Aquarium decoration: beautiful do-it-yourself design

Owners of home aquariums are very enthusiastic about its internal arrangement. After all, fish are the same living creatures and beloved pets, respectively, their house should be cozy and beautiful. A properly selected aquarium design is not only a living vegetation, but also a decorative design with various multiple decorative figures, snags, stones.

Today, there are several very interesting and widespread stylistic solutions for the design of the aquarium, allowing you to create a unique and unique composition inside the glass structure. For primary experiments, small aquariums with a volume of 20, 30, 40 liters will fit.

If you have at least minimal experience in creating an aquarium design, you can start decorating larger volumes, at least 50 or 60 liters. But in large-sized glass constructions of 200 liters or more, it will be possible to construct an entire underwater town with multiple decorative elements. Fish do not care about the aesthetics of the house, the main thing is that the composition contains nooks where scaly creatures can hide.

You should familiarize yourself with the most common aquarium styles.

The history of the emergence of this style begins in the 50s of the last century and has since been very popular in the world of aquascapers.The main characteristic of the Dutch stylization of aquariums is densely planted plants and densely composed decorative elements that occupy almost the entire free space. This is especially true for the bottom of the aquarium.

During visual inspection, no empty areas should be present at the bottom of the exposition. For this reason, a large number of plants of different sizes must be planted, among which a contrasting combination of red and green shades is welcome.

When using this style, it is important for aquascapers to emphasize the maximum interconnection of natural elements. The composition can use a variety of elements, for example, stones or driftwood. They do not have to be separated from each other, thanks to the creative approach, it will be possible to group natural elements in a mysterious composition that hides a secret plan.

Having chosen the variation of the design of the Iwagumi, the aquarist will need to make an unusual composition of the figures in the form of decorative houses or ships furnished with Japanese dwarf trees and stones.

When creating a natural style, the variation in the design of the wabi-kus is of particular interest. Its distinguishing feature is the moss bump, located above the surface of the aquatic environment.

The presented style of aquarium design does not require large expenses from its owner. To create a pseudo-marine environment, you will need to place ordinary soil at the bottom of the aquarium and plant plants that do not require special care. As a backlight, it is preferable to use lamps with blue tones.so that visually the water takes on a marine hue. Seashells are used as additional elements to emphasize the marine theme, do not forget about corals, and artificial shells will help to complete the design of this beauty.

For most aquarists, creating a Dutch style in an aquarium can be difficult, especially for beginners. Therefore, aquascapers were able to create a simplified Dutch theme, which was called the collection style. Its essence lies in the planting of small-leaved and fast-growing plants, which in a short period of time can increase in size and occupy the entire soil.

It is preferable to use a collection style in aquariums with a minimum volume of 100 liters.

For most modern interiors of houses and apartments, it is very difficult to enter the familiar styling of the aquarium. So, a glass structure decorated in the Dutch style cannot be harmoniously combined with the interior of a hi-tech or loft apartment. Japanese designers managed to find a solution to such a complex issue. They were able to compose the aesthetics of jewelry, leaving most of the underwater space empty.

To do this, you need to use only ordinary soil, sand, several stones, carpet-type algae and a small flock of small fish. In this case, stones play the most important role.It is enough to use only 4 natural elements, where 1 should have large dimensions and be the main one, 2 stones should be of medium size and be additional.

The fabulous style of the aquarium is considered the most striking and interesting, it is especially often used when decorating aquariums in houses where young children live. Designers were inspired by the development of an underwater fairy tale style after watching the famous animated films “Nemo” and “The Little Mermaid”. The very first fabulous composition that appeared in the aquatic environment of home aquariums was recognized by aquascapers and still occupies the top step of the leadership ladder.

The main thing before registration is to strictly follow the rules for creating decor. To get started, make a sketch selected from the cartoon you like, pick up the fish in the color and shape that are appropriate. As additional elements, you may need to purchase shells of bizarre shapes and different sizes, as well as grottoes, corals with neon overflow, artificial treasures. Small algae, unpretentious in leaving, will be able to emphasize the beauty of the fairy-tale world.

Before starting to create a special design of the underwater interior, the aquarist needs to familiarize himself with some rules, which should be guided not only at home, but also in industrial work.

• The most important thing is the care of underwater pets. They must be removed from the aquarium and temporarily transplanted into a separate tank with the usual aquarium water, so you can avoid injury and stressful conditions for pets. After decoration, the fish go back to the aquarium with the same water.
• Particular attention should be paid to the disinfection of decorative elements that will be placed inside the glass structure.

Today, every aquarist can decorate his aquarium with the most unusual elements. They can be purchased at almost any pet store where there is a department for marine and freshwater creatures.

Particular attention of aquarists in creating a unique atmosphere inside the aquarium is given to the decorative background. It is sold as a colorful film with different images. The background is attached to the back of the aquarium from the outside, which is not only convenient for humans, but also safe for the inhabitants of the aquarium. When composing the composition, the elements of internal decoration should smoothly pass into the background border, so that the aquarium receives a visual volume.

In the recent past, one could meet a decorative background in the markets with images corresponding to the underwater world. Today, everyone can buy for themselves the most unusual monophonic films with a variety of colors, as well as the most unusual drawings, for example, stones of various shapes and sizes or bricks. Separately considered backgrounds depicting scenes from famous cartoons.

