PART 31: DPM’S WATER RESTORATION METHOD!

<< Previous You may use DPM’s Water Restoration Method when you want to get the Mulm | Detritus out of your DPM Type Natural Aquarium | Fishbowl. Mulm | Detritus is the organic debris that builds up in and on the aquarium substrate. Mulm usually constitutes of fish-waste and uneaten portions of food. In a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium, Mulm has an important role to play. It supports the growth of Green Algae and colonies of beneficial bacteria that help maintain the quality of the water in your Aquarium | Fishbowl. However, there could be cases in which you may want to get rid of a small or substantial part of the Mulm volume in your Fishbowl | Aquarium.

DPM’s Water Restoration Method is generally used in the following cases:

A. If and when you want to switch over to another method of Fish-Keeping in which Mulm has no role to play.

B. You do it as a part of your Annual Maintenance and Cleanup Routine.

C. If and when the volume of Mulm far exceeds the desired and required level | quantity.

D. When Mulm starts to impact the appearance of your Fishbowl | Aquarium.

Q U E S T I O N: What is the distinct advantage of DPM’s Water Restoration Method?

A N S W E R: DPM’s Water Restoration Method is a technique of changing water in which you get rid of a substantial volume of Mulm without actually changing a proportionate substantial volume of water. That results in relatively less variance in how the water feels to your fishes after the restoration is done. In the context of DPM Natural Method, actually changing a huge portion of water is never a good idea, in general, unless it is absolutely required. For, in case of a huge water change, the water feels very different to your fishes. And, that may lead to stress in your fishes.

In nature, in case of a natural lake or pond, a huge water change does not usually happen, anyway. During the rainy season, a water change may happen. But, that is a gradual process in which the water change happens gradually. The process does not change the water parameters suddenly substantially. That is what we try to achieve through DPM’s Water Restoration Method when it becomes absolutely required to get rid of the Mulm in your Fishbowl | Aquarium. In case of DPM’s Water Restoration Method, your fishes do not experience a sudden substantial change in the water parameters (quality).

Q U E S T I O N: What do you need to perform the procedure involved in DPM’s Water Restoration Method?

A N S W E R: You just need:

1. A clean Hose | Pipe | Siphon (Common Names: Clear Flexible PVC Hose, Clear PVC Pipe, Transparent PVC Soft Tube, Clear Flexible PVC Tubing, Transparent Flexible PVC Tubing)

2. A bucket (or any large vertical container) suitable for aquarium use. The bigger the bucket, the quicker you will be able to perform this procedure.

3. Appropriate volume of suitable water. That is around 50% of the volume of water that exists in your aquarium | fishbowl. The water must not contain any trace of chlorine, chloramine, any chemical, detergent, soap and oil. This third element (Water) is not required in case it is NOT already time for a water-change and the quality of the water in the Aquarium | Fishbowl is checked and found GOOD!

4. A little piece of cloth | algae scrubber suitable for aquarium-use.

Let us talk about the steps involved in performing this procedure (DPM’s Water Restoration Method) next. NEXT >>  << Previous

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