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Easy, Natural Cleaning Solutions For Your Aquarium

By: Trey Casselman

Published: October 16, 2009
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Keeping your aquarium fresh and clean is a top priority as a dirty or improperly maintained aquarium can be a health hazard for your fish. But you don't have to labor over this task. There are several easy, natural products that can help keep that fish tank clean.

First, it is important that your fish enjoy some fresh water. You should be replacing about 15 to 20 percent of the water with fresh water about twice each month. One of the easiest ways to do this is to combine gravel cleaning and water removal. Using a plastic gravel cleaner with an attached hose while you are cleaning the rocks, allows you suck up an appropriate amount of water and place it into a bucket.

Be sure to keep that old water on hand. Use this water to clean items such as the filter, as using water from the tap will kill the good bacteria. This beneficial bacteria helps break down and process fish waste.

In addition, using a product such as Bioverse's All-Natural Fish Tank Cleaner will help maintain a healthy level of bacteria in your fish tank. This is of critical importance to your fish. Simply place this chemical-free Bioverse product into your fish tank, and it will work with your filtration system to reduce any unnecessary nutrients and ammonia, as well as improve water clarity. The packet, which uses beneficial bacteria to keep your fish tank clean, works for 30 days.

Also consider purchasing a magnetic algae scraper. This type of scraper includes magnets that are placed outside and inside the aquarium so that you can move the scraper around the inside of your fish tank from the outside and reach all sections of your aquarium glass. The magnetic scrapers can be used on glass or acrylic aquariums with a thickness of as much as an inch and a half.

With the right products, keeping your fish tank clean can be fast and easy, leaving you with happy and healthy fish as well as more time to enjoy the ambiance of your aquarium.

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Trey Casselman enjoys writing and a clean aquarium. For more details about aquarium cleaner or to find about other water clarity products such as pond cleaning products, visit the Bioverse website today.


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