In large stores you can buy specialized kits that include stickers and layouts that match the chosen style of design of the aquarium space. Today on sale there are voluminous decorative backgrounds that are attached to the rear wall of the aquarium, but only on the inside.But experienced aquarists know that such decoration can be dangerous for aquarium residents.

Most aquarium mock-ups purchased to decorate the interior of glass structures are made from synthetic resins. For this reason, before installing them inside the aquarium and running pets, artificial decorations must be thermally treated. Along with artificial elements, natural natural decorations, such as driftwood or stones, are in great demand. A lot of time has passed since the idea of ​​designing aquarium compositions with natural materials, and wooden branches are still laid out in the most unusual compositions at the bottom of the aquarium. Quite often snags are used as imitations of tree roots. In addition, from them you can create an unusual descent of a mountain slope.

In most cases, driftwood is used as the basis for fixing moss, which is sold in a bound state and fastened with threads to the base. After some time, the green carpet grows and forms an imitation of thickets. Some aquarists, buying natural driftwood or finding them on the street, do not process them, which can have a deplorable effect on the state of water and the life of the aquarium world.

It is worth noting that the stone material, in contrast to the dummy sold in the pet store, looks much more natural. Only when collecting them, some caution must be exercised. Not all stones are suitable for decorating home aquariums, many of them emit lime, which is harmful to living things and plants. As decorating elements, quartz stone, basalt, granite or sandstone are best suited.

Particular attention in the design of the aquarium is given to plants, because they serve the fish as a shelter and food. In addition, they emit oxygen, which is a very important advantage for the seating of living scenery.

The main thing is that flowering vegetation is safe. For aquarists who do not have experience in this matter, it is best to contact the specialized department of the pet store, where sales consultants will be able to choose suitable live decorations based on the growth rate, living fish and the size of the glass structure. It is strictly forbidden to collect unknown species of plants in the wild and plant them inside the aquarium.

Extremely scrupulous should be taken to the issue of soil selection. It is recommended for beginner aquarists to purchase ready-made soil mixtures, since it is extremely difficult to take into account all the criteria and features of the layout of the constituent elements in self-production. For example, pick up particles of the same size, pick up all soil elements in the corresponding color scheme. Besides, it is important to consider the species of fish that will live in the aquarium, decorative background and compositional design.

Today there is a huge variety of artificial decorations for aquariums, among which there are miniature bushes of plants, as well as huge background walls located inside the glass structure from the back. These walls may have the design of a hillside or an abandoned palace of the underwater king, but the image of the sunken Atlantis will look very interesting in the decorative design.

An experienced aquarist will be able to correctly compose a composition appropriate for the chosen style without much effort, having acquired the necessary decorative elements, plants and soil in advance. And all thanks to the sequence of actions, which is very important to remember for beginner aquarium lovers.

Of course, many aquascapers can share different ways to design aquariums, and always in a different sequence, but it is best not to deviate from the following generally accepted canons:

• it is necessary to understand and choose the appropriate stylistics for the design of the aquarium world, and then independently develop a design;
• to acquire the necessary elements and decor items;
• all decorative parts, even natural stones and driftwood, should be treated accordingly;
• pour the primer to the bottom of the aquarium;
• in case of designing a live freshwater aquarium, pour soil over the primer layer;
• the upper part is covered with decorative soil;
• accurately arrange processed decorative elements;
• fix the equipment, namely the compressor, thermometer, lamp, heater;
• to plant plants, making a hole for them;
• gently pour water;
• add underwater inhabitants to the aquarium;
• Sea corals are located at the very last moment after landing fish.

Aqua design for fish lovers plays an important role. A simple glass jar with a pair of fish in it is completely irrelevant for a modern person. Aquarium individuals, like any other inhabitant of the globe, have gone through multiple steps of transformation, and this applies not only to the external image, but also to the interior of their house.

So, the Dutch style. Here it is the beauty of greenery, smoothly transitioning from undersized moss to tall plants. It is visible to the naked eye that there is no void at the bottom of the aquarium. In every corner there are beautiful bushes of different sizes, complemented by a snag.

Presenting the natural style of the aquarium space, various design options come to mind, each of which can be translated into reality. In this case it seems that the aquascaper transferred the image of beautiful mountain peaks to the expanses of the underwater world. Aquarium residents feel extremely cozy and comfortable in such an environment. At the bottom, undersized shrubs of various shapes are visible, each of which fits perfectly into the overall composition.

Many aquarists find it very difficult to maintain a saltwater aquarium, and this is true. But you can decorate a fresh aquarium in a marine theme, so much so that no one can find a difference.

The beauty and sophistication of the collection style of the aquarium design is subtly felt in the presented version.A neat miniature tree, located in the very center, seems to let the roots out, and the rest of the bottom is covered with fast-growing underwater grass, which is easily cut and, if necessary, plucked off.

At first glance, it becomes clear that we will talk about the style of rock garden. If in the general description it was not clear what the composition might look like, then a good example already makes you show vigorous imagination. The rocky aquarium slightly cools and at the same time fascinates with its visual lightness.

Modern aquariums in a fabulous style require a modern approach. Any child will say that SpongeBob lives at the bottom of the sea.

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