Pet Fish & Aquarium Care Tips : How to Change Water in a Fish Tank

Changing water in a fish tank can be done by scooping it out or through a siphoning process. Change Aquarium Fish tank water with tips from an aquarium shop owner in this free video on aquariums.

Expert: Chris Simms
Contact: www.aquatic-central.com
Bio: Chris Simms owns Aquatic Central in San Francisco, Calif.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Duration : 0:2:32


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For larger tanks, what method do you use to refill your aquarium during water changes?

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25 Responses to “Pet Fish & Aquarium Care Tips : How to Change Water in a Fish Tank”

  1. rotcafarg says:

    Looks easy when …
    Looks easy when it’s a little tank.

  2. ctenophor says:

    the bottom of the …
    the bottom of the surface? lol

  3. ctenophor says:

    d many are …
    d many are inversely and directly related, hough all are tangently related.

    i am n ot saying that water changes aren;t useful everyonce in a while, just saying that when used on a schedule, such as they are in the expert village videos, they are detrimental to maintaining the stability of your aquarium.

    need a cheep way to remove nutrients?

    get rid of some fish, or feed less.

    if your use a better filter, or a different media, then you will not need water changes any more.

  4. ctenophor says:

    water aren’t ” …
    water aren’t “detrimental” always, but a water change, should only be a temporary fix to a temporary problem, when used constantly because you didn’t use adequeate filtration, it is removing beneficial bacterium and disrupting th equilibrium, and that is detrimental.

    to give an example, a reef tank. the salinity in it has every element known to man in a certain concentration.

    change that water, and you WILL disrupt a few of the eleental balances.

    each element plays an important role, an

  5. ctenophor says:

    i dont meen to …
    i dont meen to sound like a parot….but, care to elaborate furthur as to why they are needed?

    nutrients?

    replaceing trace elements?

    removing so-called “unremovable solutes and solids”?

  6. michaelnc10 says:

    water changes we …
    water changes we all need to do them no matter what filtration system you have so saying a water change is detrimental is wrong.

  7. ctenophor says:

    care to elaborate?
    care to elaborate?

  8. michaelnc10 says:

    shut up you fool.
    shut up you fool.

  9. ctenophor says:

    never mind the …
    never mind the website he gives, join a aquarist forum, like reefcentral, their you will get the BEST advice possible

  10. ctenophor says:

    well, all aquarist( …
    well, all aquarist( good ones at least), excepting certain circumstances, look for stability in their tanks.

    they believe that the key to maintaining a tank properly is stability in parameters.

    water changes are done in tanks that have too many nutrients.

    if you have a strang enough filtration system, those nutrients will be taken up.

    theirfore negating the need for a waterchange, and increasing the stability of water paramaters.

    hth

  11. HigherPlanes says:

    What makes you say …
    What makes you say that?

  12. SQUILLA898 says:

    You buy a small …
    You buy a small heater and drop it into the container you mix your water in, set it to the same temperature of your tank, and give it at least a half hour to heat up and set. It’s easier to get water from your sink and turn it until it feels about the same temp as your tank… It saves some time and money, at least. And please- always mix water and conditioner or water, salt mix, and conditioner prior to the water change. It’s better to get your water ready the day before so you’re ready to go.

  13. JS5074 says:

    thats what your mom …
    thats what your mom said to me now stfu and watch the video ur not entertaining anyone its just annoying

  14. XzimbomooseX says:

    When he sais about …
    When he sais about cleaing the gravel. If you have smaller sediment/gravel, then you should buy a gravel cleaner. As other wise the gravel is sucked up the hose. A gravel cleaner is just a kind of large weird shaped end for a hose that disperses the water flow. (sounds complicated)

    Good video tho

  15. ctenophor says:

    water changes are …
    water changes are detrimental to a fish tank. if you need to do one, you are not properly filtering your tank.

  16. shadowwing14 says:

    Thats what she said.
    Thats what she said.

  17. chitownjordan23 says:

    what was the …
    what was the website he said at the end

  18. BizTing says:

    All you need is a …
    All you need is a piece of hose. You just put one end in the water, then suck on the hose a little bit to get the water moving in to the hose then put the end of the hose lower than the end in the fish tank in to a bucket or something

  19. beargrllys says:

    how much is a syphen
    how much is a syphen

  20. Easty450 says:

    ThermomEtrE lol
    ThermomEtrE lol

  21. Easty450 says:

    he sucked on it to …
    he sucked on it to get the water to flow

  22. Luke0zz says:

    y did he bite the …
    y did he bite the hose?

  23. XxBuri3dAliv3xX says:

    pen
    pen

  24. awolfsfriend says:

    every 10 gallons …
    every 10 gallons you have is one teaspoon of water conditioner or every gallon is 2 drops.

  25. CavemanDavvy says:

    How do you match …
    How do you match the temp of the new water to the temp of the aquarium water

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