Help im getting fish 2morrow guppies and i had 2 angel fish and they died when i changed the water sooo how do i change the water without killing the fish.
2007-03-23 05:30:39 · 12 answers · asked by Orhan K 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
I have kept fish for years with no problem and my method is a little less clinical than some of you other answers.
I half change the water every 2 weeks (remember the tapsafe)
I fill several buckets with look warm water (Just off cold & Tapsafe) I place a bucket higher than the tank and syphon it in with a piece of short pipe so it doesn't stir up the bottom of the tank
Clean the filter element in old tank water not tap water or it kills the good bacteria you have bred in your tank.
It will go cloudy a couple of times over the first week or so. this is normal (Good bacteria breeding)
2007-03-24 10:33:51 · answer #1 · answered by Dreamweaver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely dechlorinate,use a dechlorinator that works on Chloramine too. That's what most water companies use now. Be careful to keep the water temperature as close to the water temperature in the tank. When siphoning water out of the tank try to clean the gravel,and draw out the uneaten food,and stuff. Use a small hose to siphon water back into the tank (so the temperature difference will equalize slowly). Also if the water change killed the fish it probably killed the beneficial bacteria,too so you will probably need to recycle you tank (it'll take some few weeks for that to happen) so don't be in a big hurry to put fish back in the tank. You should learn more about this stuff before buying fish.
2007-03-23 06:19:28 · answer #2 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only do a partial water change say roughly about one and a half inches Use a clean bucket ( i keep a bucket for my tanks that is not used for anything else) put some de chlorinator in the water following the instructions make sure the temperature is the same as the tank water Pour in very slowly I do this every two weeks my fish are healthy
2007-03-23 05:44:35 · answer #3 · answered by Black Orchid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you dechlorinate the water first? How much of it did you change?
You only want to change about 10-20% of the water at a time. You also should make sure the fresh water you are adding is pretty close to the temp of the tank (doesn't have to be exactly the same...just close). Dumping in very hot or very cold water will shock the fish possibly killing them.
2007-03-23 06:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by Mr.Robot 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Partial water change (10 to 15%) once a week is all you need to do. The only other thing is to make sure the water you put in is not colder than the temperature of the water in your tank. For a bit of extra security just treat the water with tapsafe or dechlorinator too before topping up your tank.
2007-03-23 05:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by Smarty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only clean half the tank!! - take out the ornments and stuff with a bit of there water.
It will take a long time to do - but - take about a bit out at a time and replace it with fresh water little by little - the water has to get to the right PH otherwise your fish will dye again - so every 40 mins put a little more water in and again and again. then in a couple of weeks do the same again - only fully clean the tank say once a year - put the fish in a bag with their old water clean the tank top to toe and then when its ready to put them back in keep them in plastic bag (like sandwich bags) for couple of hour floating on the top of the tank untill and let them in little by little so again they can be customised to the PH levels
2007-03-23 06:20:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No more then 30% of the total water volume, and make sure you use a dechlorinater first. Make sure the water you add is within about 5° of the tank water so that there is no temperature shock.
Doing partial changes is key. With a bottled dechlorinater you certainly do not need to age the water - it works instantly. I haven't aged water before a water change in fifteen years.
2007-03-23 05:34:45 · answer #7 · answered by Ghapy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
probable the water exchange stirred up extra nutrition from the gravel and fed the golf green water much extra. Do yet another water exchange of roughly 50% on an identical time as cleansing the gravel properly. shop the lighting fixtures right down to approximately 8-10 hours an afternoon and be helpful to stay away from any solar from hitting the tank. decrease back on your feeding for some days and then do yet another 25% water exchange and clean the filter out. you will possibly desire to work out the golf green water getting plenty extra effective in some days and clean up properly interior 2 weeks. Please stay away from making use of any type of algae killing or water clearing chemical compounds. they are purely not properly surely worth the money and not properly surely worth the wear and tear they do to the tank interior the long-term. MM
2016-10-19 10:38:29 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh this is easy... heres what you
1) put some of the water that in the tank into a plastic clear bag
2) put the fish in that clear plastic bag
3) clean that fish bowl or what ever they are in.
4) put clean water in BUT make sure it's not to hot or to cold
5) with the fish still in the bag, place them in the tank or whatever. (BUT KEEP THEM IN THE BAG) their body has to get use to the water
6) wait 45 minutes to take them out the bag while still submerge in the clean water (some people wait a hour just to be safe)
and that it!!! if you do all those things correctly your fise should be okay!!!
bye
2007-03-23 05:42:46 · answer #9 · answered by hazelfilms 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi there u need to buy a shypen pump to clean ur tank out with it cleans all the poo out of the gravel but u shud never take more than 30% of the water out of your tank then replace te water with luke warm water if its a tropical tank then add ur stress coat and zyeme to keep the level of backteria in ur water hope this helps
2007-03-24 01:25:34 · answer #10 · answered by charlotte s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