Whats the best way to take care of a fish tank, without my fish dying?

Answer 1

Do you mean you want to clean the tank while the fish are in there? You probably could just take some of the water out and add it to a sterile container. Nothing that has been used with soap or any other chemicals. Add the tank water to the bucket , then scoop your fish and put them in it. This will avoid them being shocked. Then do your routine maintenance on your tank. I wouldn't to any more than a half change, depending on your tank size. Once you got your tank cleaned up and right. Test the new water and get it to the right PH as the original water that is in the bucket with your fish. Once they are the same and tempature is the same it will be safe to move your fish back. I have done this several times over 10yrs of having fish and they always did fine as long as I made sure the water was the same PH , no ammonia et cetera. Goodluck with your Fish! Make sure your heater is off before removing the water. It could crack if the water level goes below it and the heater is still on. That is if you have heater.

Answer 2

The proper way. Since I don't know what type of fish you have I can't really go into detail about how to do it so you would have look up info on how to properly take care of the fish you have. Other then that once a week use a gravel vac and remove around 15% of your water and replace it with clean de chlorinated water, you could do it once every 2 weeks but take out around 25-30% instead. Once a month rinse off your filter media in tank water, use what you just removed during the water change. Unlike what the companies tell you, you don't have to replace the media unless it is falling apart or if it gets so dirty that rinsing it isn't getting it clean. The beneficial bacteria that keep the water safe for you fish live on that media, throwing it out can cause your tank to have a bump in its cycle and could harm your fish. The bacteria also lives on the gravel and pretty much any surface in the tank but most live in the filter. If you don't know what a cycle is then please do a little research on that too, all tanks need to be cycled in order to have healthy fish.

Answer 3

I do a weekly water change , clean the filters only when absolutely necessary , like if they are clogged , and if the inside of the glass is algae covered , then scrub it clean with a purpose algae cloth available at your pet store.

No detergents , no chemicals (except those required by the tank , also talk to your local pet store)

Make sure the water you are adding to your tank at water changes (about 10 percent of total volume) has sat for a bit if it is municiple water with chlorine , so the chlorine will leave the water. Have your source tested for chemicals and purity.

Thats about it. Let your tank cycle before putting in fish to build up benificial bacterias.

Answer 4

Well first of all, you need a good filter and water conditions, check weekly for pH, ammonia and nitrate levels. You should have a heater as well. All depends really what kind of fish you are going to have? Guppies are pretty well adaptable to any water conditions. Myself personally, I like the cichlid family
Good Luck, IF you need help let me know

Answer 5

a lot depends on getting fish that go together. and keeping them clean and healthy. different fish have different needs and its best to keep fish with the same needs together. i use 3 things in my water --

a dechlorinator
a benefical bacteria like stress zyme or cycle.
melafix -- i can't recommend melafix enough.

learn to do weekly gravel vacuums and partial water changes. i wipe down the sides of the tank and wash off plants and decorations when i do this too -- its 15 minutes a week to insure a clean tank. with most fish 20 to 25% of the water is fine. with goldfish go for 33%. add all of the above to the new water.

don't overcrowd your fish unless you have a really good filter.

spend a few extra bucks on a really good filter. get something with a biowheel.

keep your tropicals warm and toasty. goldfish are good at cooler tempertatures.

dont overfeed -- feed them what they can eat in 2 minutes twice a day. better yet feed them pellets. different fish have different pellet intake. i feed my goldfish about 3 pellets a day per fish. they suck on the pellets so i just drop one in per fish and they all get fed equally. this is great for goldfish -- not so great for other fish. my bettas get 6 a day of smaller pellets. regulated meals are much better than random flakes that go everywhere and excess just feeds bacteria and mucks up your water.

Answer 6

I have three aqua. 29-75-100 gal. tanks .the less you mess with them ,the better off you'll be.good top filter with bio-wheel,and plenty of air.