Subscribe Feed (RSS)Your aquarium ornaments can become covered in brown or green algae over time. This situation will be harmful for any plants or fish living in your aquarium if the algae becomes too mucg. Also a dirty aquarium is always unpleasant and can leave your visitors thinking that you don’t take care of your fish. Cleaning your aquarium decorations is pretty easy and can be done right at your kitchen sink.
To avoid cleaning your aquarium ornaments to much make sure you change your aquarium water once each month. This will keep the decorations from building up algae at a faster rate. This is an important step to the overall health of your fish tank.
Instructions:
Remove the ornaments carefully, one at a time, so it doesn’t disturb the fish. Turn your faucet on hot water and place each aquarium ornament under for 10/15 seconds. This will rinse off the top layer of dirt and algae.
Then fill your sink with hot water and pour in 1/2 cup of bleach. Place your aquarium ornaments in the water/bleach mixture and allow to soak for 1 hour. To scrub the dirt and algae left you can use a toothbrush.
Run each ornament under hot water one more time for about 1 minute. Return the ornaments to your aquarium one at a time, being careful not to disturb the fish.
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