Fish & Aquarium Care : How to Clean an Aquarium
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at
3:49 am
Clean an aquarium by clearing out the plants and ornaments, removing 25 percent of the water and cleaning out the water filter. Keep an aquarium clean with tips from a pet store owner in this free video on fish care. Expert: Michael Mavro Contact: www.orvees.com Bio: Mike Mavro is the owner and operator of Orvee’s Pet Center in St. Petersburg, Fla. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
Tagged with: Aquarium • Care • Clean • Fish
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@twain088 they are
What is your point?
Killing fish?
Because that is what you do!
“I WANT TO SCREW HIM” LMAO
im pretty sure you are not supposed to take the plants out. i mean what if you have baby fish hiding in them
@MaStErPhReSh333 not really. I don’t think thats true. I have a sponge in my filter that allows the bacteria to grow on it. So when I take the filter media OUT, the sponge stays IN, and a new filter media is placed in. =) So I don’t really “lose” any of the bacteria.
I wanna screw him
what if you have a tank with live plants? I can’t seem to find any info on that. I don’t think you can just uproot the plants, clean the substrate and throw them back in without really stressing the plants.
Another thing wrong… You shouldnt jab the siphon like that, it stresses out the fish.
why doesnt he just remove the top off?
Most of your bacteria are going to grow in the filter ( biomedia) , not the water . substrate and decor only count for a very small amount of the total population unless your still using an undergravel . overcleaning the filter is the simplest way to cause a cycle in an established tank. that’s just a fact. I knew better than to clean my tanks this way twenty years ago.
@joelsfish umm acctualy no. The beneficial builds up in the gravel and growing algae. It does grow in the filter, tubes etc. but if you remove too much water you will remove alot of the good bacteria.
clean those plants every month pssht i just let the water get really low and fill it back up. i still haven’t cleaned my tank since 3 months ago. that’s why i got a pleco.
Overcrowded aquarium…
@joelsfish ur gay 2 asswipe
@hsansebastian shutup i did that and it worked shove ur dick in ur mouth if u hav 1
What an ass,,, Take ur plants out and clean them … Doesn´t de know thata in this plants also se Nitro bacterias grow???
hey posted a new vid of my 220g fish tank so check it out
Take your “handy Bucket” and shove it up your ass
wow he keeps on repeting what he says
@123FIREball200 lol he clearly is a bender
hello my name is michel and im a homom
Great video. If I may share, make sure your added water is the same temperature as the tank water. And, of course, condition the water before adding it. Cheers!
Yeah, that’s a technique I use when starting a new tank. I’ll do that for about 6 months. After that time, you can get away with taking out as much gunk in the gravel as you want and not having any spikes in ammonia or nitrite. It takes quite a while for the whole system to allow you to do that.
Yes, the gravel holds alot of dirt and bacteria. I don’t vacuuming the whole aquarium, just taking half one week, and when it’s time for the other waterchange I just take the other half, so I always can ensure that I’ve got bacteria in my aquarium if I clean the filter etc
Yep, the bigger the filter the better, and 2 filters is great too. I find the most important thing about water changes is vacuuming the gravel thoroughly. Stuff builds up, especially in heavily stocked aquariums.