5 Aquarium Tips & Tricks to Save You Time

‎ Cory is back with more aquarium hacks — this time focused on time-saving hacks. When life gets busy, there are some tips and tricks for automating and speeding up tank maintenance and other laborious tasks in the fishkeeping hobby.

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At Aquarium Co-Op, we focus on your aquariums. We specialize in freshwater tropical fish, aquatic plants, and the overall betterment of the freshwater fish keeping hobby. Our goal is to help you with your first pet fish and graduate you to an advanced aquarium hobbyist. If you'd like to take it to the next level, subscribe to Aquarium Co-Op and check out our weekly videos.

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[Studlake]

The B roll on this video is pretty incredible.

[iluvtarantulas]

as a teenager with autism limiting my specific interests to fish and aquatic horticulture i don’t have anyone to talk to these things i like about. i always get to happy to get a text from you to hop on the livestream and i will always feel like i am talking to a friend

[luvr]

My wife kept buying and setting up aquariums til we had 35 running at one time, but she'd leave all the maintenance to me, so I got divorced. Saved me a ton of time!

[vanissaberg]

One method I learnt on how to add more sand to an aquarium without clouding up the water is to fill a plastic bottle with sand, fill it with water, turn it upside down in the aquarium and let the sand fall down. It'll be nice and clean with all the cloudy particles suspended inside the bottle. Just cap it and remove it from the tank. Makes it easy to add sand in tight spots instead of dumping it all over the plants and decor.

[sporq]

Great tips! I use a plastic colander to rinse my gravel. It lets me get more rinsed at a time and shaking the colander really gets all the smaller particles rinsed out. A colander also comes in handy if I have some gravel and sand mixed and I want to separate them out. I just do it in a bucket of tank water so the sand is collected in the bucket and the gravel stays in the colander.

[becmort]

As someone who was 'out' of the hobby for a few years with a new job/career change, I agree completely with downsizing the livestock! Most of my tanks are now plant and shrimp only, it's a huge relief To not have to find time every weekend for huge water changes. Now I have about three years of Aquarium Co-op videos to catch up on!

[joseeduardo]

The pump is a great one. I’ve got tanks low to the ground and water changes are a nightmare since gravity isn’t working for you. Water pump is a gem

[BenOchart]

My favorite kind of Co-op video! Thanks Cory.

[CJBlack]

Water changes when my husband is home is my favorite time-saving hack (he dumps the buckets 😂) - my python is on the fritts- thanks Cory 💕👍

[andginisin]

This came just in time. I had no idea this hobby was so time consuming when I started 😅

As much as I love aquatic plants, I think I should limit how many (and what kind) I put in a tank. They do create detritus when they shed leaves or if they start to melt. It results in lots of cleaning and sometimes excess biomass.

[claytonic]

The net trick will save me so much time. Thanks for sharing these tips. I love the pump water change you can even record how long it takes and pay less attention

[ChristieGrimes]

So glad I watched this video. I just happened to have a smart plug from Amazon tucked away. I paused the video, found it and set it up for my aquarium light. I have learned so much through your videos. Thank you so much! Oh, I use a colander to get the dust off of gravel, washing a few handfuls at a time. It works well for me 😀

[jamesgreen]

I love my timers from Aquarium Co-op ! The Kasa times are great. It is like having a poor man’s aquarium controller.

Thanks Cory et al,
Jim

[sydneysangels]

The large diameter hose tip has been a game changer for me this last year. I have ten tanks and by carefully using a larger diameter hose I can process water changes pretty damn quickly! Great tips as always Cory thank you!

[Samacama]

I’m just stacking up the knowledge, video after video! Seams like a great way to spend the weekend so thanks again for all the great info!

[amandabyrd]

Thanks for the tips! Love my nerite snails and am getting ready to start experimenting with shrimp. I’m all about the cleanup crew working for me!

[Woogey]

These are great tips! I recently got a python, it's amazing for adding water, but definitely not enough suction to remove water out efficiently, so much waisted water.

[ChronicAquatic]

Great video as always, love what you do for the hobby.

I haven't watched for very long but just wanted to say I really respect your ability to run your business while maintaining authenticity. Although you seem very stressed at times, you should know that you're doing a great job 👍

[ItsLaurenE]

Just found your channel, i must say i love how thoroughly you explain things, but you also keep it simple and straight forward. Doing some video stalking b4 getting ready for work. 🥰

[avilacanario]

It's a hobby. It's something you enjoy doing. It's therapeutic. It's all part of the game. How can anyone say anything bad should be an enjoyment .