium in the interior of an apartment or a country house is, above all, an individual solution. The fish house will fit into a separate corner of any zone. Many homeowners note how they enjoy seeing a part of wildlife in the setting of their home. And really, at the entrance to the room, the first thing that eyes pay attention to is the aquarium. Regardless of the form, volume and location of this vessel with living inhabitants discharges the surrounding atmosphere.
In addition to home accommodation, aquariums are installed in offices, cafes, restaurants and bars, cinemas, sanatoria and rest homes, in medical institutions. The most successful options in a residential area are accommodation:
- in the living room;
- dining room or spacious kitchen;
- children's room;
- office.
In other rooms, such as a corridor, bathroom, bedroom, installation of an aquarium is not recommended. The fact is that the aquarium needs a constant temperature, and drafts are not desirable for sensitive fish, which can disturb them in the corridor. As for the bathroom, this is simply a useless location. Most bathrooms have a small area, so admire the aquarium beauty in this room, you will only 10-15 minutes a day. In addition, there is absolutely nothing to constrain and so a small area. And the owners of fish pools choose their bedroom even more often than the living room. However, over time, they understand that the noise emitted by the filter prevents them from fully resting in the room.
Aquarium in the interior of the apartment
There are several options for apartments: small, with a small area, usually one or two rooms, an average area of 45-50 square meters. m, and with a large area, consisting of 4 or more rooms. Regardless of the meters of living space, the aquarium fits in any situation. In some cases, for example, for a one-room apartment, the aquarium can act as a partition wall, which will divide the room into two parts. Thus, you can solve the problem of many young families. Separate the child's sleeping place from an adult. A similar option is suitable for separating zones in the kitchen-studio. In all other cases, with allowable planning, you can consider different types of accommodation.
Aquarium in the interior of the living room
To install an aquarium in the living room should be approached practically. You must take into account the mass of the aquarium and its pressure on the furniture, the wall, the slab-ceiling, in which it will be mounted. Determine the location for the aquarium. The options are:
- Accommodation on the aquarium cabinet. This type of dislocation is allowed even for the largest aquarium, since the manufacturer took care of the reliability of the structure in advance. Typically, the aquariums-curbstones can stand either in the middle of the living room, or near a free wall or near a cabinet, combined with the style of the curbstone;
- The aquarium is located on the shelf of the cabinet. When installing a glass vessel, you need to take into account the weight of the filled aquarium. Usually for this option fish dwellings with a reservoir of no more than 80-100 liters are chosen;
- In the spacious living room you can mount the aquarium directly in the wall. Only here gipsokartonnoe construction is unlikely to withstand a lot of weight. Take care of strengthening the structure. Ideal will be the filling of a niche by an aquarium by a picture, an aquarium-transition, an aquarium-partition. An excellent idea for a living room with a staircase will be the installation inside the wall with steps, if there is one in the interior layout;
- Suspended aquarium - another solution for a spacious living room. Suspended brackets can hold an aquarium of different shape and volume. Only here the mysterious beauty of the picturesque vessel is unlikely to be available for self-assembly;
- The aquarium is a table. Suitable for true lovers of unusual things in the interior. Under the cover of the table is the niche of the aquarium itself. The glass structure can have different shapes and volumes, while it will be quite suitable for operation for its intended purpose.
Corner aquarium in the interior
Corner aquarium in the interior - a great idea for the space where the open corners remained. A good option for a corner tank will be a nightstand with an aquarium ready. Often, these aquariums are sold as assembled. The bowl itself is on the pedestal in the form of a closet with closing doors.
Sometimes aquariums of this type are realized immediately with sea water and its underwater inhabitants. In the niche of the cabinet there is a filter system, which does not require frequent replacement of water, in contrast to the freshwater reservoir.
Corner aquarium looks good as near a free wall, with access for feeding fish, and in the setting of a sofa corner. So, to spend time, admiring the backlight of the water surface is a pleasure.
Aquarium interior home
Private home ownership implies a much larger space than the apartment frame. In your own house you can place an aquarium in almost any room. For example, with ease, the fish tank will fit into the kitchen. During lunch, and other meals, you will enjoy a changing water picture. And how beautiful the aquarium is at night, a romantic dinner is quite possible without candles and light. Enough to turn on the highlight of the water body and you will be surrounded by a real fairy tale.
The living room is another place where homeowners install aquariums. In combination with a fireplace, home theater or an exquisite bar, the fish house looks special. The reservoir for the living room can be of a very different size. After all, in a private house you can not be afraid that the vessel can cause damage in the event of water leakage.
Another popular type of aquarium for a large house are aquarium tables, aquarium arches and other kinds of custom-made shapes.
Through aquarium - this is the type that will look beautiful in any room of the cottage. Through its walls, another room will be visible. This kind will not only cause admiration, but also bewitch with its beauty. Mounted glass construction directly into the wall, the maintenance of the aquarium occurs through a hidden niche. Usually these are decorative grilles, retractable shelves, doors located on the back of the wall.
Despite the advice for apartment residents not to install aquariums in the bedroom, for home you can make a bold exception. After all, there are completely different possibilities. The reservoir can be arranged in such a way that it will have the form of a panorama. At the same time, its elements for maintenance of the water system will be reliably sealed in the wall. All further maintenance of the aquarium, as in the photo, will take place from another room or even on another floor. Modern aquarists on this account are doing real miracles.
