Dear All,
searching the forum found that in general many bros change ~80-90% of water per time.
Where did you place the fishes during such change?
What about temperature different?
Could we leave the fishes in the tub and fill in fresh water from the tap?
Thanks
Hi Volks,
What most of us practise is to house the fishes in a small container (like a enamel basin or a small guppy tub) within the tank. Have just done water change over the weekend so I don't have the chance to take photos now - I'll just make do with graphical illustration.
This is how I do it:
1) This is the tank before water change:
Hi Desireless,
thanks , your explanation is very detail.
Dear Desireless,
Very detailed explanation . RG, RG, RG... better than all the rest !
Regards,
Geert Coppens
Dear Desireless,
The graphics very good!!!!!!!
regards
Ling
i like the tank pictures with the goldfish inside..
Good way of doing it, thank you for the excellent graphics.
What appeals to me most is that this way no fish can get sucked into the syphon - an accident I've heard of far too often!
Just like to add here is
If you add any water, you need to declorinate your in coming water. Chlorine is toxic to your fish, declor is cheap and your goldfish are often far more expensive. A good declor used at the label dose will not hurt your fish.Infact overdosing it at ten times the recommended will not cause significant ill effects at all.It is that safe! Chlorine or cloramines however in even trace amounts WILL cause detrimental or even fatal effect .So be wary!!!! We’ve discussed this in detail in our previous thread so please be reminded again.
Thanks for the compliments!
I am glad that these illustrations are helpful. This has been brought up before but it was very difficult to explain the procedure in writing. Picture says a thousand words!
Wow thank you Desireless, this was very detailed and looks awesome at the same time!
Well done desireless..this is just what i need. ..a million thanks to u and RG.
i am shock by the feedback.
surely there is no astonishing fact on water change and where to put fish?
unless everyone is doing something lazy like me and assumed it is the RIGHT way all along?
Very helpful illustration.
I'm abit lazy, just scrap the glass and drain tank with goldfish still in it. goldfish fall sick easily after eating the dirts. I'll change to this. I also use 2 x carbon block to filter the tap water before top up.
Bro desireless, great illustration! But u didn't mention about acclimatising the fish to the new water, only matching the temperature. Shouldn't you put the new water little by little into the tub where the fish is? I thought they'll get shocked if put straight into the newly changed water, especially with greenwater setups.
In step 5), I mentioned about some hobbyists having this habit of mixing old water with new one. Then submerge the container to let the fishes swim out by themselves. That is one way of doing it.
But if you're confident enough... Having buffered new water and changing water religiously, you can simply transfer the fishes 1 by 1 into the new water after the 1 hour plus wait. You would have reduced possibilities of 2 shocks, the pH shock (through buffering) and the temperature shock. The fish would sense a big drop in nitrate level (and the taste/smell of their own shit ), in a cycled tank. But if you have been changing water religiously and do not overstock your tank, this is rather minimal...
God gave us two ears and only one mouth for a reason so I have been listening to all your input and holding off from asking beginners questions BUT now i have to
What is your personal reasoning for the "new" water. With koi it is known that aged water is much better. Is this not the case with goldfish. If I set up a holding tank,declored it and allowed it to age while being aireated
(more work I know) but would that make a positive difference or is the difference so little as not to be worth all the effort. Your opinion please.
Previously some hobbyists here age their water to dissipate the chlorine without the use of anti-chlorine; but since our local water here now contains chloramines, which can only be removed by dosing anti-chlorine/chloramines, most do not age their water anymore.
Some discussions here:
http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2503
thanks CP, I quess I'm fortunate as our water district uses only chlorine. I'm thinking all I need to do is
declorinate and add air and it'll be ready when I am.
What is the ideal temp for goldfish?
If you are comfortable then they are comfortable.
-steve
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