How Do You Maintain And Clean An Aquarium?
To keep your aquarium inhabitants alive and healthy you must change the aquarium water and clean the gravel. Regular filter maintenance is also needed to keep a healthy aquarium. Lastly, to keep your aquarium looking its best you will need to clean the aquarium surfaces and decorations. Take the aquarium top off and unplug the filter. Clean off any decorations you wish to with the coarse side of a sponge and hot water. Do not use soap, bleach or other cleaning products on your decorations. Cleansers can contain harmful chemicals, the residue of which can persist even after rinsing. You can clean the aquarium surfaces with any commercially available sponges, magnets or scrapers but I recommend a simple single-edged razor blade. Razor blades should only be used to clean glass aquariums as they can scratch plastic or acrylic. Next you need to clean all of the gravel. If you have any live rooted plants, leave the gravel around them alone. It can be difficult to clean all of your gravel wit
