The beautification of fish tanks is something that many fish farmers will do, and it is more challenging to do it in a fish tank similar to the marine environment. The choice of stones in fish tank landscaping is very important. How to choose stones for seawater tanks?
Generally speaking, the landscaping of seawater tanks is built with natural "coral reef stones" on the seabed, which conforms to the stability of seawater pH. Of course, "calcite" is also used for landscaping. The only criterion here is that the stone itself will not affect the PH value of seawater. Let's look at the use and classification of these stones:
Seawater tanks are generally used to raise marine fish and coral reef creatures, and stones themselves are used to build a more natural marine environment for these creatures. Pure fish farming is to let the stones provide the fish with a rest and hiding space and beautify the internal structure of the fish tank; When raising corals and other mollusks or shellfish, stones provide a place to put them.
At present, the most common coral reef stone in the world is "Gulao stone", which is a kind of "dead" stone without microorganisms, and is mainly used as the cornerstone of fish tank landscaping; However, the rocks brought from the bottom of our common coral are "living stones" covered with organisms and some algae. These rocks are important materials for the ecological start-up of seawater tanks, so some people abroad use "living stones" to build a relatively complete ecological coral reef rock system, which plays a vital role in the stability of a small fish tank.
As mentioned above, biostones are divided into "Gollum stones" and "living stones", which is a relative concept. "Gollum Stone" will become a "living stone" once it is covered with organisms and algae (it may also become a "living stone" after a period of time), but there are still obvious differences when we build new tanks. When buying, we need to distinguish between these two types of stones.
Generally speaking, "Gollum stone" is cheap, "live stone" is valuable, and the price of good "live stone" is equivalent to that of ordinary coral. However, the author believes that the establishment of seawater tanks still needs a certain "living stone" to start the "activation" of seawater in fish tanks as soon as possible to accommodate more beautiful marine life.
In the choice of stone shape, flat stone has many uses, which can not only provide a place to place corals, but also facilitate the construction of more holes for creatures to inhabit, and is also wonderful for establishing diversified landscaping shapes.
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