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Made from naturally occurring material, BioSand® Beads are a natural product made up mostly of silica dioxide (sand) manufactured into tiny porous spheres. BioSand® Liquid is mineral enriched water that also provides the aquarium with new families of bacteria with every partial water change.
Be sure your water is safe for aquariums. Most bottled water is OK. If you're not sure, ask at your local pet store. You'll have to go there to buy a fish and plant, anyway.
Regular drinking water right out of the faucet is treated so that it's safe for us, but it usually has chemicals in it that are not good for fish. It's OK if you'd like to use a product, like a dechlorinator, that makes regular tap water safe for aquarium use. An inexpensive water test kit is optional, but we suggest that this is a good way to be assure safe aquarium water.
Besides those listed in the instruction booklet, here are plants some experienced Do-Littlle™ owners are using: Red or Greenhedge, Red Crinkle, Brazillian Sword, Banana Plant, Java Fern. As for fish, try swordtails. Or, just for fun, try dwarf frogs!
Algae are very tiny plant-like organisms that thrive on light. They are the earliest traces of life on Earth and are known to have existed about 35 billion years ago. They come in a variety of colors - usually brown or green. They can also be blue-green, yellow-green, golden-brown and even red.
Algae growth happens in all aquariums and is not harmful to your fish. It doesn't look good, though, and sometimes covers the entire sides of an aquarium so that you can hardly see your fish at all. It can grow on the leaves of the aquatic plant and make it look brown and unsightly. Remember, algae needs light. Reduce the light and you'll reduce the algae.
Here's what to do if algae begins to get out of control:
If the above suggestions don't work fast enough, pour out the beads and water into a clean bowl, transfer your fish to a temporary bowl and wipe off the inside of the container with a paper towel or algae pad. Thoroughly rinse the container with hot water and fill it with the beads and water from the temporary bowl. Do this gently so as not to traumatize your fish. When doing this, you can pour the water through a paper towel or coffee filter to get out some of the gunk that's accumulated on the botton. Once back together again, the aquarium will settle in a few hours and you and your fish will be happy with the results.
HINT: Some people use a household turkey baster about once a month to suck out the gunk on the bottom of the aquarium. You'll be sucking up some beads, too, so be sure to squirt out the water, gunk and beads into a strainer or net.
While BioSand® Beads are colorful and decorative, you can still put in decorations like castles and caves. Ask at your local pet store to be sure they're safe for aquarium use.
BioSand's Do-Little Aquariums are available, nationwide, in gift, pet, and nature stores. They're also in museum shops, toy and educational stores, and are even in some food stores. They are in someretail stores that have multiple locations. Maybe there's one near you!
RETAIL STORES by ZIP CODE It's a big country out there, and we're continually trying to make our product available to everyone. To find a Retailer near you,PLEASE CALL US (1-800-724-6726) or email Pat with your ADDRESS and ZIP CODE to get the most current referral.
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