{"id":6400,"date":"2016-05-23T21:38:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T18:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arstone.eu\/?p=6400"},"modified":"2021-09-30T12:11:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T09:11:26","slug":"how-to-clean-aquarium-backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arstone.eu\/it\/tips\/how-to-clean-aquarium-backgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"How to clean ARSTONE aquarium backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are several possible variants of cleaning a 3D aquarium background from\u00a0algae, decaying organic material and fish waste.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The\u00a0most effective\u00a0way to clean\u00a0a\u00a03D\u00a0background\u00a0is to\u00a0dry it\u00a0thoroughly (you can\u00a0do\u00a0it right\u00a0in the aquarium\u00a0tank), after\u00a0that you\u00a0can\u00a0<strong>peel off the flakes with a brush<\/strong>, the drained dirt can be easily cleared away. After brushing, rinse the background thoroughly, and place it back into the aquarium tank.<\/li>\n<li>You can, however, do without cleaning,\u00a0<strong>by simple drying (you can also\u00a0polish the dry background with\u00a0a brush\u00a0in case of wide contamination)<\/strong>. In this case, the background will be cleaned in a few weeks after filling the tank with the water. The bacteria will simply eat all the dead organic mass under the influence of microflora.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brush the algae off right in the aquarium<\/strong>:<div style=\"width: 400px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6400-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"220\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arstone.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/119402511_737676587084334_7053400784360507632_n.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arstone.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/119402511_737676587084334_7053400784360507632_n.mp4\">https:\/\/www.arstone.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/119402511_737676587084334_7053400784360507632_n.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Another way is in case there are no live plants in the tank. It is possible to apply\u00a0<strong>chemicals to control algae<\/strong>, for example, \u201cAlgae destroyer\u201d or \u201cAlgae blocker\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The young\u00a0suckermouth catfish Loricariidae\u00a0<\/strong>can also help. They just won\u2019t let\u00a0the background overgrow or get dirty.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"grve-element grve-message grve-bg-green\" style=\"\">  <i class=\"grve-icon fa fa-exclamation-circle\"><\/i>  <p>We do not recommend using soaps or chemicals that can easily contaminate the aquarium tank if they are not entirely removed after cleaning.<\/p>  <i class=\"grve-close grve-icon-close\"><\/i><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are several possible variants of cleaning a 3D aquarium background from\u00a0algae, decaying organic material and fish waste. The\u00a0most effective\u00a0way to clean\u00a0a\u00a03D\u00a0background\u00a0is to\u00a0dry it\u00a0thoroughly (you can\u00a0do\u00a0it right\u00a0in the aquarium\u00a0tank), after\u00a0that you\u00a0can\u00a0peel off the flakes with a brush, the drained dirt can be easily cleared away. After brushing, rinse the background thoroughly, and place it back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to clean ARSTONE aquarium backgrounds - ARSTONE Aquarium Backgrounds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are several possible variants of cleaning a 3D aquarium background from algae. 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