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?
Looks easy when …
Looks easy when it’s a little tank.
the bottom of the …
the bottom of the surface? lol
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.
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
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”?
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.
care to elaborate?
care to elaborate?
shut up you fool.
shut up you fool.
never mind the …
never mind the website he gives, join a aquarist forum, like reefcentral, their you will get the BEST advice possible
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
What makes you say …
What makes you say that?
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.
thats what your mom …
thats what your mom said to me now stfu and watch the video ur not entertaining anyone its just annoying
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
water changes are …
water changes are detrimental to a fish tank. if you need to do one, you are not properly filtering your tank.
Thats what she said.
Thats what she said.
what was the …
what was the website he said at the end
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
how much is a syphen
how much is a syphen
ThermomEtrE lol
ThermomEtrE lol
he sucked on it to …
he sucked on it to get the water to flow
y did he bite the …
y did he bite the hose?
pen
pen
every 10 gallons …
every 10 gallons you have is one teaspoon of water conditioner or every gallon is 2 drops.
How do you match …
How do you match the temp of the new water to the temp of the aquarium water