| If you are new to this, you might be confused | | | | to disassembly the machine, be sure you know |
| about how to clean a fish tank properly. In fact, | | | | how to put it together again! If your filtration |
| there are many little but devastating mistakes | | | | system contains more then one filter, clean only |
| especially beginners can make when cleaning their | | | | one at a time - otherwise you will lose important |
| aquarium. Luckily, you can prevent these mistakes | | | | biological bacteria cultures which are useful for |
| by following these 7 simple steps: | | | | your fish tank. Clean one filter now and the |
| 1) First of all empty 20-30% of the water in your | | | | second one a few weeks later. |
| fish tank. | | | | 6) Put everything together again. Check every |
| 2) Now you can carefully take out your tropical | | | | piece of equipment - are heater, filtration system |
| fishes. You can either use a dip net or a small | | | | and light working perfectly? If not, use this chance |
| bucket, depending on the size of your aquarium, | | | | to fix them. Even a short time without proper |
| just make sure you won't hurt the fish along the | | | | temperature, filtration or light can harm your fish |
| process. Now put the fish in a smaller container | | | | to the point of no return! |
| where it can stay for the next time. | | | | 7) After putting back rocks and artificial plants, fill |
| 3) If you have a serious problem with algae or | | | | up the fish tank with fresh water - and don't |
| your remaining water is just generally dirty, use | | | | forget to put back your fish, too! |
| this opportunity to filtrate the water remaining in | | | | These easy steps will help you to get the idea, |
| the fish tank using a filtration system, a water | | | | but every tropical fish species and aquarium |
| strainer or a precise dip net. | | | | needs special care and the requirements may |
| 4) Take out the rocks and artificial plants. Scrub | | | | differ. While the procedure will lead to a clean fish |
| them with a brush or something similar before | | | | tank in one case, in another one it might endanger |
| putting it back. | | | | your tropical fish because they might need to be |
| 5) Clean the filtration system itself. If you decide | | | | handled in some special way! |