mak海洋水族馆爱好者可以e any number of mistakes when setting up a new system, but some of these errors aren’t as easy as others to rectify after the fact. What follows is a list of five setup errors that are difficult or complicated to correct by the time their consequences become evident:
1.将水箱置于公用事业太远
It should come as no surprise that efficient long-term operation of any aquarium system depends on convenient access to water and electricity. Try to choose a location for your tank that is in reasonable proximity to a water tap, waste drain, and GFCI-protected electrical outlets. Otherwise you’ll end up lugging heavy buckets of water over considerable distances and/or up and down flights of stairs as well as running unsightly extension cords all over the place.
2.无法升级
是的，我知道每本书或文章都曾经写过有关建立水族馆的规定，该水箱应在充满水之前的水平。但是根据经验，我可以向您保证，这不是闲置的建议。我曾经有一个29加仑的坦克弹簧泄漏（在一场好朋友的婚礼的早晨）仅仅是因为它从前到后都不超过水平，并且水在接缝上施加不均匀的压力。当坦克空着时，将水族馆的水平和光洁度很容易，但是一旦饱满，您就不要尝试这样做。
3. Forgetting the fill test
用淡水填充水族馆来测试泄漏，这对于用过的储罐很重要，对吗？错误的！再说一次，我可以从经验中谈论这一点 - 无论如何，这是一个爱好者的经历。大约15年前，我和一个朋友在同一周，同一知名的制造商和同一知名的LFS购买了75加仑的玻璃水族馆。在设置之前，我在车库中填满了测试的地雷。她没有打扰。猜猜谁在设置并充满盐水后，谁的全新坦克在她的客厅里泄漏了？（想一想，她可能也没有平整该死的东西！）
4. Giving only passing thought to the substrate
There are many different options when it comes to the material, grain size, and depth of amarine aquarium substrate, and the best time to make the right choice for your system is not after it’s fully aquascaped and stocked with fish and corals. That’s like completely furnishing a room and then deciding you’re not satisfied with the carpeting. Sure, you can still change it, but what a headache! So give this phase of setup a good deal of thought, factoring in the livestock you plan to keep (e.g., will you have burrowing or sand-sifting fish?), whether you intend the substrate to serve a functional (as in promoting denitrification) or purely aesthetic purpose, etc.
5. Leaving insufficient space around the rockwork
When planning a reef system, it’s all too easy to underestimate how much space corals and other sessile invertebrates will take up in the tank as they grow. If your rockwork consumes too much interior tank space, your corals will be impinging on the glass/acrylic panes in no time, complicating maintenance and greatly restricting swimming space for fish. Remember,negative space plays an important role in aquascaping从实际和美学的角度来看。
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