Basic Aquarium Maintenance 101 | BigAlsPets.com

We show you the basics for maintaining your aquarium! Keep your fish happy and healthy!

SHOP WATER CHANGE SUPPLIES:
SHOP FILTER MAINTENANCE:

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[kjerstiva]

Silently wondering how my fish are still alive

[foamer]

So i'll be honest. my drunk purchasing of a couple snails, a 10 gallon tank, and a filter is turning out to be much more of a situation than I was prepared for. Regardless I will do what it takes to make these gastropods happy.

[anellacarmen]

dayum I never knew fishes require this much work....

[natebena]

I know this video is old, but I'm just getting into fish keeping. You sir, deserve a hell of alot more subs. Thank you for all the info!!! I'm on week three of fishless cycling a 4k gal. DIY pond, and your vids definitely are helping me, as they somewhat transfer over from glass to pond. Keep them coming!

[BLBfilms]

anyone else addicted to watching all the big al videos too?

[kayli]

I know this is an old video, but a little tip for those watching now - those carbon filter cartridges are not necessary and are only there so you spend more money. Take the cartridge, and whatever holder it comes in, out and replace with sponges. You just need more surface area for the beneficial bacteria.

[vinicius]

Boy, this video would have saved me a lot of trouble and some fish.

I had to learn all that the hard way :/

[goldensurfer]

The animation of fish dying is too funny😂😂😂😂

[bryan]

This guy is a trip I love him, I wish I had big als near me

[AquaPeet]

Even though I know these things, the videos have so much entertainment value and uplifting spirit that I love to watch them and even revisit them after a while.

I REALLY hope these kinds of vids by Thomas are going to continue to be made!!! *big fat thumb up*

As a matter of fact, I remember we (our family) used to watch a show about dogs with a very enthousiatic, positive spirited presenter... I now realized that nobody was really interested in learning told facts about dogs but it was just so much fun and uplifting to watch somebody explain stuff that he loved, so enthousiatically...

So please keep it up!! :-)

[mattporter]

Can't wait to start my first saltwater tank here within the month and I learned mostly everything for that aspect from BigAl's channel!

[angieh]

I use all my tank water for my plants! They’re flourishing!

[CannedTunas]

I don't even own fish but I'm bingeing all these videos

[remingtonschmidt]

I got a fish tank for my brother and because it was small I assumed it would be easy to manage. Turns out there is more that goes into making for a happy system. I really appreciate this video series (10/10).

[BruceLee-xpfc]

These videos are gold, no bs no jibber jabber just information. Thank you

[nitrorsfour]

Enjoy your sense of humor. Great video

[AJVD]

I work at PetsMart and I ALWAYS tell my customers to watch this channel for fish keeping. I'm also a fish fanatic myself and have had multiple compliments about my knowledge.

[fuuji]

Finally someone who can explain those things good. Most videos on youtube I watched was like, do that do that and that and you have it. Here things are diffrent, do that because... DONT do that because... And do that with this and not this because ... Thank you for this video, I go watch more, so I will keep my future fishes healthy and happy.

[uapnz]

A couple of buckets of water kept in reserve can really help.

[Lokiiotta]

“Harm your fish irreparably... so that they are not alive.” Thank you for that absolute gem of a delivery!