How To Change Water in a Fish Tank.

By Chrisjob

I've got tremendous allergies to furry things, so fish and lizards were my only pet option. When cleaning or changing water, I, out of ignorance, apparently made a few mistakes, and the next morning, my dander-less friends were often floating atop the tank.

I was asked to help clean and change the water of an aquarium at a nursery with which I am associated, so this time I decided to do it right! I found these tips from EHow to be of most use.

Materials:

2 Buckets
Tubing
Reverse Osmosis Dionized Water Filter or Tap water conditioner that neutralizes chlorine.

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Read all of the instructions here!

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October 01, 2007

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snackjackal

October 16, 2007

I personally swear by this contraption I got at Wally-World one day. If I remember right, it's called a Python. It has one end that connects to a faucet in your kitchen/bathroom, and the other end you stick in your fish tank (naturally). The faucet-end has a bottom piece you can loosen for suction from the fish tank, and tighten to fill. You just mush the other end around in the gravel, and it sucks up all the little nasty bits, then you can just lock the other end down and fill. Works great, you'll never have to use a bucket again.