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Executive Summary: Tap Water

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Collin Dufrane
Katrina Festejo
Jun Yu
Aquarium Manual
A. Equipment
1. 10gal Glass Aquarium: Great place for fish and has a great space value for environmental space value for the fish.

2. Power Filter : The use of the filter is to pump the water and keep it filtered for better quality water and keep a healthy environment. The filter works with energy and is auto working when hooked up to a power source constantly flowing water and constantly keeping the water filtered.

3. 20” hood: Provides great lighting for the tank and greatly reduces the chances of water evaporating. Also prevents fish from jumping out of the tank and limits the amount of bacteria to enter the tank.

4. Fluorescent Light (built in the hood): Keeps a well lit environment …show more content…

Thermometer: Using a thermometer measures the salinity of the tank accurately.

7. Nets: Nets are used to gather up the fish in a safe manner causing no harm to them and allow for easy transport between tanks.

8. Magnetic Cleaners: Hand free cleans the tank without knocking over decorations or harming the fish.

9. Sea Salt: Used to improve the efficiency of medications and reduce the harmful effects of nitrite.

10. Tap Water: With using tap water the chlorine needs to be removed for it causes harm to the fish and makes the living environment hard on it and isn’t healthy for the fish.

11. Aqueon Water Conditioner: Instantly neutralizes choline and chloramines typically found in tap water, making it safe for fish. Helps in restoring a fish’s slime coat to skin and gills. (Caused by netting and transporting fish.)

12. API Quick Start (nitrifying bacteria): Allows instant addition of fish. Contains live, nitrifying bacteria to immediately start the aquarium cycle.

13. Crushed Coral (gravel): It is specifically blended for optimum chemical and biological performance. Helps maintain proper pH and is free of harmful impurities.

14. Hydrometer: measures the salinity in the …show more content…

Live Rock: Rocks that has dead, washed up coral and other organisms living on the rocks. Live rock is the foundation of an aquarium. It also establishes biological filtration which helps keep the tank fresh. Live rocks should always remain in the tank (Skomal, n.d).

2. Damselfish: Approximately about 1 damselfish should live in a 10 gallon aquarium. Ammonia levels can increase and cause aggression to the fish, so only a small amount of fish should be in the 10 gallon tank (5 Freshwater Invertebrates For The Aquarium, n.d.).

3. 2-3 invertebrates: Hermit crabs are great for the aquarium because they can scavenge for food as well as help keep the tank clean. They eat waste and other undesirable organisms. The Nerita snail would be a wanted snail within your tank because they are the most ideal in controlling algae (5 Freshwater Invertebrates For The Aquarium, n.d.).

4. Algae: In order to maintain algae you must not use any unnatural chemicals that could harm the marine life. Having many organism is most ideal because they can feed off the algae while keeping it in control. Good algae is usually food for the marine life and the algae can range from all sorts of colors, but green is the best. Nuisance algae is when the algae can contaminate the water and kill the life within the waters (Tetra,

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