Often in country houses, they arrange a bar counter in the form of an aquarium, make a panorama in the bathroom with a large area, place the tanks near the stairs. These types of aquariums have a large cubature, so you need to take care of the durable glass and the reliability of the design itself.
Well, finally, another type of aquarium, which, by the way, can be suitable for an apartment - it's a dry aquarium. There are no living beings and no liquid in it. The filling consists of sand, pebbles, decorative stones, corals, artificial plants, snags. In combination, this looks very unusual, and as for the species itself, it will fit naturally into the interior of the dwelling no less naturally. You can place it in a wall, a table, a bar zone, a pedestal and even in the floor.
Types of aquariums
By type of filling the aquariums are divided into:
- Freshwater;
- With sea water;
- Dry filling.
The following are distinguished by the displacement:
- Low-volume - up to 20 liters;
- With an average volume - from 20 to 80 liters;
- With a large volume - from 100 liters.
By type of placement, the following are distinguished:
- Outdoor aquariums (curbstones, tables, islets);
- Wall aquariums (installation in a niche of a wall: aquariums-pictures, through tanks);
- Suspended aquariums (with attachment to ceiling brackets);
- Mobile aquariums (portable vessels with small volume);
- Panoramic aquariums (occupying a large half of the wall, usually these "refuel" from another floor or another room).
In the form of aquariums are:
- Square;
- Corner;
- Diamond-shaped;
- Rectangular;
- Round;
- With unusual shapes. Performed on an individual order. You can include aquariums in the form of a column, a wash basin, a toilet bowl.
Aquarium installation, step by step
Let's consider a simple variant of installation of an aquarium on an average liter - 60 l, with fresh water and placing on a shelf of a case. To begin with, you need to purchase the aquarium itself, sand, a mixture of seashells or pebbles, plants, filters, decorations, a light panel, a light on / off timer, a thermometer, an oxygen system, a feed and a medicine to sanitize the aquatic environment when changing fluid. In addition, you need to stock up with constant water equal to the volume of the aquarium. Pisces yet can not buy.
- Boil the pebbles along with the decorations (lock, chests, amphoras, seashells). Then fill it with sand to the bottom. Filling of the bottom in height should be not less than 7 cm at the specified volume;
- Now run off water. Gently direct the jet along the wall of the aquarium, so as not to shake the bottom;
- When the aquarium is filled, usually the filling is done to the edge of the glass, then populate the plants. Stick them into the ground. In the water it is not so easy to do, sprinkle the roots with pebbles;
- Now run the oxygen. Plug the unit into the socket, put the tube into the water. While an aquarium without fish, plants will also receive air particles, despite the fact that they produce it. At the same time, check the operability of the device;
- Then install the filter. Secure it to the side wall and plug it into the outlet;
- Secure the thermometer with the suction cup to the glass so that you can see it. So it will be convenient for you to control the water temperature of your pets;
- Now fasten the lightbar to the aquarium lid. Fish will receive a sufficient amount of light along with the plants. Usually the panels go in the compartment with a timer. If this system is not provided, then connect the timer yourself.
In this form, the aquarium should be infused for at least a day. Ideally, this takes 2-3 days. Immediately after the aquarium is poured, some of the water is cast into the jar, you buy fish and plant them together with the purchased water in the jar. In addition, move oxygen to allow pets to breathe, after a day (or 2-3 days, as you decide), the fish gently flow with water from the can to the aquarium. Feed the fish. Now add the aqua-drug with antimicrobial effect. Such products are sold in every store with aquariums. Close the lid and enjoy the aquarium inhabitants.
Helpful Tips
- Before buying an aquarium, you need to know how much of the bowl is suitable for the space allocated. For example, if you have an unfilled cabinet niche, measure its dimensions, with known values, go to the store;
- Know that most aquarium equipment that is advised in stores can not be bought. For example, a feeder for fish. Also you can save money by making your own invention. In particular, this applies to lighting equipment. Light panels in stores cost about 2-3000 rubles, you will have enough pair of flat lamps, wires for the withdrawal of the network, sealant and glass screen. So you will incur much less costs and make the equipment to your liking;
- Real plants can be replaced by artificial waves, with them there will be fewer problems with care. Similarly, you can change and artificial scenery to live or combine two types at once;
- Aquarium inhabitants should be combined with each other in temperament. Predators with predators, calm fish with calm. Then your eyes will not be presented with torn tailings and dead individuals;
- Avoid supersaturation of the aquarium, every living creature should have its own personal space;
- Do not forget about changing the water. For replacement, store in advance with standing water. Water should be at least 1/3 of the volume of the aquarium. The frequency of replacement is not more often than 2 weeks, but not less than 1 month. In aquariums with an integrated filtration system, for example, with sea water, replacement is much less likely, depending on the cubature;
- Be supported by supporting medications;
- In addition to beautiful fish, start and useful - catfish, which will pick up the remains of food from the bottom, algae, which will be the real nurses in the field of cleansing the walls of the "black beard" and other algal outgrowths;
- To life fully functioning in the aquarium, do not forget to feed its inhabitants.
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