An aquarium in a vase has three undeniable advantages. Firstly, it does not take up much space and can be easily placed on a windowsill or bookshelf. Secondly, caring for an aquarium in a vase is simple and does not take much time from its owner. Thirdly, if you get tired of your hobby of aquarium keeping, then getting rid of such an aquarium will not cause much of a problem.
So, what do you need to make a mini aquarium? A small vase, a few aquatic plants and small pebbles. The vase can have any shape, but a round vessel is still preferable. It is better to take the most unpretentious aquatic plants - for example, hornwort or cabomba.
Before creating an aquarium, the vase must be washed with water.
And pebbles too.
After this, you can pour pebbles into the vase and start planting aquatic plants. It is more convenient to plant plants with tweezers (especially if the neck of the vase is narrow). However, if you don’t have tweezers, you can plant the plants with your hands.
Once the plants are planted, the vase can be filled with water.Ordinary tap water is not suitable for this purpose - it contains many substances harmful to aquatic plants. Therefore, it is better to use distilled water. As a last resort - boiled.
Of course, it is not recommended to put fish in such a mini-aquarium. They will not live there for long, since it is simply impossible to place the necessary equipment (compressor and filter) in a vase. Instead of fish, you can add more unpretentious creatures - aquatic snails. They feed on algal growth and do not require special care.
The finished aquarium in a vase should be placed in any bright place in the apartment. Such a place could be a window sill or a shelf located near the window. And if you want to place a mini-aquarium in the back of the room, you will need an artificial light source - a table lamp with an energy-saving lamp. Good luck with your aquarium hobby!
