Fish tank water change on a 108 gal. aquarium. 1. fill bucket tupperware tub with tap water - add tap water conditioner to remove chlorine and detoxify heavy metals. 2. Let water sit for two days. This does two things - brings water temperature up to room temperature and it will make sure all chlorine is gone. 3. Make sure new water is the same PH and temperature as the fish tank water. ( these three steps will reduce stress on the fish) 4. Unplug your fish tank water heater before you begin draining water out of your fish tank.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
fish tank water change (aquarium) fish care: Part 1
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ReplyDeleteGreat Video!!!!! THANKS
ReplyDeleteI do that too but now about every 2 weeks because my bioload is cut down. As long as you're matching your chemistry and temperature and don't do it too fast it's perfectly fine. I've been doing it for years with no problem. With 50% I'm able to vacuum the entire gravel. The larger the water change, the faster your fish will grow in conjunction with good feeding.
ReplyDeleteRay Liotta likes fishtanks?
ReplyDeleteI do 50% every week, and my fish are thriving.
ReplyDeleteThat gravel is nasty
ReplyDeletejust add it to be safe...its fairly cheap too...
ReplyDeleteWe call them Silver Sharks, here in The UK. I always have to be so careful whenever I need to lift the lid of my tank, even for feeding! One time one of my Silver Sharks jumped out of the tank and landed 8 feet away, right in front of where the dog was lying! Ruby thought all her birthdays had come at once, and was just about to grab her 'fast food', but I got there first and managed to save the fish's life! He was missing a couple of scales, but after a couple of days he was fine.
ReplyDeleteGet some plecos and cory cats they are an awsome cleanin crew cory catfish eats all leftover food in gravel and the pleco eats all algae
ReplyDeletethanks!! EXCELLENT!!
ReplyDeletelove the vid bruce! awesome......
ReplyDelete@crackdem if i could understand what your trying to say id help
ReplyDeletedamn...put that old water round the base of your bushes...they will love it
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That was great man thanks nice tank.
ReplyDeleteAmazed how much dirt was in the gravel because the water didn't look that dirty before you started cleaning. Nice video, nice tank. I'm just starting a tropical tank after having goldfish for the last 6 years so I hope all goes well and my fish don't die.
ReplyDeletehey guys i need some help with some questions about some sand problems im having with my bro bought me some sand at a local fish store and he bought me super natural substrate sand which he thought it was okay cuz it was sand and said good for fishes.. im not sure if i should put it in my tank recently ive been trying to do some research about it and cant seem to find any info pls if anyone knows what to do comment back it will help a lot thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have a question it may be dumb lol but I have a 10 gallon fish tank is it safe to get the fish out clean the water and put the fish back?
ReplyDeleteHow do you stay in such good shape dude?
ReplyDeleteGreat video.
ReplyDeletemy daughter left a small aquarium with me a few months ago and i thought i'd only have to add water when the level went down and feed them every day or three .. there are two fairly small goldfish in the tank .. about 2 inches long .. good thing I looked online today.
we are on tank water not city water .. I wasn't able to find anything online about that .. I doubt I'd have to add the 'cleanser solutions' to get rid of chlorine etc .. be great if you could help me out there ..
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ReplyDeleteanyway .. just a big thankyou as I hope your video will improve fish and chip's life if they survive my ignorant attempts to keep them happy ..
ps .. I was very interested to read today that they are quite intelligent and can recognize ppl .. quite an eye opener when I thought they had a memory of a couple secs .. !!! .. lol ..
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ReplyDeleteThe water is quite dirty now and the fish seem to eating the gunk that is coming into the tank from the water going thru the filter, even tho I cleaned the filters as well as I possibly could ..
i put a bit of baby spinach in the tank and a wheel of orange as it was advised on a few other sites i went to to give them a bit of fruit ocassionally .. i was only feeding them fish food up till today .. poor little guys .. !!
TBC
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ReplyDeletewe are on tank water not city water .. I wasn't able to find anything online about that .. I doubt I'd have to add the 'cleanser solutions' to get rid of chlorine etc .. be great if you could help me out there ..
I also checked out the pump/filter today for the first time.. there isn't a heater .. I was disgusted by the amount of gunk that had accumulated in the filters.. I spent probably half an hour trying to clean them ..
TBC
i've got a bit to say so i'm going to post a few times ..
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hey bruce .. thanks for some great instructions ..
my daughter left a small aquarium with me a few months ago and i thought i'd only have to add water when the level went down and feed them every day or three .. there are two fairly small goldfish in the tank .. about 2 inches long ..
today i decided to check out online what else i could be doing for them ..
TBC
I have two products: The tap water conditioner "Nutrafin Aqua +Plus" and the nutrafin cycle... Should i add them both the the new water, or just the water conditioner. Also, i have a 60L aquarium, so with a 20% replacement of water, how many mL of water conditioner should i add to the tap water on the bucket, and also, how many time should i wait. 2 days ? SOrry if my text looks a bit messy. Thanks, and great video btw
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