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7 Responses to “I have a fish tank with a filter and everything?”
NO DO NT EMPTY YOUR TANK.GO TO YOUR LOCAL PET STORE.THEY SHOULD SELL A DEVICE THAT ***** THE STUFF OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK.IT MAY GET A LITTLE CLOUDY AT FIRST BUT THE FILTER WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.IF YOU WANT TO REPLACE WATER ,TAKE OUT ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF WATER AND REPLACE THAT BUT NOT ALL OF IT.I ALSO HAVE A TANK AND THE DEVICE I HAVE WORKS GREAT.GOOD LUCK.
get some bottom fish. little mud suckers to keep the tank clean. go to the fish store and ask them what kind you need to get along with the fish you have.
If you go to your local pet store, thereis this device they make called a gravel siphon/vacuum that vacuums all the nasty stuff out without changing all the water.
Definately go to the pet store & get a gravel vaccuum. You can get them as cheep as a couple of bucks. After you syphon some of that excess food out of your tank (and sparing your gravel in the meantime) you will have to add a little water (dont forget the water conditioner) to your tank.
Excess food does cause ammonia build up in your tank. That is the number one cause of cloudy water.
March 8th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Carlos Thom
NO DO NT EMPTY YOUR TANK.GO TO YOUR LOCAL PET STORE.THEY SHOULD SELL A DEVICE THAT ***** THE STUFF OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK.IT MAY GET A LITTLE CLOUDY AT FIRST BUT THE FILTER WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.IF YOU WANT TO REPLACE WATER ,TAKE OUT ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF WATER AND REPLACE THAT BUT NOT ALL OF IT.I ALSO HAVE A TANK AND THE DEVICE I HAVE WORKS GREAT.GOOD LUCK.
March 8th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Shelly Mackinnon
do have a hose on the filter? can you vaccum (with the filter) the food up. What about a net?
March 11th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Althea Trickett
get some bottom fish. little mud suckers to keep the tank clean. go to the fish store and ask them what kind you need to get along with the fish you have.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Glenn Despain
what u do is put the fish in a bowl of water or somthing and emty the whole thing out and make it look that u just got it orw/e
March 12th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Stephen Lanning
If you go to your local pet store, thereis this device they make called a gravel siphon/vacuum that vacuums all the nasty stuff out without changing all the water.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Margaret Sorrells
Definately go to the pet store & get a gravel vaccuum. You can get them as cheep as a couple of bucks. After you syphon some of that excess food out of your tank (and sparing your gravel in the meantime) you will have to add a little water (dont forget the water conditioner) to your tank.
Excess food does cause ammonia build up in your tank. That is the number one cause of cloudy water.
Good luck to you!
March 16th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
John Mccrory
you can get a gravel vacuum at a petstore whihc will clean the excess food from the gravel. They are $4-20 depending on the size you get.
Also as a tip, next time you let someone come pet sit for your tank, pre-measure out the food to avoid excess feeding.