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How do you REALLY clean a 10 gal aquarium with fish in it?

I have heard so many conflicting things. I have 5 small fish and got the tank in late April. I can see gunk clinging to the artificial plantlife.

For weekly maintenance you need to remove about 10% of the water and replace it with water the same temperature that has had conditioner added to remove chlorine and chloramines. Stresscoat works well for this.

At least once a month you need to use a gravel vacuum and carefully suck the mulm out of the gravel. This time you might need to remove more than 10% to get your cleaning done.

Each week or 2 weeks when you do your water changes take the filter media out and rinse it in the old water.

Artificial plants will start to build up algae growth and the only way to remove it is to take them out and give them a scrub. NO soap or chemicals though.

The fish won't mind you putting your hands in the tank. Just make sure you don't have any lotions or perfumes on your hands that will contaminate the tank.

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Your bearded dragon needs a good place to live and a proper enclosure. This is known as Bearded Dragon Habitats. These are some important tips you need to know when choosing the proper enclosure for your bearded dragon.

Aquarium:

It's important that you keep your beardie in a glass aquarium and Not a wired cage. The wires are dangerous and will not supply them with the heat they require. Wired cages can cause damage to their nose and feet. The price between a glass aquarium and wired cages is not that much, so be smart and get your beardie the glass aquarium

Size:

Beardies 3 to 7 inches can be kept in a 10 gal. aquarium while 7 to 12 in. beardies can be kept in a 20 gal. tank. Beardies over a foot long, which is 12 in., should be kept in a 40 gal. tank. You can keep two adult beardies in a 40 gal. tank but this is not, I repeat, not recommended. Beardies also enjoy running room, beardies are very social with people and love attention.

Diet:

Beardies enjoy a wide variety of foods but theres a catch, each beardie likes different foods. Some will like fruits more than veggies. When they're between the ages of 1 day old to about 9 months old you need to feed them crickets more than any thing else, start offering greens when they're 4 to 6 months old. Adults hill eat greens more than crickets, beardies can also eat meal worms, king worms(only when they're adults), and much more.

Substrate:

Now this is a very tricky section, why? Because each dragon is different and it seems to depend on your region. My beardies cant stand any kind of sand, even the so called "edible" Calci-sand. When I used Calci-sand with my dragons even my Leopard Geckos, got sand impaction. I recommend reptile carpet because its easy to clean, its inexpensive, and it comes in variety of colors and sizes.

Lighting/Temperature:

Make sure you have a heating lamp and a uvb lamp. The uv/uvb rays provide vitamin D witch helps with the body's ability to adsorb calcium. The temp should be around 90 degrees

and 100 degrees during the day, and during the night the temp shouldn't go below 70 degrees at all during the night, however if it does your beardie can survive one night if it drops that low then you should invest in a night heating light.

A few parting tips:

Beardies need a lid to keep your cats out, and even you don't have cats, you should still use a lid to keep insects out. You may think beardies can eat any kind of insects but this is not true. If a beardie eats a spider it will die within 24 hours. The spiders venom cont be broken down by the beardies digestive system. If want to breed them then once a week give your females a pinkie mouse with its rump dipped in calcium. Give males one pinkie mouse a month. Also the male and female should be at least a year and a half old before you breed them.

These are the best tips for your bearded dragon habitat. So do your research before buying a beardie make sure you are set up properly

Todd Miller specializes in reptiles. He has been raising reptiles since he was young, he has raised snakes, bearded dragons, and others.

You can get help and learn more about reptiles at RaptorTodd

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