Fishkeeping Tips - How To Perform A Water Change On An Aquarium

Maidenhead Aquatics have teamed up with 'The Blowfish' to help you explore the many topics involved with day-to-day fishkeeping.

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[ChesterCheetahh]

i’ve watched like 20 videos to try to figure this out, you’re the only who who was understandable 😂😂

[giorgetti]

This is what I like about this video he is straight to the point!! No yap yap yap like the other videos we see on YouTube..

[CRIZZYMEN]

Like I said before, such a good presenter !

[tehyapage]

Wait, is this ‘The I’ve not seen this guy since I was a kid, on CITV!!! I learned so much from this guy💖💖

[SnooperSquirrelFilms]

Like someone said, I had watched a lot of other ideas just to find out what this guy says in 2 min the other water changing videos talk about everything else, but what to do ....We wanted the basics...on de chlorination, etc...this guy delivers good video

[mariteresaae]

How come there are no fish? is it safe to do a water change with fish inside the tank?

[poldoll]

Thank you for uploading. I'm really new to the fishkeeping hobby and am really "green around the gills" (pun intended) so this has helped me as was getting worried about what I'd need. (Also I buy my fish from you guys!!) 😆

[danbudd]

First time watcher just wanted to say thanks you had answered my question very clear and easy to follow thanks blowfish
Dan

[teaforthree]

Very good. No waffle, just tells us. I was going to ask if the new water is heated before adding but I see a lot of others have asked the same question

[Michael-]

Do you add the dechlorinator to the tank or the bucket, the camera didn't show it? Do you have to warm the bucket water to the same temp as the tank? Thanks.

[paul-nebh]

is that cold water you are putting back

[Ace_king-w]

Thanks im about to get a fish and i didn’t know how and now i know 👍🏻

[hove]

how much water do you remove when doing a water change. i added a quick start to my tank and have to do a-water change at 14 days. is it about 15-20%?

[johnschweiger]

One thing I'm still unclear on do you still keep the fish in tank when you clean the tank or take the fish out thanks I'm new to all this just want to make sure I have my facts right

[fancyfish]

I use a gravel clean and a 20% weekly water change and a 50% once a month cleaning the filter etc .

[mikeswain]

As was mentioned below, a really good video and well presented. Can I ask if you were putting "cold" water into the tank or had you somehow pre heated it to the tank temperature?

[DeeFromBrooklyn]

Great video from a fellow hobbyist across the ocean. Is that your store?

[jwoodard]

What that stuff you put please thankyou is it water conditioner

[wellthatspretty]

I’m so nervous about using mouth to siphon out the water haha. I’ll have 6 small fish and four small frogs, should I transfer them out of a 19 litre tank while I’m doing a water change?

[remixandstuff]

What if I put my heater off, the water in my tank will be get cold and my warm-fish are gonna die? I also keep my heater on but I never expose my heater out of the water while on, I think. Shall I turn my heater off? Because the water can get cold?