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
June 4th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
care to elaborate?
June 5th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
water changes we all need to do them no matter what filtration system you have so saying a water change is detrimental is wrong.
June 7th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
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”?
June 12th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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
June 12th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
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.
June 13th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
the bottom of the surface? lol
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Looks easy when it’s a little tank.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
thanks
June 26th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
lol 1:43 fish XD
July 17th, 2009 at 4:28 am
10 Gallon FTW.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
lol the open sign says pen.
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:45 pm
phythons are really bad for your fish l0l gets rid of all your bacteria my gravel never is phyphon but i have fish that pick at the gravel 24/7 and get the dirt in the water than the filter catches it, this way when i replace filter pads the bacteria will not cause the tank will re cycle how ever this style can only be used for cichlids and gold fish so you can’t use my method for tropicals(what ever you spell it lol)
September 17th, 2009 at 10:18 am
bet its a cory cat. Mine does the exact same thing
December 10th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Uh, i’m thinking of getting tropical fish.
With using the siphon. When your mixing the conditioner with the water, how many buckets would you add to the tank and do you put 1 conditioner spill in 1 of the water buckets or everytime you add an extra bucket?
December 12th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
im new to salt water aquriums i have kept a fresh water tank for a year now and just up graded to salt water this vid is not giving me the information to change the water in my salt water tank can anyone reply with some usefull information plz.
December 14th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
so do i empty all the water or just a bit and if yes how much
January 14th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
eww thats not a good way to start a siphon… unless you wanna drink fish water… try this… when you get water in the line lift up the hose… when water starts coming out of the bottom of the hose.. cover the hole with your thumb than put the top part back in the aquarium let it fill again… voila… instant suction without the fish breath… LOL… if you have a long hose you may have to dunk it in and out a few more times…
January 18th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
omg this dude doesnt give good advice. in all his videos (ive only seen 1 other lol) ppl r saying stuff like he’s doing it wrong and i agree. y dont u stop rushing and actually explain crap damn it.
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:39 pm
FIX YOUR SIGN
February 14th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
The store is Pen. Come on.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
@111olbap what i dont understand
February 15th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
There isn’t anything to fix. The store is pen.
March 4th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
what do you mean when you say “the smaller, the better”?
March 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
is it a pen store?
April 14th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
yeah… you suck on that syphon….