PART 26: SETTING UP A DPM TYPE NATURAL FISHBOWL | AQUARIUM!

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Q U E S T I O N: What do you need?

A N S W E R: To set up a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium, you need the following:

1. A Fishbowl or Fish Tank

2. Enough regular-sized (½ inch or 1.25 cm) Glass Marbles to cover the floor area of the Fishbowl or Fish Tank. The marbles-substrate must at least be 1.5 Inches deep.

3. Enough natural smooth-edged aquarium gravel (Size: 1 Inch) of your choice to cover the floor area of the Fishbowl or Fish Tank. The gravel-substrate must be at least 1.5 Inches deep. Natural white aquarium-gravel has been used in the DPM Type Natural Fishbowl mentioned in one of the previous sections.

4. Enough smaller Glass Marbles to cover 15% of the floor area of the Fishbowl or Fish Tank. The marbles-substrate must, at least, be 1.5 Inches deep.

5. A smooth-edged clear glass cylinder vase. Minimum Size Specification: 3 Inches Diameter and 4 Inches Height, in case of a Fishbowl and 4 Inches Diameter and 5 Inches Height, in case of a Fish tank.

6. A suitable cover that allows enough ventilation. The cover must also have a provision to attach | accommodate an electric light-bulb.

7. An energy-efficient light bulb or a low-watt (8 to 15 Watt) incandescent light bulb.

8. A power cord with a plug to get power to the light bulb from the wall socket.

9. Appropriate volume of water. The water must not contain any trace of chlorine, chloramine, any chemical, detergent, soap and oil.

10. Enough large natural smooth-edged aquarium gravel (Size: 2 Inches) of your choice to cover 25% of the floor area of the Fishbowl or Fish Tank. The large gravel-substrate must at least be 2 Inches deep. Natural large gravel of different shapes and colors has been used in the DPM Type Natural Fishbowl mentioned in one of the previous sections.

Q U E S T I O N: What is the procedure to set it up?

A N S W E R: Following are the steps of the procedure.

Step 1. Select an appropriate location for the Fishbowl | Aquarium. It should be placed on something stable and sturdy. The location must get direct and indirect sunlight for some span of time every day. It should be possible to control the amount of direct | indirect sunlight that the Fishbowl | Aquarium gets exposed to. Keeping the Fish Tank close to a window with a curtain suffices. Exposure to Filtered sunlight (sunlight passing through one or more layer of glass on a window or door) is better than extended exposure to direct sunlight. Ensure that, the temperature of the water in your Aquarium | Fishbowl does not increase substantially because of the exposure to the sunlight. If the temperature increases, control the degree and type of exposure. Ideally, the Fishbowl | Aquarium should be placed at least 12 inches away from the glass on the window or door in question.

Step 2.Thoroughly clean the Fishbowl | Aquarium, Gravel, Marbles and the Glass Vase. Make sure that there are no residue of chlorine, chloramine, any chemical, detergent, soap and oil on the above mentioned stuff. Let those items dry out.

Step 3. Position the Fishbowl | Aquarium at its designated location. Place the glass vase, a little away from the center of the Fishbowl's | Aquarium's floor, in an upright position in the Fishbowl | Aquarium.

Step 4. Place (evenly spread) the regular-sized (½ inch or 1.25 cm) Glass Marbles on the floor of the Fishbowl | Fish Tank. Do not place any marble inside the glass vase.

Step 5. Place (evenly spread) natural smooth-edged aquarium gravel (Size: 1 Inch) on top of the layer of regular-sized (½ inch or 1.25 cm) Glass Marbles. Do not place any gravel inside the glass vase.

Step 6. On top of the natural smooth-edged aquarium gravel (Size: 1 Inch) layer, place a few pieces of the large natural smooth-edged aquarium gravel (Size: 2 Inches) touching each other to create a firm boundary enclosing 15% of the floor (surface) area. The boundary should be ideally 2-inches high. Do not place any gravel inside the glass vase.

Step 7. Fill the inside of that large-gravel boundary with the smaller Glass Marbles. Do not let the smaller Glass Marbles spill over.

Step 8. Place (create) a layer of large natural smooth-edged aquarium gravel (Size: 2 Inches) exactly on top of the layer of smaller Glass Marbles. Do not place any marble inside the glass vase. Do not place any large natural smooth-edged aquarium gravel (Size: 2 Inches) on top of the natural smooth-edged aquarium gravel (Size: 1 Inch).

Ensure that none of the layers mentioned above are shaky. The layers should be carefully created to achieve this goal. And, it is, very much an achievable goal. Let's talk about the SIGNIFICANCE of This Design | Arrangement | Architecture and the rest of the Set-up Steps next. NEXT >>  << Previous

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