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How to change water in small fish tank? What should we pay attention to?

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-09-04 11:22:21
The water in the small fish tank is usually changed once every three or four days, because the water quality is difficult to maintain, and the water is muddy if it is not changed frequently. Every time you change the water, you need to change one fifth, and it is easy to stimulate the fish if you change too much. When changing water, prepare a pipe, one end extends to the bottom of the water, the other end is placed outside, and the water is sucked out by siphoning. After that, the trapped new water is slowly poured into the fish tank from the tank wall, so as to complete the water change.
How to change water in small fish tank? What should we pay attention to?

1. the number of water changes

Small fish tank water generally need to be changed frequently, because the fish tank is small, so the water quality is not easy to maintain, usually three or four days to change once. However, this is not absolute, if the fish are less, the usual feeding amount is not large, you can wait for a week to change, if there is a filter device, half a month to change once is no problem.

2. how much to change

Every time you change the water in the fish tank, you usually need to change about one fifth of it. Of course, if you change the water less frequently, you may need to change a little more, but not more than one third. If too much water is changed, although the water is clearer, the stimulation to the fish will be greater, thus affecting its survival.

3. the process of changing water

The water in the small fish tank can only be changed manually. This requires a pipe. One end of the pipe goes into the tank, and the other end is placed outside. After taking a sip, the pipe is immediately removed, and the water can come out. After a certain amount of water is discharged, the prepared new water is slowly poured into the fish tank from the tank wall to avoid water quality fluctuation.

4. Pay attention to the water temperature

Pay attention to the water temperature when changing the water, and keep the temperature consistent before and after changing the water. If the temperature of new water is low, it can be mixed with hot water first to keep the temperature consistent with that of old water, so that there will be no great change and no stimulation to fish.

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